Tranter flew to Orlando to help in the aftermath of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting. This was followed by Musicians with a Mission, a scholarship fund for LGBT youth education that Tranter founded while attending the Berklee College of Music. Tranter's activism began in high school at the Chicago Academy for the Arts, where they created the annual AIDS Benefit to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS. Tranter performing at the 2018 edition of LoveLoud, a fundraising festival for LGBT youth Tranter has since written for artists ranging from Britney Spears and Demi Lovato to Imagine Dragons and Linkin Park. Tranter and Michaels also teamed up to co-write Gwen Stefani's third solo studio album This Is What the Truth Feels Like (2016). Tranter frequently collaborates with Julia Michaels and multiple songs co-written by the pair have appeared on Billboard charts two such tracks, Gomez's " Good for You" and Bieber's " Sorry", topped the Mainstream Top 40. In December 2015, Tranter was named one of the "20 Biggest Breakouts of 2015" by Rolling Stone for their songwriting contributions to the pop charts of that year. 2014–present: Focus on songwriting Īfter signing with Warner Chappell, Tranter began working with artists such as Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Hailee Steinfeld, Fifth Harmony, and Fall Out Boy. While still part of Semi Precious Weapons, Tranter moved to Los Angeles and signed a publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music in 2012 to write songs for other artists. Semi Precious Weapons released two more albums, You Love You (2010) and Aviation (2014), before disbanding in 2014. The band's debut studio album We Love You was released in 2008 and the band subsequently opened for Lady Gaga on her Monster Ball Tour from 2009 to 2011. In 2004, following the release of Tear Me Together, Tranter formed the band Semi Precious Weapons in New York with fellow Berklee graduates Cole Whittle, Dan Crean, and Aaron Lee Tasjan Tasjan was later replaced by Stevy Pyne.
Semi Precious Weapons performing with Lady Gaga at Lollapalooza 2010 Tranter released their debut studio album Scratched in 2002 and followed it up with their second studio album Tear Me Together in 2004. Musical career 2002–2004: Career beginnings While at Berklee, they founded Musicians with a Mission, a scholarship fund for LGBT youth education. Along with songwriting, they also took classes in business management. Following this, they studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. While studying musical theater at the Academy, they started the AIDS Benefit, an annual show run by students to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS. Tranter says that they experienced bullying during their youth, which caused them to be transferred from the Lake Zurich public high school to the Chicago Academy for the Arts after a semester. Justin Drew Tranter was born and grew up in Hawthorn Woods.
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