Dermot Kennedy is an Irish singer-songwriter. He is best known for his 2019 single “Outnumbered“, his 2020 single “Giants” and his feature on the 2020 Meduza single “Paradise“. He is signed to Interscope Records in the US, and Island Records for the rest of the world. His debut major-label studio album, Without Fear, was released on October 4th 2019.
In his music, Kennedy has tried to bridge his two genres, folk and hip-hop, together. This is a change from his past works, which were more acoustic. Unlike some songwriters, he does not write with specific moments or events in mind. He writes them naturally when listening to the track, as specific memories and emotions are triggered through the music.
GQ magazine described Kennedy as a “singer with a rich, reverbant voice, [with] epically emotive songwriting skills (think Ed Sheeran, but darker, more melancholy).” The New York Times, of his 2018 South by Southwest Festival performance, said he has “a grainy, melancholy voice that can crest with a howling rasp…”
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