Robert Francis (born September 25, 1987 in Los Angeles, California) is a multi-instrumentalist, Americana singer-songwriter. At nineteen years old, Francis "separated himself from his friends and society to write his debut record, One By One." The album took over a year to make with Francis' [learning] "how to engineer over that period of time." Half of the album was recorded in his childhood home while the rest was recorded at his friends parent's house while they were out of town. "Songs like Dakota and One By One were recorded there." The album received three and a half stars on the All Music Guide.