Canadian singer-songwriter Alessia Cara has recorded songs for three studio albums, three extended plays (EP), one live album, and several guest features. She bought her first guitar at age 10 and taught herself how to play by ear. Three years later, Cara started a YouTube channel where she would post cover versions of popular music. Aged 16, she hired EP Entertainment as her management team and signed with Def Jam Recordings. Cara began writing songs for her debut studio album, Know-It-All (2015), with Sebastian Kole and its producers Pop & Oak. She released the four-track R&B and pop extended play (EP) Four Pink Walls in August 2015, followed by the album three months later. The latter, an "album about youth and teenage life" according to Cara, included 10 songs co-written by her; Billboards Clover Hope thought it displayed "a strong sense of adolescent idealism and a spoonful of smart cynicism".
Cara co-wrote all 15 songs featured on her second studio album, The Pains of Growing (2018), and was the sole credited songwriter on 5 of them. Inspired by her solitude while conceiving the album, she penned songs about fighting her insecurities over writing music alone. NMEs Nick Levine described its sound as "salty pop-R&B, (Amy) Winehouse-esque retro-pop, and stripped-down acoustic tunes". Cara created her second EP, This Summer (2019), with Jon Levine. The Christmas EP Holiday Stuff was released the following year. Her third studio album, In the Meantime (2021), included 18 songs co-written by her; Rolling Stones Sarah Grant described it as "a mighty pop opera" that guides listeners through the five stages of grief.
Cara has contributed songs to film soundtracks: "How Far I'll Go" (2016) to Moana, "The Other Side" (2017) to The Get Down Part II, and "Feel You Now" and "Last Goodbye" (both 2021) to Blade Runner: Black Lotus. She has been featured as a guest artist on songs by several other artists, including Logic's "1-800-273-8255" and Zedd's "Stay" in 2017. In 2021, Cara was among more than 40 artists who recorded "Himno a La Alegria" as "a voice of harmony and hope" to promote "a kinder and more humane world".
Songs
0–9ABCDEFGHIJLMNOQRSTUVWY +KeyIndicates songs written solely by Alessia Caracciolo
+ Name of song, featured performers, writer(s), original release, and year of release Song Artist(s) Writer(s) Original release Year "1-800-273-8255" Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid Sir Robert Bryson Hall II Dylan Wiggins Arjun Ivatury Alessia Caracciolo Khalid Robinson Andrew Taggart Everybody 2017 "7 Days" Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder 2018 "All We Know" Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Trevor Brown William Simmons 2018 "Another Place" Bastille and Alessia Cara Mark Crew Dan Smith Dan Priddy Doom Days 2019 "Apartment Song" Alessia Caracciolo Joel Little Kyle Harvey In the Meantime 2021 "Babies" Kyle featuring Alessia Cara Kyle Harvey Alessia Caracciolo Axel Morgan Joshua Portillo Mark Landon Aaron Vigil Light of Mine 2018 "Best Days" Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine In the Meantime 2021 "Bluebird" Alessia Caracciolo Albert A. Beach Cameron Breithaupt Charles Trenet In the Meantime 2021 "Box in the Ocean" Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine In the Meantime 2021 "Canada" Lauv featuring Alessia Cara Ari Leff Alessia Caracciolo Marshall Kenneth Vore Phoebe Bridgers Jonathan Simpson How I'm Feeling 2020 (cover) Mel Tormé Robert Wells Holiday Stuff 2019 "Clockwork" Alessia Caracciolo Greg Kurstin In the Meantime 2021 "Comfortable" Alessia Caracciolo Ernest Wilson Steve Wyreman Nathaniel Mercureau 2018 "Cuore nerd" J-Ax and Fedez featuring Alessia Cara Alessandro Merli Federico Lucia Alessandro Aleotti Fabio Clemente Federica Abbate Daniele Lazzarin Comunisti col Rolex 2017 "Dead Man" Alessia CaraAlessia Caracciolo Mike ElizondoLove & Hyperbole2024 "Drama Queen" Alessia Caracciolo Alyssa Reid Nathan Ferraro Jamie Appleby Soran Dussaigne In the Meantime 2021 "Easier Said" Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Trevor Brown William Simmons 2018 "Enter Sandman" (cover) and The Warning James Hetfield Lars Ulrich Kirk Hammett 2021 "Fav Boy" Ricky Reed, John-Robert and Alessia Cara Eric Frederic Columbus Smith III Alessia Caracciolo Jensen Paige McRae John-Robert Rimel Scott Harper Zachary Sekoff 2020 "Feel You Now" Alessia Caracciolo Gerald Trottman Ghian Wright Kayla Morrison Michael Hodges Blade Runner: Black Lotus (Original Television Soundtrack) 2021 "Find My Boy" Alessia Caracciolo Michael Joseph Wise In the Meantime 2021 "Fire" Alessia Caracciolo Love & Hyperbole 2025 "Fishbowl" Alessia Caracciolo Michael Joseph Wise In the Meantime 2021 "Four Pink Walls" Alessia Caracciolo Know-It-All 2015 "Frosty the Snowman" (cover) Pentatonix featuring Alessia Cara Steve Nelson Walter Rollins Evergreen 2021 "Girl Next Door" Alessia Caracciolo Kaleb Rollins Marc Soto 2018 "Growing Pains" Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder 2018 "Hell and High Water" Major Lazer featuring Alessia Cara Thomas Wesley Pentz Philip Meckseper Jasper Helderman Bas van Daalen Mickey Karbrl Alessia Caracciolo Music Is the Weapon 2020 "Here" Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Coleridge Tillman Samuel Gerongco Robert Gerongco Terence Lam Isaac Hayes Know-It-All 2015 "Himno a La Alegria" Various artists Amado Regueiro Rodríguez Ludwig van Beethoven Osvaldo Nicolás Ferraro Gutierrez 2021 "How Far I'll Go" Lin-Manuel Miranda Moana (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2016 "I Can Only" JoJo featuring Alessia Cara Joanna Levesque Jussi "Jussifer" Karvinen Justin Tranter Hayley Warner Alessia Caracciolo Mad Love 2016 "I Choose" (From the Netflix Original Film The Willoughbys) Alessia Caracciolo Brayden Deskins Colton Fisher Diana Studenberg Jason Rabinowitz Jon Levine Jordyn Kane Kris Pearn Mark Mothersbaugh 2020 "I Don't Want To" Alessia Caracciolo 2018 "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (cover) Bernie Taupin Davey Johnstone Elton John Revamp: The Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin 2018 "I Miss You, Don't Call Me" Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine In the Meantime 2021 "I'm Like a Bird" (cover) Nelly Furtado Spotify Singles 2019 "I'm Yours" Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Coleridge Tillman Know-It-All 2015 "(Isn't It) Obvious" Alessia CaraAlessia Caracciolo Jakob Rabitsch Love & Hyperbole2024 "Jingle Bell Rock" (cover) Jim Boothe Joe Beal 2021 "Last Goodbye" Alessia Caracciolo Gerald Trottman Kayla Morrison Michael Hodges Blade Runner: Black Lotus (Original Television Soundtrack) 2021 "Let Me Down Slowly" featuring Alessia Cara Alec Benjamin Nolan Lambroza Michael Pollack Narrated for You 2018 "Lie to Me" Alessia Caracciolo Matthew Samuels Miloš Angelov Johann Deterville Clément Langlois-Légaré Zacharie Raymond Yannick Rastogi In the Meantime 2021 "Like You" Alessia Caracciolo This Summer 2019 Alessia Caracciolo 2018 "Make It to Christmas" Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine Holiday Stuff (Expanded) 2019 "Middle Ground" featuring Chika Alessia Caracciolo Michael Joseph Wise Jane Chika Oranika In the Meantime 2021 "Moody's Mood for Love" (cover) Dorothy Fields Eddie Jefferson James Moody Jimmy McHugh Holiday Stuff 2019 "My Kind" Alessia Caracciolo Nathaniel Mercureau 2018 "My Song" Alessia Caracciolo Coleridge Tillman Fredrik "Fredro" Ödesjö Per Eklund Björn Hallberg Know-It-All 2015 "Nintendo Game" Alessia Caracciolo Kaleb Rollins Marc Soto 2018 "Not Today" Alessia Caracciolo 2018 "October" Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine This Summer 2019 "Okay Okay" Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine This Summer 2019 Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine Holiday Stuff 2019 "Only You" and Alessia Cara Alessia Caracciolo Daniel Hackett Eddie Benjamin Weatherman 2023 Alessia Caracciolo Warren "Oak" Felder Emily Warren Scott Harris 2017 "Out of Love" Alessia Caracciolo Richard Nowels Jr. 2018 "Outlaws" Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Coleridge Tillman Samuel Gerongco Robert Gerongco Know-It-All 2015 "Overdose" Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Coleridge Tillman Samuel Gerongco Robert Gerongco Know-It-All 2015 "Querer Mejor" Juanes featuring Alessia Cara Juan Esteban Aristizábal Alessia Caracciolo Marco Masís Rafael Arcaute Ricardo Montaner Mauricio Montaner Camilo Echeverry Más futuro que pasado 2019 "Ready" Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine This Summer 2019 "Remember Home" featuring Alessia Cara Coleridge Tillman Soup 2016 "River of Tears" Alessia Caracciolo Coleridge Tillman Know-It-All 2015 "Rooting for You" Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine This Summer 2019 "Scars to Your Beautiful" Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Coleridge Tillman Justin Franks Know-It-All 2015 "Seventeen" Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder Coleridge Tillman Samuel Gerongco Robert Gerongco William Robinson Jr. Ronald White Know-It-All 2015 "Shapeshifter" Alessia Caracciolo Salaam Remi In the Meantime 2021 "Slow Lie" Alessia Caracciolo Jeff Halavacs Jake Torrey In the Meantime 2021 "Slow Motion" Alessia CaraccioloMatthew Dean BrettleJake Nathan GoslingMike ElizondoIsaac Stuart Love & Hyperbole 2025 "Somebody Else" Alessia Caracciolo Martin McKinney Dylan Wiggins In the Meantime 2021 "Stars" Alessia Caracciolo Coleridge Tillman Samuel Gerongco Robert Gerongco Terence Lam Know-It-All 2015 "Stay" Zedd and Alessia Cara Linus Wiklund Sarah Aarons Anders Frøen Alessia Caracciolo Anton Zaslavski Jonnali Parmenius Stay + 2017 "Stone" featuring Sebastian Kole Alessia Caracciolo James Ho Coleridge Tillman Know-It-All 2015 "Summertime" (cover) Dorothy Kuhns DuBose Heyward George Gershwin Ira Gershwin This Summer: Live off the Floor 2020 "Sweet Dream" Alessia Caracciolo Jason Evigan Jon Levine Caroline Ailin Spencer Stewart In the Meantime 2021 "Trust My Lonely" Alessia Caracciolo Andrew "Pop" Wansel Warren "Oak" Felder 2018 "Unboxing Intro" Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine In the Meantime 2021 Alessia Caracciolo Jon Levine 2021 "Vale per sempre" featuring Alessia Cara Federica Abbate Cheope Dario Faini Eros Ramazzotti Ray Heffernan Tommaso Paradiso Vita ce n'è 2018 "Voice in My Head" Alessia Caracciolo Mathieu Jomphe Lépine In the Meantime 2021 "Welcome Back" featuring Alessia Cara Amy Allen Alessia Caracciolo Ali Gatie Blake Slatkin 2020 "What I Wouldn't Do / North Star Calling" Artists for Feel Out Loud Jerrod Bettis Leela Gilday Serena Ryder 2023 "What's on Your Mind?" Alessia Caracciolo Mike Sabath This Summer 2019 "Wherever I Live" Alessia Caracciolo 2018 "Wild" featuring Alessia Cara Troye Sivan Alex Hope Alessia Caracciolo Blue Neighbourhood 2016 "Wild Things" Alessia Caracciolo James Ho Coleridge Tillman Thabiso "Tab" Nkhereanye Know-It-All 2015 "WTSGD" Clay and Alessia Cara Alessia Caracciolo Gabrielle Walter-Clay 2022 "You Let Me Down" Alessia Caracciolo Michael Joseph Wise In the Meantime 2021
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References
External links Alessia Cara on AllMusic