in June 2016 in March 2017 in March 2017 Daya's professional career began when her parents accompanied her to
Los Angeles to work with Christina Chirumbolo and Gino Barletta, founders of INSIDE ACCESS by Accelerando,
Brett McLaughlin, Britten Newbill and Noisecastle III at Paramount Recording Studios. It was during one of these writing sessions that her debut single "Hide Away" was written and recorded, and Barletta consequently introduced Daya to Steve Zap of Z Entertainment. Daya, who was a junior in high school at the time, said she didn't think anything would happen for a while, and went back to school the next day. The song was well-received online, enjoyed support from a number of notable bloggers including
Tyler Oakley and
Perez Hilton, the latter commenting "There is something very special about Daya's voice". Jason Lipshutz of
Billboard also featured the single on their official website, labeling it "a gorgeous debut". Daya made her television debut performing "Hide Away" on
Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda on August 21, 2015, as
Elvis Duran's
Artist of the Month. She returned to
Today for their summer concert series on June 28, 2016. Following a successful debut, Daya released her self-titled EP,
Daya, which features six songs, including "Hide Away", on September 4, 2015. On October 30, 2015, Daya released the physical version of her debut EP through
Target. In 2016, Daya was the opening act for American
pop-rap duo
Jack & Jack's US tour. In February 2016, she was featured on
The Chainsmokers' song "
Don't Let Me Down", which eventually peaked at number 3 on the Hot 100, becoming her second top 40 entry and her first top 10. This was the only song by Daya that reached the Billboard Hot 100 Decade-End Chart. She also released the second single from her self-titled EP, "
Sit Still, Look Pretty", which debuted at number 100 and peaked at number 28, her third top 40. Daya was invited to perform at the 2016
White House Easter Egg Roll, where she and her family met President
Barack Obama and the First Lady
Michelle Obama. On February 12, 2017, it won the
Grammy Award for
Best Dance Recording making it the singer's first Grammy Award. On October 11, 2017, she released a new single, "New", through
Interscope Records. In March 2018, Daya was featured on
RL Grime's song "
I Wanna Know" which was released on March 16, 2018. On June 22, 2018, Daya released her single "Safe". On July 18, 2018, she released the video for the single. Daya released five singles in 2019. Two of the singles, "
Insomnia" and "Left Me Yet", were originally intended to be on her second studio album. "Forward Motion" was intended for the movie
Late Night. "Keeping It in the Dark" is on the soundtrack of the
Netflix series
13 Reasons Why. "
Wanted" is a collaboration with Swedish music production duo
NOTD. On October 9, 2020, she released "First Time", which was rumored to be related to a new album. It ended up being on her EP
The Difference, released on May 14, 2021, together with "Montana", which she released a little earlier, on April 30 and "Bad Girl", which already charted on the
Mainstream Top 40. She released her next EP
In Between Dreams on September 16, 2022. On September 8, 2024, Daya performed at
Princeton University's biannual lawnparty, alongside
NLE Choppa. ==Discography==