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title: "Don't Give In"

meaning: "Kerri Medders Lot 17 EP: co-written with Luke Francis Walton and Brandon Woodward; later Do Not Reply soundtrack (2019)."

year: 2017
release: "Lot 17"
releaseType: "EP"

artist: "Kerri Medders"

role: production
productionRoles: "Co-writer, producer, session guitarist"
coWriters: ["Kerri Medders", "Brandon Woodward"]

press:
  - outlet: "Ouch! Magazine: Lot 17 co-write"
    url: "https://ouchmagazine.com/blogs/cover-stories/kerri-medders-rising-stars-x-ouch-magazine"
    desc: "Kerri: every Lot 17 original co-written with Brandon Woodward and Luke Francis."
  - outlet: "Teenplicity: Lot 17"
    url: "https://teenplicity.com/kerri-medders-talks-lot-17/"
    desc: "'80s-influenced pop/alternative; vulnerable age-17 project."
  - outlet: "Do Not Reply: score & music"
    url: "http://www.donotreplymovie.com/score-and-music.html"

spotify: "https://open.spotify.com/track/10iWmptYkGZM6uhffnyxaw"

themes: ["Kerri Medders", "Lot 17", "FEiN", "production", "Do Not Reply", "2017"]

isrc: TCACS1641528
isrcSource: spotify
draft: false
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**Don't Give In**: **Kerri Medders** (Texas-born singer-songwriter and actress; *SEAL Team*, *Alexa & Katie*). Track four on the four-song ***Lot 17*** EP (**April 17, 2017**: [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3fwGJoJhbpeUJvreRlmMpR) · [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/lot-17-ep/1221603646), ~14 minutes). Luke Francis Walton co-wrote and produced the **full EP** with Brandon Woodward — **Slipping**, **Cry, Cry**, and **Don't Give In** are all originals from that session; **How Will I Know** is the Whitney Houston cover. [Teenplicity](https://teenplicity.com/kerri-medders-talks-lot-17/) on the sophomore EP's '80s-leaning pop/alternative sound and Kerri's age-17 vulnerability frame.

**Authorship:** [Ouch! Magazine](https://ouchmagazine.com/blogs/cover-stories/kerri-medders-rising-stars-x-ouch-magazine) quotes Kerri: every song on *Lot 17* except the Whitney cover was **co-written with producers Brandon Woodward and Luke Francis** (**Luke Francis** = **Luke Francis Walton**). Co-writers on the [*Do Not Reply* score page](http://www.donotreplymovie.com/score-and-music.html): **Kerri A. Medders**, **Luke Francis Walton**, **Brandon Michael Woodward**. **Cry, Cry** on the same EP credits production to FEiN (Walton + Woodward).

*Do Not Reply* (2019) starred Medders; **Don't Give In** is among the film's featured music. The Lot 17 cycle preceded a **High School Nation** tour (Plain White T's, Drake Bell; 90,000+ per artist bio).

Luke Francis Walton: **co-writer, producer, and session guitarist** (with Woodward). No Scoobert vocal: Medders performs.

See [Lot 17 EP notes](/albums/lot-17/) · [With Kerri Medders](/with/kerri-medders/) · [Catalog](/catalog/#production)

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