Seinabo Sey
Seinabo Sey
Seinabo Seyis a Swedish recording artist and songwriter...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth7 October 1990
CountrySweden
along people released songs
It's so crazy to see people singing along to songs that aren't even released yet. I'm like, 'How do you even know the lyrics? Have you been watching YouTube?'
comparing influenced message
It was the part of Gambian culture where they give each other advice a lot, how they're always comparing things in order to get a message across... that really influenced the way I write.
master onstage suddenly
I suddenly got used to that feeling of being in control, which I never, ever feel when I'm not onstage - a feeling that you're the master of your own universe.
beat bit feeling life met originally sent time wrote
I met Magnus Lidehall about two years ago, and the beat that I originally wrote 'Younger' on was one of the first ones that he sent me. I must have been around 21 at that time, feeling a bit lazy and disappointed with myself and my life.
brown came coast hard looked moved music people school sweden time town until west
I had a hard time when I came back to Sweden and started school, because I looked different. And we moved to a really small town on the west coast of Sweden, and there were no brown people around. It didn't really get any better until I started music school at about 10 years old.
genuine music people press record
At the beginning, at my shows, there were a lot of press and people from record companies. Now there are people who are there to just listen to the music and are genuine fans.
dad definitely moved six sweden
We moved to Gambia from Sweden when I was six years old because my dad was from there. It was definitely a culture shock.
performing until
Performing didn't feel comfortable until I was about 17. I loved to sing, but I always said I would never perform because I was too scared.
full songs work
It's really important to me that the songs not only stand out individually but work as a full body of work, too.
hard peace trust
If you don't like Beyonce, then it's hard for me to trust you. It's like not liking world peace.
favorites james kim skilled
I'm a big fan of skilled singers. Some of my favorites are Cee-Lo Green, Donny Hathaway, James Fauntleroy, and Kim Burrell.
alone sing
I sing because it soothes me, and I write because I want to let others know that they're not alone with their problems.
bring love
I love hip-hop and soul, but I desperately want to challenge it and see what I can bring to it.
determine genre hard music quite
I guess one thing that makes my music stand out is that it is quite hard to determine what genre it is.