He had previously met
Jake Shears—then still known as Jason Sellards—through a childhood friend, and Hoffman asked Shears to provide vocals for his tracks. When Hoffman moved to
New York to study writing at Columbia, the duo officially joined forces in 2001 and took stage names to become the first two members of "Scissor Sisters", a lesbian euphemism, whose pop-rock music is deeply inspired by drag and LGBTQ+ culture. At the time, the band was just a combination of Babydaddy's music and Shears's vocal and visual performances. The band logo was designed by Babydaddy. Since then, the band has recruited further members and Babydaddy has continued to serve as the keyboardist and bassist. The group has expanded its original musical style to cover the rock, disco and dance music genres. They toured the UK, Europe, and the U.S. in 2004, including a Glastonbury Music Festival performance. The band was nominated for a Grammy in Best Dance Record for their single "Comfortably Numb" in late 2004. Babydaddy plays a number of instruments including
keyboards,
guitar,
bass and
banjo; he and Shears are the main lyricists for the band. The two also wrote the hit single "
I Believe in You" for
Kylie Minogue, as well as the title track from her documentary
White Diamond. Babydaddy has also co-produced with other artists including Tiga and Xavier and has produced remixes (alongside Jake Shears under the Scissor Sisters moniker) for
Pet Shop Boys, The Ones and
Blondie. In 2010, Babydaddy remixed disco icon
Amanda Lear's single "
I'm Coming Up". In 2016, under his own name, Hoffman produced and co-wrote alongside
Dev Hynes and
Nicola Roberts "Ghetto Boy" for
Tinashe's second studio album
Nightride. ==Discography==