Phil Plested writes supercharged pop songs that boil with passion, like 3 a.m. howls that can ache with doubt or be beacons of reassurance. When writing for Lewis Capaldi or James Arthur, he creates emotive ballads from the raw blood of desperate affection. And when crafting heartfelt pop for Little Mix or devotional dance tracks for Kygo, he zooms in on the messiness, pain and ecstasy of love.