{{Short description|English musician (born 1998)}} {{Other uses|Goddard (disambiguation){{!}}Goddard}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Goddard. | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Andrew Goddard | alias = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1998}} | birth_place = Kettering, England | origin = | genre = | occupation = {{hlist|Producer}} | years_active = 2018–present | label = | past_member_of = Ag. | website = }}
'''Andrew Goddard''' (born 1998), known under the stage name '''Goddard.''', is a musician from Kettering, England. He is best known for his remix of Cat Burns's "Go", which charted at No. 2 on the New Zealand Singles Chart, and for featuring on Venbee's "Messy in Heaven", which charted at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart.
==Life and career== ===1998–2018: Early life and Ag.=== Andrew Goddard<ref name="sb">{{Cite web|url=https://soundbetter.com/profiles/179843-andrew-goddard|title=Andrew Goddard on SoundBetter|website=SoundBetter|accessdate=23 May 2023|archive-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626032335/https://soundbetter.com/profiles/179843-andrew-goddard|url-status=live}}</ref> was born in 1998<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goddard - Everything You Need to Know About the Music Artist |url=https://pianity.com/goddard-434 |access-date=29 June 2023 |website=pianity.com |language=en |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629091437/https://pianity.com/goddard-434 |url-status=live }}</ref> in Kettering.<ref name="tf">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ticketfairy.com/event/goddard-uk-wellington-21oct2022|title=goddard. (UK) | Wellington|date=21 October 2022|website=www.ticketfairy.com|accessdate=23 May 2023|archive-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626032336/https://www.ticketfairy.com/event/goddard-uk-wellington-21oct2022|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a fan of Hospital Records and Ram Records as a teenager.<ref name="feathery">{{cite news|first=Alexis|last=Petridis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/22/its-just-good-energy-how-tiktok-and-covid-made-drumnbass-hot-again|title='It's just good energy!' How TikTok and Covid made drum'n'bass hot again|newspaper=The Guardian|date=22 April 2022|accessdate=30 May 2023|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401203642/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/22/its-just-good-energy-how-tiktok-and-covid-made-drumnbass-hot-again|url-status=live}}</ref> He studied for a master's degree in Music & Management at Leeds University.<ref name="em"/> He initially went into DJing after admiring the DJs at raves he had attended as a teenager; realising this was not sufficient to make a living, he learned Reason, first by watching YouTube tutorials, then by teaching himself.<ref name="albawaba">{{cite web|url=https://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/meet-drum-and-bass-artist-goddard-his-interview-albawaba-1430065|title=Meet Drum and Bass Artist Goddard in His Interview With Albawaba|publisher=Albawaba.com|accessdate=26 June 2023|archive-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626135040/https://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/meet-drum-and-bass-artist-goddard-his-interview-albawaba-1430065|url-status=live}}</ref> Whilst at university, he formed Ag. with Ross Quinn,<ref name="em"/> who released "Warped Minds" on 27 July 2018, "All Falls Down" on 21 August 2018, their parent six-track EP ''Servia'' on 28 September 2018, and "Silent Corner" on 30 November 2018.<ref name="ag">{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Y0BDQmdVf2dVU4f9gZZ4m/discography/all|title=ag. - Discography|publisher=Spotify|accessdate=26 June 2023|archive-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626133538/https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Y0BDQmdVf2dVU4f9gZZ4m/discography/all|url-status=live}}</ref>
===2020–2022: Early solo releases=== Goddard's early tracks were "very deep liquid tracks"; he told Albawaba.com in May 2021 that two years beforehand he lost someone close to him, and that concentrating on writing helped him grieve.<ref name="albawaba"/> On 12 June 2020, he released "Player" as "Goddard.", and on 28 August 2020 he released the EP ''Next Gen''. On 30 April 2021, he released "Nicotine", which featured Archie,<ref name="spotify">{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/3yDDYheQFqfhKZXdjFQuuP/discography/all|title=goddard. - Discography|publisher=Spotify|accessdate=26 June 2023|archive-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626133541/https://open.spotify.com/artist/3yDDYheQFqfhKZXdjFQuuP/discography/all|url-status=live}}</ref> real name Archie Collingwood-Watt,<ref name="archie">{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EqbS3LYLBLS6scWZAHCrE/discography/all|title=archie - Discography|publisher=Spotify|accessdate=26 June 2023|archive-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626133538/https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EqbS3LYLBLS6scWZAHCrE/discography/all|url-status=live}}</ref> the son of Vanessa Collingridge;<ref name="lochwinnoch">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-gazette.co.uk/news/18082488.brother-duo-lochwinnoch-bidding-win-christmas-number-one/|title=Brother duo from Lochwinnoch bidding to win Christmas number one|date=6 December 2019|publisher=The Renfrewshire Gazette|accessdate=26 June 2023|archive-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626133539/https://www.the-gazette.co.uk/news/18082488.brother-duo-lochwinnoch-bidding-win-christmas-number-one/|url-status=live}}</ref> on 13 May 2021 a music video was released for the single.<ref name="nicotine">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9waMwLOr1s|title=Goddard - Nicotine (Official Music Video)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=26 June 2023|archive-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626133538/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9waMwLOr1s|url-status=live}}</ref> On 29 October 2021, he released "Day 9", and on 11 December 2021, he and Dread MC featured on an Allstars MIC,<ref name="spotify" /> a fortnightly DnB Allstars series.<ref name="allstars">{{cite web|url=https://ukf.com/news/dnb-allstars-announce-allstars-mic/32126|title=DNB Allstars Announce Allstars MIC|date=22 November 2021|publisher=Ukf.com|accessdate=2 June 2023|archive-date=2 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602145837/https://ukf.com/news/dnb-allstars-announce-allstars-mic/32126|url-status=live}}</ref> On 9 February 2022, he released "Afterlife" with Bailey,<ref name="spotify"/> real name Samuel Bailey,<ref name="spotifysb">{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/11cVIlWcbl4NaDtqlrVCaM|title=bailey - Discography|publisher=Spotify|accessdate=26 June 2023|archive-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626133539/https://open.spotify.com/artist/11cVIlWcbl4NaDtqlrVCaM|url-status=live}}</ref> and on 23 March 2022 he released "Green Light" with Megan Linnell.<ref name="spotify"/>
===2022–present: Later releases=== On 25 March 2022, he contributed a remix for Cat Burns's "Go" for her album of remixes;<ref name="spotifycb">{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/6WFDpw4u23uSpon4BHvFRn/discography/all|title=Cat Burns - Discography|publisher=Spotify|accessdate=26 June 2023|archive-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626133538/https://open.spotify.com/artist/6WFDpw4u23uSpon4BHvFRn/discography/all|url-status=live}}</ref> this remix charted at No. 3 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.<ref name="nz">{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2022-04-29|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=2 May 2022|access-date=30 April 2022|archive-date=30 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430010340/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=5325|url-status=live}}</ref> On 23 September 2022,<ref name="spotify"/> he and Waypoint remixed the 2020 single "Never Gonna Love" by ''Love Island'' contestant and Tonia Buxton's daughter<ref name="rt">{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/love-island-2022-contestant-antigoni-buxton/|title=Who is Antigoni Buxton? Meet the Love Island 2022 contestant and musician|publisher=Radio Times|accessdate=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629202832/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/love-island-2022-contestant-antigoni-buxton/|url-status=live}}</ref> Antigoni,<ref name="spotify"/> which charted at No. 72 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart,<ref name="wag">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/63427/waypoint-antigoni-goddard|title=WAYPOINT/ANTIGONI/GODDARD|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=29 June 2023|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629202834/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/63427/waypoint-antigoni-goddard|url-status=live}}</ref> and released "Messy in Heaven" with Loud LDN member Venbee,<ref name="venbee">{{cite web |last=Jolley |first=Ben |date=2 November 2022 |title=Venbee: thrilling, cathartic drum 'n' bass from 'Messy In Heaven' hitmaker |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/venbee-messy-in-heaven-goddard-interview-pinkpantheress-radar-3340236 |access-date=8 January 2023 |website=NME |archive-date=24 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124001906/https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/venbee-messy-in-heaven-goddard-interview-pinkpantheress-radar-3340236 |url-status=live }}</ref> which charted at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart, and spent fifteen weeks at No. 1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart.<ref name="occ">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/62437/venbee/|title=VENBEE|publisher=The Official Charts Company|accessdate=3 April 2023|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401083615/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/62437/venbee/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 30 September 2022,<ref name="spotifych">{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/2XRjIwgD0UiJXtx7Xzfy7w/discography/all|title=Charlotte Haining - Discography|publisher=Spotify|accessdate=31 May 2023|archive-date=31 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531121708/https://open.spotify.com/artist/2XRjIwgD0UiJXtx7Xzfy7w/discography/all|url-status=live}}</ref> he released a remix of Loud LDN member Charlotte Haining<ref name="venbee"/> and BCee's "Before You",<ref name="spotifych"/> and on 3 November 2022 Goddard and Haining would release "Feel Like That".<ref name="spotify"/> In December 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 December 2022 |title=Drum&BassArena Awards 2022 - The Winners |url=https://ukf.com/news/drum-and-bass-arena-awards-2022-the-winners/35384 |access-date=29 June 2023 |website=UKF |language=en-US |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629091437/https://ukf.com/news/drum-and-bass-arena-awards-2022-the-winners/35384 |url-status=live }}</ref> he won Best Newcomer at the Drum&BassArena Awards 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lab On Location: goddard. |url=https://mixmag.net/read/lab-on-location-goddard-dj-lab |access-date=29 June 2023 |website=Mixmag |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629092011/https://mixmag.net/read/lab-on-location-goddard-dj-lab |url-status=live }}</ref> and he later signed to Atlantic Records.<ref name="tlobf">{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/goddard-reworks-greentea-pengs-downers|title=goddard. reworks Greentea Peng's "Downers"|publisher=The Line of Best Fit|accessdate=26 June 2023|archive-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626133538/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/goddard-reworks-greentea-pengs-downers|url-status=live}}</ref> On 21 April 2023, Javeon, Lens, and Pola & Bryson released "Way Up",<ref name="spotify"/> which had been written in 2022 at a Shogun Audio Writing Camp.<ref>{{Cite web |title=goddard, Pola & Bryson & Lens - Way Up (feat. Javeon) |url=https://www.shogunaudio.co.uk/pages/goddard-pola-bryson-lens-way-up-feat-javeon |access-date=29 June 2023 |website=Shogun Audio |language=en |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629091435/https://www.shogunaudio.co.uk/pages/goddard-pola-bryson-lens-way-up-feat-javeon |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Artistry== Ag. were inspired by Burial, Four Tet, and Maribou State, while Goddard himself was inspired by Maribou State, Bonobo, Etherwood, and Keeno,<ref name="em">{{Cite web|url=https://evermix.fm/blogs/news/mix-of-the-week-goddard|title=MIX OF THE WEEK: Goddard|date=23 January 2020|website=Evermix|accessdate=23 May 2023|archive-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626032336/https://evermix.fm/blogs/news/mix-of-the-week-goddard|url-status=live}}</ref> and has been cited as inspiration by Vibe Chemistry.<ref name="jdnb">{{cite web|url=https://www.jungledrumandbass.co.uk/news/moment-vibe-chemistry|title=A Moment With - Vibe Chemistry|date=15 June 2022|publisher=Jungledrumandbass.co.uk|accessdate=28 April 2023|archive-date=28 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428192149/https://www.jungledrumandbass.co.uk/news/moment-vibe-chemistry|url-status=live}}</ref> The Guardian noted in April 2022 that he made "soulful vocal tracks that seem aimed squarely at the dancefloor, but which clock in at pop-single length; hardly anything he does exceeds three minutes", a practice he attributes to learning about listeners' reduced attention spans as a result of the Digital Revolution while at university.<ref name="feathery"/>
==Charting singles== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of solo charting singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em; font-size:90%;"| NZ<br />Hot<br /><ref>Peaks on the NZ Hot Singles Chart: * "Yesterday": {{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2025-09-19|title=Hot 40 Singles|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=19 September 2025|access-date=19 September 2025}} * "Eye of the Storm": {{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2025-12-12|title=Hot 40 Singles|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=12 December 2025|access-date=13 December 2025}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "Yesterday" | rowspan="2"| 2025 | 33 | rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row"| "Eye of the Storm"<br />{{small|(with Irah)}} | 29 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:English drum and bass musicians Category:English record producers Category:People from Kettering Category:Musicians from Northamptonshire Category:1998 births Category:Living people