By Anita Malhotra

Nashville-based singer-songwriter and DJ Davis Mallory first came into the public eye as a reality TV star on the MTV show The Real World.

Becoming a singer-songwriter was his lifelong dream, and after several years working in New York City as a music journalist and for an EDM record label, he launched his career and moved to Nashville. 

An early highlight was when his single “Anyone Would Know” was remixed by Swedish DJ John Dahlbäck and released in 2017 by Armada Records.

Since then, DAVIS has released dozens of other successful songs and music videos, and his songs have received millions of streams on Spotify, SoundCloud and other platforms. 

Davis took time out from his busy schedule to speak to EDM Beat on Dec. 22, 2023 about his life and career.

EDM Beat: Hi Davis. Can you tell me about “FA LA LA LA,” the song you released recently?

Davis: In 2022 I was visiting my cousins who live in Sweden (my mom is Swedish). 

Over a cozy Christmas dinner, they knew I had a songwriting session the next day in Stockholm, so they encouraged me to write a Christmas song.

Up until that point in time, I had been working with the same producer, and we’d written five or six pop, catchy songs.

So asking him to write a Christmas song was a curveball. I was like, “What do you think of writing a Christmas song?” And he’s like, “Okay, let’s do it.” 

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