Joshua Grimmett and Ethan Shore, aka Goodboys, first formed less than five years ago, and almost stumbled into multi-platinum success with Piece Of Your Heart, a hook-laden, deep-house inspired piece of pop co-written with Italian trio Meduza. The track racked up millions of streams, picked up Grammy nominations and inspired countless imitators with its pitcheddown vocals and crossover sound. Follow-up, Lose Control, another collaboration with Meduza and vocalist Becky Hill, scored similar worldwide success.
This summer sees the duo preparing a hectic lineup of releases and live shows, as well as putting the finishing touches to a new studio in London’s Soho. We grabbed them for a chat in a rare free moment.
How did you get into music making?
Josh: “I’ve been making music for a long time, I was doing a lot of Christian and gospel music growing up. I started making songs with Ethan’s big brother Johann. I used to go round to Ethan’s house, and we’d end up watching Tomorrowland after movies and all these DJ sets.”
“That’s how we realised we had similar taste in music. Because Josh was doing more gospel stuff I
