Wherever she goes, Olivia Dean mesmerises. It started early, in the ranks of a gospel choir she attended to overcome her shyness. She developed a passion for soul music and R&B and honed her magnetic voice before attending the renowned BRIT School. Following in the footsteps of Adele and Amy Winehouse, whose art of storytelling fascinates the young Englishwoman with Jamaican-Guyanese roots, she composes songs in which she opens up with sincerity. A few years later, her song “Reason To Stay” posted on Soundcloud revealed her to the general public. In the wake of this, she was named Amazon Music’s Artist of the Year for 2021 and reached over one million monthly listeners on Spotify.