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Birth name | Seth Nyquist |
Born | 1992 (age 31–32) Toronto, Canada |
Genres | Indie pop |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Multiple |
Labels | Don't Guess |
Website | mormormusic |
Seth Nyquist (born 1992), better known as MorMor, is a Canadian indie pop musician. [1]
Seth Nyquist was born in Toronto, where he grew up with his adoptive mother, English professor Mary Nyquist, and his sister. [2] [3] [4] He was in a foster home initially and then got adopted by a Swedish family. "Mormor" is a reference to his grandmother, the word meaning "grandmother" in Swedish. [5] Nyquist sang in his school's choir and played trumpet in a band. [3] After he finished school, Nyquist started to study sociology at Toronto's Ryerson University. [3] He dropped out after one semester at Ryerson, and decided to focus on his musical career instead. He took piano and vocal training. [3]
In 2015, he released his debut EP, Live for Nothing, under the moniker MorMor. [6] In 2018, MorMor released the EP Heaven's Only Wishful through his own label, Don't Guess. [3]
In 2019, he received a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination for the song "Whatever Comes to Mind". [7]
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