Biography
Mitchell Alexander Rowland is an American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work as a touring guitarist and for co-writing songs on all three of Harry Styles' solo albums. "Watermelon Sugar," a song he co-wrote with Styles, Tyler Johnson, and Thomas Hull, was nominated for and won Best Pop Solo Performance at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2021. Rowland, along with Styles, Johnson, and Hull, also won the Brit Award for Song of the Year for "Watermelon Sugar" at the 2021 Brit Awards. Ryan Nasci was the audio engineer on tracks for the album that would become Harry Styles when a session guitarist dropped out last-minute. He contacted Rowland, who he was also rooming with at the time, about whether or not he would be interested in the gig. According to Styles, Rowland had never been in a studio before. Rowland ultimately co-wrote and played guitar and percussion for nine songs on Harry Styles, including Styles' debut single, "Sign of the Times," which debuted at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. After the album's release, he accompanied Styles as lead guitarist in his band for Harry Styles: Live on Tour. According to Styles' then-music director and producer Thomas Hull, Rowland had "never toured like before" so he was having to "learn on the road." In September 2017, Rowland, Styles, and producers Tyler Johnson and Thomas Hull (also known as Kid Harpoon), recorded "Watermelon Sugar" in Nashville on a day off from Live on Tour.
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