Waves With Words is a boutique publisher and record label founded by Grammy Award winner Jordan “DJ Swivel” Young, with a focus on the discovery and development of new and emerging talent.
WRITERS
WRITERS

CANDACE SOSA
Candace Sosa is an artist, songwriter, producer and multi instrumentalist from Troy, Michigan. A recent transplant to Los Angeles, Candace has had enormous success since signing to Waves With Words Music Publishing in mid 2018, writing on 7 songs across 3 Billboard 200 #1 albums from K-Pop superstars BTS. “Love Yourself: Tear” and “Love Yourself: Answer” both broke streaming and sales records in Korea, and the third album, “Map of the Soul: Persona” surpassed both of the previous albums to become the highest selling album in Korean music history with over 3.5 million records sold. Persona was also the highest selling album in the world for 2019. Candace also wrote and is featured on an upcoming song for EDM superstar Armin Van Buuren’s upcoming album.

JORDAN “DJ SWIVEL” YOUNG
Jordan Young, known to many as DJ Swivel, is a Toronto-born, Grammy-winning producer, mixer and songwriter. He’s worked with Beyonce, Jay-Z, The Chainsmokers, Coldplay, BTS, Fabolous, Lil Nas X and more. He has 2 Grammy nominations, and 1 Grammy win, for his work on Don’t Let Me Down by The Chainsmokers. Most recently Swivel has written 8 songs for K-Pop superstars BTS, over their last 4 album releases. As writer/producer/mixer he’s sold over 100 million albums and singles.

ARIA
ARIA is a 21-year old rapper, songwriter and producer from Washington, D.C. In the last 12 months, ARIA’s releases amassed more than 30 million cumulative streams across digital platforms; going viral on Global Shazam, Apple, iTunes and Deezer charts, and hitting the #1 spot on Hype Machine. The love of this quickly rising artist’s gifts have spilled into every other facet of the music industry; after signing to Waves With Words under the Grammy Award Winning Producer & Engineer, DJ Swivel, 2020 is poised to be a breakout year for this rising star.
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