Recalling a string of earnest U.K. singer/songwriters of the mid-2010s including Ed Sheeran and Lewis Capaldi, Declan J Donovan has won fans over with heartfelt balladry inspired by the triumphs and trials of relationships experienced by himself along with friends and family. Songs like "Fallen So Young," "Perfectly Imperfect" and "Tangerine Skies" have earned the British tunesmith virality and a stalwart fan base since his earliest days recording music in the years before the COVID-19 lockdown.
Donovan, born in the west Essex town of Harlow in 1996, found songwriting as a me...