Peter Rycroft
Peter Rycroft, known professionally as Lostboy, is a British songwriter and music producer. Active in the music fields since 2010s, he has written and produced music across multiple genres, working with Tiësto, Rita Ora, Ellie Goulding, Lewis Capaldi, Anne-Marie, Little Mix, Zedd and Ava Max. In 2023, he co-wrote Calvin Harris' single "Miracle" which spent 8 weeks at No.1 in the UK, and produced and co-wrote Kylie Minogue's 2023 hit single "Padam Padam", for which he won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Dance Recording.
Early life
Peter Rycroft began piano lessons at age six, then took drum lessons and joined several bands during high school. Originally planning to enroll at the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts to study song production, Rycroft took a gap year to tour with The Laurence Jones Band, and realised that he wanted to write songs. Inspired by Peter Pan, with whom he shares a given name, Rycroft began working under pseudonym Lostboy.Career
got ahold of Lostboy's demo, and invited him to do additional production on songs for Anne-Marie and Gavin James. Lostboy soon began to work with an array of UK artists, writing and producing songs for Becky Hill, and producing 2019 single "Losing Me" for Gabrielle Aplin. Lostboy went on to co-write Zedd and Kehlani's 2019 single "Good Thing", to co-write with Lewis Capaldi Rita Ora's 2020 single "How to Be Lonely", to co-produce with Tiësto his and Ava Max's 2021 single "The Motto", and co-write and co-produce "Hate You" from Jung Kook's debut solo album "Golden", among others.In 2022, Lostboy signed a global publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing UK.
In 2023, Lostboy co-wrote with Ina Wroldsen Kylie Minogue's hit single "Padam Padam" which he also produced. He also co-wrote and produced the song "Rise" by Freya Ridings for the teen comedy film Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. The single is Minogue's first to break into the UK top 10 since 2011, and her first ever to chart on the Billboard Hot Dance / Electronic Song list, peaking at Number 10.
In 2023, Lostboy won Songwriter of the Year at the 2023 Music Business Worldwide A&R Awards.
Production discography
Peter Rycroft's works include:| Year | Title | Artist | Album | Songwriter | Producer |
| 2016 | "Liability" | Kloe | |||
| 2017 | "Becoming" | Jones | Acoustic | ||
| 2017 | "Call Me Out" | Sarah Close | Caught Up | ||
| 2017 | "Caught Up" | Sarah Close | Caught Up | ||
| 2017 | "When the Time's Right" | L Devine | Growing Pains | ||
| 2017 | "Ultra Love" | Marlon Roudette | |||
| 2017 | "Waking Up Slow" | Gabrielle Aplin | Avalon | ||
| 2018 | "Daughter" | L Devine | Peer Pressure | ||
| 2018 | "Drink 2 U" | Jack Vallier | Anyway | ||
| 2018 | "Frozen Frames" | Hannah Jane Lewis | |||
| 2018 | "Revival" | Sigala | Brighter Days | ||
| 2018 | "Sunrise in the East" | Becky Hill | Get to Know | ||
| 2018 | "Used to Love You" | Anne-Marie | Speak Your Mind | ||
| 2018 | "Why Does It Hurt" | JHart | |||
| 2018 | "Wonderland" | Maad | Technicolor | ||
| 2019 | "Empire" | Nina Nesbitt | The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change | ||
| 2019 | "Chloe" | Nina Nesbitt | The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change | ||
| 2019 | "Things I Say When You Sleep" | Nina Nesbitt | The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change | ||
| 2019 | "Last December" | Nina Nesbitt | The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change | ||
| 2019 | "The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change" | Nina Nesbitt | The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change | ||
| 2019 | "Critical" | Sam Tompkins | From My Sleeve to the World | ||
| 2019 | "Deep Sea Diving" | Aboutagirl | rowspan="5" | ||
| 2019 | "Every Time You're High" | Billy Lockett | - | ||
| 2019 | "First Time" | Grey | - | ||
| 2019 | "Good Thing" | Zedd and Kehlani | - | ||
| 2019 | "If Looks Could Kill" | Lauren Aquilina | - | ||
| 2019 | "Look No Further" | Flawes | Highlights | ||
| 2019 | "No Good for My Soul" | Flawes | Highlights | ||
| 2019 | "When We Were Young" | Flawes | Highlights | ||
| 2019 | "Here to Stay" | Flawes | Highlights | ||
| 2019 | "Still Not Ready" | Flawes | Highlights | ||
| 2019 | "Would You Mind If" | Flawes | Highlights | ||
| 2019 | "Outro" | Flawes | Highlights | ||
| 2019 | "Number One" | Flawes | Highlights | ||
| 2019 | "Turn Back Around" | Flawes | Highlights | ||
| 2019 | "I'm Letting Go" | Flawes | Highlights | ||
| 2019 | "Moonwalking" | Good Scott | Fka Fyko | ||
| 2019 | "Woozy" | Good Scott | Fka Fyko | ||
| 2019 | "Not Yours Never Was" | Hannah James Lewis | Hannah James Lewis | ||
| 2019 | "Rivers" | King Calaway | Rivers | ||
| 2019 | "Unbelievable" | Why Don't We | |||
| 2020 | "10 Months" | Enhypen | Border: Day One | ||
| 2020 | "Bad People" | Lauren Aquilina | |||
| 2020 | "Better" | The Vamps | Cherry Blossom | ||
| 2020 | "Married in Vegas" | The Vamps | Cherry Blossom | ||
| 2020 | "Chemicals" | The Vamps | Cherry Blossom | ||
| 2020 | "Part of Me" | The Vamps | Cherry Blossom | ||
| 2020 | "Nothing But You" | The Vamps | Cherry Blossom | ||
| 2020 | "B-List" | Aboutagirl | |||
| 2020 | "Gloves Up" | Little Mix | Confetti | ||
| 2020 | "How to Be Lonely" | Rita Ora | |||
| 2020 | "Until the Sun Comes Up" | Gabrielle Aplin | Dear Happy | ||
| 2020 | "Strange" | Gabrielle Aplin | Dear Happy | ||
| 2020 | "Like You Say You Do" | Gabrielle Aplin | Dear Happy | ||
| 2020 | "Losing Me" | Gabrielle Aplin | Dear Happy | ||
| 2020 | "So Far So Good" | Gabrielle Aplin | Dear Happy | ||
| 2020 | "Nothing Really Matters" | Gabrielle Aplin | Dear Happy | ||
| 2020 | "Mayday" | Victon | Mayday | ||
| 2020 | "New Me" | Ella Eyre | Quarter Life Crisis | ||
| 2020 | "Staying in Love" | Kasbo | The Making of a Paracosm | ||
| 2020 | "You Take The Fun Out of Everything" | Love Fame Tragedy | Wherever I Go, I Want to Leave | ||
| 2021 | "LMLY" | Jackson Wang | LMLY | ||
| 2021 | "100 Ways" | Jackson Wang | LMLY | ||
| 2021 | "Begging" | Billy Lockett | Reflections | ||
| 2021 | "Better Mistakes" | Bebe Rexha | Better Mistakes | ||
| 2021 | "Sacrifice" | Bebe Rexha | Better Mistakes | ||
| 2021 | "Black Hole" | Griff | One Foot in Front of the Other | ||
| 2021 | "C'est La Vie" | Claudia Valentina | |||
| 2021 | "Cut You Off" | Little Mix | Between Us | ||
| 2021 | "Eleven" | Ive | Eleven | ||
| 2021 | "Last Time" | Becky Hill | Only Honest on the Weekend | ||
| 2021 | "Let It Ring" | Reiley | |||
| 2021 | "You" | Reiley | BRB, Having an Identity Crisis | ||
| 2021 | "Something Better" | Tom Grennan | Evering Road | ||
| 2021 | "Little Bit of Love" | Tom Grennan | Evering Road | ||
| 2021 | "Lonely In Love" | Mimi Webb | Seven Shades of Heartbreak | ||
| 2021 | "Postcard" | JLS | 2.0 | ||
| 2021 | "Psycho" | Lauren Aquilina | Ghost World | ||
| 2021 | "Tobacco in My Sheets" | Lauren Aquilina | Ghost World | ||
| 2021 | "Something Stupid" | Jonas Blue and Awa | Together | ||
| 2021 | "Starlight" | Westlife | Wild Dreams | ||
| 2021 | "Start Walking" | Tove Styrke | Hard | ||
| 2021 | "Testosterone" | Grace Davies | I Wonder If You Wonder | ||
| 2021 | "x2" | Anne-Marie | Therapy | ||
| 2022 | "10:35" | Tiësto | Drive | ||
| 2022 | "Follow Me" | Rina Sawayama & Pabllo Vittar | |||
| 2022 | "Friends with My Exes" | Sam DeRosa | The Good Parts | ||
| 2022 | "Hate Being Human" | Chris Brown | Breezy | ||
| 2022 | "Hello" | Fivio Foreign | B.I.B.L.E. | ||
| 2022 | "Love Phobia" | Onew | Dice | ||
| 2022 | "One Heart" | Twinnie | Welcome to the Club | ||
| 2022 | "Questions" | Lost Frequencies and James Arthur | All Stand Together | ||
| 2022 | "Say Something" | James TW | Heartbeat Changes | ||
| 2022 | "Sweat" | Claudia Valentina | rowspan="2" | ||
| 2023 | "Back Home for Christmas" | Mimi Webb | - | ||
| 2023 | "Both of Us" | Mimi Webb | Amelia | ||
| 2023 | "Remind You" | Mimi Webb | Amelia | ||
| 2023 | "Remind Me" | Tom Grennan | What Ifs & Maybes | ||
| 2023 | "Here" | Tom Grennan | What Ifs & Maybes | ||
| 2023 | "Before You" | Tom Grennan | What Ifs & Maybes | ||
| 2023 | "Bla Bla Bla" | Måneskin | Rush! | ||
| 2023 | "Dancing In a Hurricane" | Freya Ridings | Blood Orange | ||
| 2023 | "Rise" | Freya Ridings | Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken | ||
| 2023 | "Million Dollar Baby" | Ava Max | Diamonds & Dancefloors | ||
| 2023 | "Dancing's Done" | Ava Max | Diamonds & Dancefloors | ||
| 2023 | "Hallelujah" | Rosa Linn | Lay Your Hands Upon My Heart | ||
| 2023 | "Hate You" | Jung Kook | Golden | ||
| 2023 | "Holy Moly" | Ive | I've Mine | ||
| 2023 | "I'm My Only Friend" | Dillon Francis and Arden Jones | This Mixtape is Fire Too | ||
| 2023 | "Leave Me for Dead" | Gayle | Hello This Is the Setlist for My Tour | ||
| 2023 | "Let It Die" | Ellie Goulding | Higher Than Heaven | ||
| 2023 | "Messy" | Reneé Rapp | Snow Angel | ||
| 2023 | "Miracle" | Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding | 96 Months | ||
| 2023 | "My Bad" | The Chainsmokers and Shenseea | Summertime Friends | ||
| 2023 | "My Stupid Heart" | Walk off the Earth | Stand By You | ||
| 2023 | "Opposite" | Sabrina Carpenter | Emails I Can't Send | ||
| 2023 | "Padam Padam" | Kylie Minogue | Tension | ||
| 2023 | "Personal Pornstar" | Bludnymph | Drool | ||
| 2023 | "Secondhand Happiness" | Sam Fischer | I Love You, Please Don't Hate Me | ||
| 2023 | "Self-Portrait" | Talia Mar | rowspan="2" | ||
| 2023 | "That Kind of Woman" | The Scarlet Opera | - | ||
| 2023 | "The Motto" | Tiësto | Drive | ||
| 2023 | "Wallflower" | Twice | Ready to Be | ||
| 2023 | "Won't Forget You" | Jax Jones and D.O.D. | rowspan="2" | ||
| 2024 | "15 Minutes" | Madison Beer | - | ||
| 2024 | "Miss Me Too" | Griff | Vertigo | ||
| 2024 | "Into the Walls" | Griff | Vertigo | ||
| 2024 | "19th Hour" | Griff | Vertigo | ||
| 2024 | "Hole in My Pocket" | Griff | Vertigo | ||
| 2024 | "So Fast" | Griff | Vertigo | ||
| 2024 | "Where Did You Go" | Griff | Vertigo | ||
| 2024 | "One Night" | Griff | Vertigo | ||
| 2024 | "Colder" | St. Paul | |||
| 2024 | "Freaking Out" | Billy Lockett | Abington Grove | ||
| 2024 | "Heartbreak in Heaven" | Tzuyu | Aboutzu | ||
| 2024 | "Same Road" | Arlissa | |||
| 2024 | "Trash" | BGYO | BGYO | ||
| 2024 | "2 Hands" | Tate McRae | So Close to What | ||
| 2025 | "Signs" | Tate McRae | So Close to What | ||
| 2025 | "No I'm Not in Love" | Tate McRae | So Close to What | ||
| 2025 | "Ash" | Le Sserafim | Hot | ||
| 2025 | "FUFN " | Jade | That's Showbiz Baby | ||
| 2025 | "It Girl" | Jade | That's Showbiz Baby | ||
| 2025 | "Natural Disaster" | Jade | That's Showbiz Baby | ||
| 2025 | "Glitch" | Jade | That's Showbiz Baby | ||
| 2025 | "Paradise" | Maymay Entrata | |||
| 2025 | "Someone for Me" | Kylie Minogue | Tension II | ||
| 2025 | "Who's Making You Feel It" | Cian Ducrot | Little Dreaming | ||
| 2025 | "Messy" | Rosé | F1 the Album | ||
| 2025 | "All At Once" | Madison Beer | F1 the Album | ||
| 2025 | "Yes Baby" | Madison Beer | Locket | ||
| 2025 | "Ponytail" | XO | Fashionably Late | ||
| 2025 | "This Is What We Dance For" | Jade | That's Showbiz Baby The Encore |