Olivia Dean

Olivia Dean is the kind of artist I find myself rooting for unreservedly. She came up the honest way — a self-released song catching fire, then a debut album strong enough for a Mercury Prize nomination — and her voice carries a warmth that cannot be manufactured. What I admire most is her restraint: in an era of maximalist pop, she trusts melody, space, and feeling. There is a maturity in her phrasing that belies her age, placing her in the lineage of great British soul while sounding entirely current. If she keeps this trajectory, I suspect we are watching a future standard-bearer of the genre.

Name (English)

Olivia Dean

Name (Japanese)

オリヴィア・ディーン

Reading

おりゔぃあ・でぃーん

Born

March 14, 1999 (age 27)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rabbit

Origin

Walthamstow, United Kingdom

Occupation

singer-songwriter / soul musician / composer / singer

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.oliviadeano.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/oliviadeano/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3

Tags

• singer-songwriter
• soul musician
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.