Finn Askew

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Finn Askew
Birth nameSamuel Finn Valler Askew [1]
Born (2001-05-21) 21 May 2001 (age 22)
Wellington, Somerset, England
Genres Indie, pop, R&B
Labels Polydor

Samuel Finn Valler Askew (born May 21, 2001) [2] is a British musician from Wellington in south-west England. [3]

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Finn cites U.S. hip-hop acts such as Juice WRLD and Lil Peep as music influences of his sound [2] though he fell in love with music after uncovering his parents' CDs, a mixture of Nirvana, the Smiths, and the Beach Boys. [4] Finn's music is described as an "indie sound, washed one moment in a rosy hue of pop and the next polished to a high, RnB sheen." [5]

Career

Finn Askew's debut single "Roses" was created and recorded when he was 16. [6] He got the beat from YouTube and used GarageBand and his £20 microphone to create it. [4] "Roses" featured in a live stream on V Live from Taeyong (member of K-pop band NCT). [7] [8] As a result the track was included in the Spotify viral charts in a number of southeast Asian countries and has over 12 million streams on Spotify alone.

Finn released his debut EP Peach which combines lo-fi hip-hop, piano jazz and indie rock in January 2021. [9] [10]

Finn Askew was listed as one of Vevo Dscvr's Artists To Watch for 2021. [11]

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

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