Adiam

Sweden's Adiam weaves lush R&B-inflected soul and atmospheric pop with a wink to punk and rap. Born Adiam Dymott, the daughter of Eritrean emigrants who met in Italy and then moved to Uppsala, she grew up on hip-hop and alt-rock, but didn't strongly consider a musical career for herself until she moved to Stockholm and began working as a recording studio receptionist. When she got her start, she played tough, earnest rock & roll with a heady infusion of songwriterly pop and R&B soulfulness. After lending her distinctively gritty, charismatic voice to a handful of demo recordin...