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Seinabo Sey has a voice that transports you to an ethereal plane. She possesses a rich timbre that is deep, honest and distinct. The Swedish-Gambian singer-songwriter has been aware of her gift since childhood. From the age of ten, she would write songs and notice that rooms would fall silent whenever she burst into song. Having soaked up her mother’s musical tastes and observed her father, Maudo Sey, a renowned West African Sufi musician whose hymn-singing would bounce around the walls of her familial home, she’s carved her own path.
Sey’s first taste of success came via her hit single, ‘Younger’, which was later remixed by Kygo, attracting international attention. In 2015, her first studio album, Pretend, established her as an artist to watch. With the versatility to flip between pop and soul, Sey ties together sonic worlds with her unwavering vocal range. TIME Magazine called Pretend ‘one of the year’s best debut albums.
When the four-time Swedish Grammy Award-winning Sey returns with new music, it's as an artist who has found her way back to herself - and what attracted her to music back in the day: the R&B of her teenage years, the reggae music played in the mornings in the Gambia and the freedom to create on her own terms.
“I have love and therapy to thank for feeling freer to experience and explore things, both as a person and as an artist. I've been through a lot and rediscovered what music means to me.”
Sey’s first taste of success came via her hit single, ‘Younger’, which was later remixed by Kygo, attracting international attention. In 2015, her first studio album, Pretend, established her as an artist to watch. With the versatility to flip between pop and soul, Sey ties together sonic worlds with her unwavering vocal range. TIME Magazine called Pretend ‘one of the year’s best debut albums.
When the four-time Swedish Grammy Award-winning Sey returns with new music, it's as an artist who has found her way back to herself - and what attracted her to music back in the day: the R&B of her teenage years, the reggae music played in the mornings in the Gambia and the freedom to create on her own terms.
“I have love and therapy to thank for feeling freer to experience and explore things, both as a person and as an artist. I've been through a lot and rediscovered what music means to me.”
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