Kwamie Liv

Kwamie Liv is a Danish-Zambian artist, singer and songwriter. She released the Lost In The Girl EP in 2014 and her debut studio album Lovers that Come and Go in November 2018.

Kwamie Liv
OriginCopenhagen, Denmark
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
  • record producer
Years active2014–present
LabelsFame Bear
Websitesoundcloud.com/kwamieliv

Life and work

Kwamie Liv was born in Copenhagen to a Zambian father and a Danish mother and lived in numerous countries during her childhood due to her mother's work for the United Nations.[1]

In 2014 she released the Lost in the Girl EP, which received positive reception.[2] The following year she released a collaboration single "Remember Me, In Every Cloud of Gold" with Angelo Badalamenti, which was part of the sound track for the Danish movie Guldkysten. She performed at the Roskilde Festival in 2015.

Between 2016 and 2018, Liv did not release any music but rather drawings and photographs on social media.[3] She started working on her first full-length album in early 2018,[4] and later the same year Lovers that Come and Go was released. Production and album art by Copenhagen-based producer Baby Duka.[5]

Her "dark pop" style is connected to the "down-tempo electro-pop scene".[6][7]

Discography

Studio albums
  • Lovers that Come and Go (2018)

EPs
  • Lost In The Girl (2014)

Singles
  • "Lost in the Girl" (2014)
  • "Remember Me, In Every Cloud of Gold" (2015)
  • "Higher" (2015)
  • "Perfect Grace" (2016)
  • "Sweet Like Brandy" (2018)
  • "Follow My Heart" (2018)
  • "Pleasure This Pain" (2018)
  • "Blasé" (2018)
  • "New Boo" (2018)

TV

She was participating in the Danish musician show serie Toppen af Poppen in 2019.

References
  1. Tredez, Florence (March 11, 2016). "Kwamie Liv : on aime sa pop expérimentale et sensuelle". elle.fr (in French). Elle. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  2. "Den Roskilde-aktuelle globetrotter Kwamie Liv: »Hype er en illusion«". SOUNDVENUE.COM (in Danish). Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  3. "Kwamie Liv Is Here to Satisfy Your Nocturnal Cravings for Love". Highsnobiety. 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  4. "Kwamie Liv: "Det er den mest produktive måde at hele et hjerte, der er gået i stykker, på"". Kwamie Liv: "Det er den mest produktive måde at hele et hjerte, der er gået i stykker, på". Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  5. "Kwamie Liv music, videos, stats, and photos | Last.fm". Last.fm. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  6. "Kwamie Liv channels heartbreak into cathartic pop music on debut LP". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  7. "NEW ARTIST FINDS: KWAMIE LIV". 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

Kwamie Liv on SoundCloud

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