Scarlet Keys is a professor of songwriting at the Berklee College of Music, where she authored "The songwriting of Taylor Swift" course for Berklee online and developed the first online masters course in songwriting. She is a former staff writer for Warner Bros and a gold record winning songwriter. Her former students include Laufey, Charlie Puth, Lizzy McAlpine, Amy Allen, Madi Diaz, and Sofia Isella.