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Matt Schwartz

Matt Schwartz is an Israeli-British record producer and songwriter, also known as The Drill, who won a Grammy Award in 2025 for his work on Yungblud's cover of "Changes".

born 1971Producing Yungblud's recordsThe dance duo Deepest BlueKylie Minogue's "Timebomb"A Grammy for "Changes"

Born: 26 October 1971, Haifa
Occupation: songwriter, record producer, disc jockey

Matt Schwartz was born in 1971 in Haifa

Schwartz was born on 26 October 1971 in the Neve Yosef neighborhood of Haifa. He moved to London in the early 1990s and studied at Kingston University. He lives in London.

In 1994 he began working at the Hit-House studio in Hammersmith. From 1996 to 1998 he worked at BeatFarm Studios, producing records for Massive Attack and others. In 1998 he turned to his own career as an artist and producer.

He founded Destined Records in 2000. In 2002 he formed the duo Deepest Blue with Joel Edwards, which released the album Late September in 2004. His song "Shooting Star" was the Sky Sports theme from 2004 to 2007.

As M'Black he reached No. 1 on the Billboard dance chart in 2010. In 2012 he co-wrote Kylie Minogue's "Timebomb". He has worked with Selah Sue, Cheryl Cole and Avicii, among others.

Since 2018 he has worked closely with Yungblud, co-producing his album Weird!, which topped the UK charts in 2020. In 2025 his production of Yungblud's live cover of "Changes" won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance.