Contemporary artist Paul Rousso is credited with the 20th century expression, “Anything is possible with a dollar and a dream.”
Embodying this truism, Asa Taccone chased his dream to Los Angeles in 2007 when an established mentor provided a check for $10,000 so the promising ingénue producer could quit his job and pursue music full-time. Rather than blow it on one of L.A.’s many inherent vices (or a weekend trip to Las Vegas), he incubated this miraculous nest egg until he could subsist and survive off his own songwriting, production, and artistry as one-half of the duo Electric Guest with drummer Matthew “Cornbread” Compton.
Electric Guest embrace the same energy, hunger, and mindset that first brought Asa to this point on their aptly titled fourth full-length album, 10K.
“So, 10K is back to the basics,” he affirms. “Nobody was in the room or on the record but friends. In a way, it feels like this is actually my first album. For me, there was a slow arc of returning to a different place where you’re making art for the sake of art. This is a full circle moment.”
Behind-the-scenes, Asa relentlessly pushed himself as a songwriter and producer, building up a robust catalog in the process. He co-wrote and co-produced Portugal. The Man’s 7x-Platinum “Feel It Still,” earning the band a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and a GRAMMY ® Award for “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.” His repertoire also expanded with Lily-Rose Depp’s “World Class Sinner / I’m A Freak” for The Weeknd’s The Idol, Aminé’s “Campfire” [feat. Injury Reserve], Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Feels Right,” and more. He's the rare creative chameleon who can cook up “Cheat Code” for H.E.R. or hilarious viral tentpole tracks for The Lonely Island a la “Natalie’s Rap” with Academy® Award winner Natalie Portman, “Motherlover” with Justin Timberlake, “Here I Go” with Charli XCX, and “3-Way (The Golden Rule)” with Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga, among others. Simultaneously, Electric Guest racked up over half-a-billion streams across Mondo [2013], Plural [2017], and KIN [2019]. Of the latter, UPROXX applauded how “Electric Guest bring back golden-era pop and R&B.” It received further praise from Billboard, EUPHORIA., and more.
Throughout 2025, he hunkered down and poured his focus into Electric Guest. For as much as he concurrently collaborated with top-tier talent, he actually found the most inspiration much closer to home.
