Noel Zancanella cut his teeth producing and performing hip-hop, but hooking up with in-demand songsmith Ryan Tedder in the late ‘00s brought him into the pop world. The breezy beat of his first co-written hit, the sun-dappled “Good Life” by Tedder's band OneRepublic, hinted at his roots; he's since shown his ability to diversify with Ellie Goulding's incandescent electro-pop plea “Burn” and Ella Henderson's blues-tinged firecracker “Ghost”.