Tayla Parx


Taylor Monét Parks, known professionally as Tayla Parx, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. In 2018, Parks was credited as a co-writer on three Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles; "Love Lies" by Khalid and Normani, "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande, and "High Hopes" by Panic! at the Disco.

Career

Tayla played the role of Little Inez in the 2007 musical movie Hairspray. She has also appeared in the television series Gilmore Girls, Everybody Hates Chris, Carpoolers, Bones, Victorious, and had a recurring role in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP starring Keke Palmer.
Parks is also a personal friend of Palmer's.
Parks lives in Los Angeles. She has contributed to albums by Ariana Grande, Khalid, Jennifer Lopez, BTS, Jason Derulo, Pentatonix, Mariah Carey, The Internet, Camila Cabello, Fifth Harmony, and Chris Brown. She has written with various artists/producers including Demi Lovato, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, LeAnn Rimes, DJ Mustard, Christina Aguilera, Usher, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Normani, Tyler Hubbard, Meghan Trainor, and Marcus & Martinus. Parks has also written hits for K-pop artists BTS, Red Velvet, f and Tao. She also does voice acting for one of the voice types that can be given to Sims in The Sims 4, and has appeared as a judge on a Sims-based game show named The Sims Spark'd. Parks was signed as a songwriter by Jon Platt at Warner Chappell Publishing at age 19.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes

Singles

As featured artist

Soundtrack appearances

Songwriting credits