WHO IS OLIVIA DEAN AS SHE PLAYS THE ICONIC PYRAMID STAGE AT GLASTONBURY 2024?
It’s a big weekend for Olivia Dean, who has not only released her brand new single, Time, but she’s also set to take Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage this weekend.
So, who is she? And what do you need to know as she stuns thousands of festivalgoers at 1.15pm on Friday?
From humble beginnings to overcoming stage fright, the North London star, 25, has a story just as intriguing as her ballads.
Whether Olivia is new to your playlist or a longstanding favourite, she’s no stranger to the music industry and, in her almost decade-long career, has sold out a European tour, collaborated with one the UK’s most recognisable drum and bass bands, Rudimental and become a Chanel ambassador.
But like any artist, it all started somewhere, and for Olivia, that was as a young child in primary school. The musician, raised in Walthamstow by her English father and Jamaican-Guyanese mother, starred in her school play, Annie, as a young girl. While she enjoyed musical theatre and drama, she didn’t enjoy the nerves that came with it.
In a past interview, she revealed that as she took to the stage to perform the song Tomorrow, she was ‘so nervous’, that she had to turn her back to the audience and compose herself.
‘The pianist was just like, “Turn around, you can do this”. So I spun around and faced everyone, singing Tomorrow with tears streaming down my face. But it must have worked because I took second place,’ she told BBC earlier this year.
The album was a collaborative effort between Olivia and musician and producer Matt Hales and saw the singer make a name for herself as both a vulnerable musician and one who can easily jump between genres.
She told NME ahead of its release, ‘I don’t think that anyone is supposed to make any kind of music, you should just make what sounds good to you.’
It’s a choice her fans clearly support. In addition to selling out a European tour, it took just one minute for her show at KOKO in Camden to sell out last year, which resulted in a second show at Camden’s Roundhouse.
Today, Olivia is considered one of the UK’s most promising rising stars. This year alone, she has made her Coachella debut and is in the middle of her Europe tour, which includes multiple festival slots. To top it off, she has three Brit Award nominations under her belt for Best Pop Act, British Artist of the Year, and Best New Artist.
But she isn’t slowing down anytime soon, and despite just releasing her brand new single, Time and getting ready to take Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage, she already knows what her end goal is.
‘The endpoint is headlining Glastonbury. It’s always been that,’ she told BBC.
The top five Olivia Dean songs to add to your playlist:
- Dive
- Ok Love You Bye
- The Hardest Part
- Be My Own Boyfriend
- UFO
And don’t forget her brand new single, Time!
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