Matthew Koma (born Matthew Bair, June 2, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter and DJ born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, New York. Inspired by
Elvis Costello and
Bruce Springsteen, Koma started his music career in
punk rock, later transitioning into a mixture of genres ranging from
Pop and
Hip Hop to
Electronic Dance Music. Koma's early collaborations include work with
Hardwell,
Zedd,
Miriam Bryant,
Sebastian Ingrosso,
Alesso,
Tiesto,
Vicetone and
Ryan Tedder of
OneRepublic. His collaboration with
Zedd has been his most notable accomplishment to date with their song "
Spectrum" being premiered by
Rolling Stone and spending two weeks at number 1 on the
Billboard Dance Club chart.