{"id":430721,"date":"2026-01-26T11:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/430721\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:34:13","slug":"some-of-pop-musics-biggest-hits-written-in-wyoming-getaway-cabin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/430721\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Of Pop Music\u2019s Biggest Hits Written In Wyoming Getaway Cabin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crushing deadlines and high expectations are the stuff of life for Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Emily Warren.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s the muse behind some of the biggest pop stars on the charts, including Shakira, Lizzo, and Katy Perry.<\/p>\n

She also wrote Dua Lipa\u2019s certified platinum smash hits \u201cNew Rules\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Start Now.”<\/p>\n

A little-told story behind those Dua Lipa hits trails through wild Wyoming to a secluded cabin in a remote area near Wilson. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Called the Outpost Cabin, it\u2019s a three-bedroom, two-bathroom haven that includes a songwriter\u2019s studio.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Warren outfitted that room with her piano, situating it so she\u00a0looked out onto a view that she saw as a symphony all its own.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Warren\u00a0has just listed the cabin for sale at $3.495 million with Ashley DiPrisco, Jackson Hole Sotheby\u2019s International Realty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The singer-songwriter is selling the home because her life is about to change dramatically.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She\u2019s getting married, and she and her fianc\u00e9 plan to start a family soon. They’ve\u00a0decided it\u2019s time to move closer to family in New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Warren stumbled on the Wilson area thanks to a road trip that took her through Jackson Hole just as her music career began taking off.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was like 2016, 2017,\u201d Warren told Cowboy State Daily. \u201cAnd I just, like, immediately fell in love, and I was always kind of like that will be the place when the time comes that I\u2019m ready to have drawers to put my things in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Warren didn\u2019t look at many cabins at all. In fact, the Outpost was the first one she saw, and it completely stole her heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like it was meant to be,\u201d she said. \u201cAfter I saw it, my heart was racing and at every other house we went to see, I was like, I said to the agent, \u2018We don\u2019t have to keep doing\u00a0this tour. I\u2019ve made my decision, and I don\u2019t want to waste your time. I don\u2019t want to see any other houses.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DrewDrew Taggert with The Chainsmokers in Emily Warren’s Wilson, Wyoming, cabin which has also been a songwriting studio. Warren won a Grammy as a co-writer of The Chainsmokers’ hit “Don’t Let Me Down.” (Courtesy Emily Warren)\"MusicMusic being made in Emily Warren’s songwriting studio in her Wilson, Wyoming, cabin. (Courtesy Emily Warren)\"EmilyEmily Warren seated on the couch of her cabin in Wilson, Wyoming, while writing “Dont Start Now,” which became a smash platinum-selling song for Dua Lipa. She’s working with songwriting partner Caroline Ailin. (Courtesy Emily Warren)Arrow leftArrow rightBittersweet Journey<\/p>\n

When Warren first moved into the Outpost Cabin, she kept marveling that it had been for sale at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She couldn\u2019t imagine ever selling the cabin herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s such a beautifully built, special place,\u201d Warren said. \u201cAnd I have gotten so much out of it. So many amazing things have happened there.\u201d<\/p>\n

But now she understands how it can be that such a place would be for sale at all. Life takes some twisting turns, just like the songs she writes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Still, leaving is bittersweet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually, like, sobbed when we decided we\u2019re going to sell the house,\u201d Warren said. \u201cIt\u2019s so hard. But we\u2019re going to have kids in the next couple years, and we just want to be close to family.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the perfect retreat for Warren to escape the stress of Los Angeles by being in nature. It never failed to recharge her creativity.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou get really busy, and there\u2019s deadlines, and there\u2019s things you need to do for certain people,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s part of what drew me to Wyoming. It\u2019s close enough to everything to get there in a couple of hours, but it\u2019s removed enough that you can kind of like silence the distractions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I have the piano with the beautiful views, so I can really just kind of forget about everything and remember, bring back, why I started (writing songs).\u201d<\/p>\n

A Rocky Start<\/p>\n

Warren\u2019s interest in music had a rocky start.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When she was a child, her parents were determined that she and her brother would take piano lessons and learn to play the classics.<\/p>\n

But they were kids\u00a0and not much interested in Bach and Beethoven.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hated practicing for it,\u201d Warren admitted. \u201cBut they found a teacher, like, in the 11th hour named Jen Bloom after so many fights about it, and instead of teaching us Beethoven, which as an 11-year-old wasn\u2019t really getting us going, we could pick any song.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd she would teach us how to sound it out, and then how to play the chords of that song, so we could play music we actually loved.\u201d<\/p>\n

On occasion, the teacher would also play songs that she loved, or sometimes even songs she herself had written.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember the moment that actually clicked for me,\u201d Warren said. \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018Oh, people write songs. That\u2019s how songs happen.’\u201d<\/p>\n

In songwriting, Warren found an outlet she hadn\u2019t known she\u2019d needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was 11, 13 years old with high, high emotions happening,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I would just run home after school every day and just like need to pour it out onto the piano. That\u2019s how I really fell in love with songwriting.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Gauntlet Is Thrown<\/p>\n

Warren\u2019s made a name for herself with her authenticity and lyrics that feel ripped from the pages of life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her musical career was just starting to take off when she moved into the Outpost Cabin in Wilson.<\/p>\n

And the stakes at the time for herself and her fellow writers, Ian Kirkpatrick and Caroline Ailin, couldn\u2019t have been any higher.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Their Dua Lipa song \u201cNew Rules\u201d had been this massive global smash hit \u2014 one that many fans still consider Dua Lipa’s biggest ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Could they do it again?<\/p>\n

Warner Records threw down the gauntlet to Ian Kirkpatrick, challenging the trio to come up with something fresh and fabulous.<\/p>\n

Warren had just set up her new home studio at the time. She’d invited a few of her songwriting colleagues out for a week or two to make music together, and it was proving to be just the thing to charge up everyone\u2019s creativity.<\/p>\n

There was something energizing about the wilderness landscape, where bison and moose are likely to wander by, like the rustic log cabin home itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So, when the trio was challenged to recreate its \u201cNew Rules\u201d success, it was natural for Warren to invite Kirkpatrick and Ailin to Wyoming and experience the magic for themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, they came out to kind of just brainstorm ideas and get some music started,\u201d Warren said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Grammy-winningGrammy-winning singer-songwriter Emily Warren is behind some of the biggest pop stars on the charges, including Shakira, Lizzo, and Katy Perry. She wrote a pair of Dua Lipa\u2019s platinum hits in her Wilson cabin getaway, which has just been listed for $3.495 million. (Courtesy Ashley DiPrisco, Jackson Hole Sotheby\u2019s International Realty)\"Grammy-winningGrammy-winning singer-songwriter Emily Warren is behind some of the biggest pop stars on the charges, including Shakira, Lizzo, and Katy Perry. She wrote a pair of Dua Lipa\u2019s platinum hits in her Wilson cabin getaway, which has just been listed for $3.495 million. (Courtesy Ashley DiPrisco, Jackson Hole Sotheby\u2019s International Realty)\"Grammy-winningGrammy-winning singer-songwriter Emily Warren is behind some of the biggest pop stars on the charges, including Shakira, Lizzo, and Katy Perry. She wrote a pair of Dua Lipa\u2019s platinum hits in her Wilson cabin getaway, which has just been listed for $3.495 million. (Courtesy Ashley DiPrisco, Jackson Hole Sotheby\u2019s International Realty)\"Grammy-winningGrammy-winning singer-songwriter Emily Warren is behind some of the biggest pop stars on the charges, including Shakira, Lizzo, and Katy Perry. She wrote a pair of Dua Lipa\u2019s platinum hits in her Wilson cabin getaway, which has just been listed for $3.495 million. (Courtesy Ashley DiPrisco, Jackson Hole Sotheby\u2019s International Realty)\"Grammy-winningGrammy-winning singer-songwriter Emily Warren is behind some of the biggest pop stars on the charges, including Shakira, Lizzo, and Katy Perry. She wrote a pair of Dua Lipa\u2019s platinum hits in her Wilson cabin getaway, which has just been listed for $3.495 million. (Courtesy Ashley DiPrisco, Jackson Hole Sotheby\u2019s International Realty)\"Grammy-winningGrammy-winning singer-songwriter Emily Warren is behind some of the biggest pop stars on the charges, including Shakira, Lizzo, and Katy Perry. She wrote a pair of Dua Lipa\u2019s platinum hits in her Wilson cabin getaway, which has just been listed for $3.495 million. (Courtesy Ashley DiPrisco, Jackson Hole Sotheby\u2019s International Realty)\"Grammy-winningGrammy-winning singer-songwriter Emily Warren is behind some of the biggest pop stars on the charges, including Shakira, Lizzo, and Katy Perry. She wrote a pair of Dua Lipa\u2019s platinum hits in her Wilson cabin getaway, which has just been listed for $3.495 million. (Courtesy Ashley DiPrisco, Jackson Hole Sotheby\u2019s International Realty)\"Grammy-winningGrammy-winning singer-songwriter Emily Warren is behind some of the biggest pop stars on the charges, including Shakira, Lizzo, and Katy Perry. She wrote a pair of Dua Lipa\u2019s platinum hits in her Wilson cabin getaway, which has just been listed for $3.495 million. (Courtesy Ashley DiPrisco, Jackson Hole Sotheby\u2019s International Realty)\"Grammy-winningGrammy-winning singer-songwriter Emily Warren is behind some of the biggest pop stars on the charges, including Shakira, Lizzo, and Katy Perry. She wrote a pair of Dua Lipa\u2019s platinum hits in her Wilson cabin getaway, which has just been listed for $3.495 million. (Courtesy Ashley DiPrisco, Jackson Hole Sotheby\u2019s International Realty)Arrow leftArrow rightDisco Night Saves The Day<\/p>\n

Still, even nature can only do so much.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tensions were high, so the trio decided to take a night and blow off some steam at the Stagecoach Bar\u2019s locally famous Disco Night.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s been around honestly forever,\u201d DiPrisco told Cowboy State Daily. \u201cDisco Night has been almost like a rite of passage for any youth in Jackson Hole.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s just this funky bar in downtown Wilson that\u2019s been there forever, and they have such an old-school vibe. I mean, I think my parents even went there in the 1970s, and ’80s.\u201d<\/p>\n

People come from all over the place for the event, some of them even dressing up in full disco costumes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey play like the best disco songs,\u201d Warren said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s really fun and silly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ailin was getting over a breakup at the time and met a sweet and funny firefighter while she was at Disco Night.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were cheering her on,\u201d Warren said. \u201cAnd then, when we went back up to the house that night, she was like, \u2018I feel kind of guilty, because I know I\u2019m not in this relationship anymore, but I still feel like I sort of belong to him.’<\/p>\n

“So, we were like, \u2018Why don\u2019t we write, first of all, a disco song, because we\u2019d been inspired by what was playing that night. But second of all, a song that\u2019s kind of about letting go of feeling like you owe this person anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dancing Through The Pain<\/p>\n

The song that came out of that wild Disco Night was \u201cDon\u2019t Start Now,\u201d another of Dua Lipa\u2019s all-time biggest hits, and the first of many Warren has written at her Wilson cabin retreat.<\/p>\n

Warren writes songs every day and has hundreds of writing credits to her name, including The Chainsmokers with \u201cDon\u2019t Let Me Down,\u201d \u201cCapsize\u201d (with FRENSHIP), \u201cSide Effects\u201d (with The Chainsmokers), and \u201cPhone Down\u201d (with Lost Kings).\u00a0<\/p>\n

She\u2019s been featured by Time Magazine as pop music\u2019s secret weapon and by Rolling Stone as a trailblazer, helping give pop music a new path to the future.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all thanks to Stagecoach\u2019s\u00a0Disco Night, which inspired \u201cDon\u2019t Start Now,” whose lyrics pay a nod and a wink to Gloria Gaynor\u2019s 1978 anthem \u201cI will Survive.\u201d<\/p>\n

In one of the verses, Dua Lipa sings, \u201cAren\u2019t you the guy who tried to hurt me with the word goodbye? Though it took some time to survive you I\u2019m better on the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n

After \u201cDon\u2019t Start Now\u201d came out in 2019, it was credited as a catalyst for a 2020 disco revival, transitioning away from slower, downtempo, urban-styled music that proved too depressing during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

It had been a huge risk at the time, one that had everyone panicking at first. Disco-inspired music just wasn\u2019t what was trending at the time.<\/p>\n

But its dancing-through-pain theme struck just the right\u00a0chord during the pandemic and helped fuel the song\u2019s wild success.<\/p>\n

Turning A\u00a0Page<\/p>\n

Warren said she\u00a0can\u2019t help but feel a little of wild Wyoming\u2019s landscape in her heart every time she hears\u00a0the song because of where it was written.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is gonna sound a little, like, out there,\u201d she said. \u201cBut there\u2019s an energy to the (cabin), whenever I have people there, whether we are writing or watching a movie, or sitting outside and looking at the stars.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be hard to recreate that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Warren\u2019s first night in the cabin, sleeping on a mattress on the floor, she still remembers how three shooting stars went by in the skies above.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018What is this place?\u2019” Warren said. \u201cAnd so, every single time I got there, whatever I was worried about or stressed about or concerned about just immediately melted away walking into there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It was life-changing for me, especially at a time when so many things were kind of picking up for me in my career, and it was getting\u00a0like intense and more and more demanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

To have an escape like Outpost Cabin where she could get centered again and focus on songwriting was a priceless thing.<\/p>\n

Leaving Wyoming is bittersweet for Warren, but if there\u2019s one thing she knows from a career writing songs that have become famous for touching the heart, it is that life is always all about change.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is just like the end of that chapter for me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s also a page turning to a new chapter of life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no telling what\u2019s next, but one thing is sure for Warren \u2014 it will always be full of music and love.<\/p>\n

Ren\u00e9e Jean can be reached at renee@cowboystatedaily.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crushing deadlines and high expectations are the stuff of life for Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Emily Warren. She\u2019s the muse…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-430721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}