Tom Jay Williams

In March 2014, Williams joined the band At Sunset[4] who were signed to Warner Music Australia the following year. At Sunset were best known as the winners of the Nova FM Fresh Discovery[5][6] and MTV (Australia and New Zealand) Brand New[7] competitions, catching the attention of Zendaya[8] and singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran who personally mentored the band in 2015.[9] During his time with At Sunset, Williams co-wrote the bands successful 2015 single 'Every Little Thing' with Nash Overstreet from American pop rock band Hot Chelle Rae,[10] the band were also interviewed by Ryan Seacrest[11] and were selected by KIIS Sydney to support Miley Cyrus on the iHeart Music festival prior to its cancellation.[12][13][14][15]

Williams and At Sunset also toured with Nickelodeon Slimefest alongside Boyce Avenue and The Veronicas[16] in September 2015, were the support act for American artists R5 and Jack & Jack in January 2016,[17][18] supported UK band The Vamps on the Wake Up World Tour at Allphones Arena in Sydney in January 2016[19] and were invited by Boyce Avenue to support them again at their arena show at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in The Philippines in February 2016.[20]

Williams and At Sunset were ambassadors for the Australian Football League team Port Adelaide Football Club[21]

On 30 June 2016, At Sunset announced on their social media accounts that they were disbanding and Williams pursued a successful solo career with the release of his debut single 'Closure' in March 2017.[22] Written by Fredrik Häggstam, who co-wrote the song 'Paris' by American electronic music duo The Chainsmokers[23] and Gavin Jones who wrote for Little Mix on their 'DNA' album.[24] 'Closure' reached number 1 on the New Zealand and number 2 on the Japan streaming charts and was playlisted on the BBC.[25][26] Williams released his second single 'Figure It Out' in November 2017. He debuted the single live at the Music Matters Festival in Singapore in 2017[27][28][25] and was invited by YouTube's Global Head of Music, Lyor Cohen to join him onstage in a live mentoring session where a world first partnership between YouTube and Williams was announced.[29][30][31] Williams also performed with William Singe and Wesley Stromberg on the 'Cool For Summer' Festival in April 2017[32] with Pnau drummer Commandeur[33] and was selected as a brand ambassador alongside Kelly Rowland for the launch of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar in Australia in June 2017.[34][35]

Williams is a founding member of Australian boyband Darling Brando, formed in 2018.[36] Darling Brando made their worldwide debut at the Music Matters Festival in Singapore in 2018[37] and signed to Sony Music Australia in August 2019.[38][39] They released their debut single 'Beat Up Guitar' in March 2019,[40][41] co-written by Swedish songwriter and producer Johan Gustafsson (The Pussycat Dolls, Icona Pop) alongside Joleen Belle (Kelly Clarkson, Selena Gomez)[42] and Sebastian Lundberg (Lupe Fiasco, Dami Im, Samantha Jade).[43] 'Beat Up Guitar' debuted at number 2 on the Shazam discovery charts and peaked at number 36 on the Spotify Australia Viral 50 chart.[44] Darling Brando were attempting a new world record of performing 100 shows in 30 days in early 2020[45][39] which earned them the title of 'Australia's Hardest Working Boy Band',[46] however had to cancel their attempt after only 80 shows left[47] as Australia was locked down during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Darling Brando released their second single 'Nightlights' in August 2020, co-written by Jimmy Robbins (Day + Shay, Florida Georgia Line, Keith Urban) as well as Nash Overstreet and Ryan Follese from American pop-rock band Hot Chelle Rae whom Williams has collaborated with throughout his music career. Darling Brando released their third single 'Wild Eyes' in October 2020 which was co-written by Norwegian singer Ruben and Swedish songwriter David Björk (Armin van Buuren, HRVY).[48] Williams departed Darling Brando in February 2021.[49]