Performing two songs from her second studio LP, The Art of Loving, superstar singer/songwriter Olivia Dean made her Saturday Night Live debut this past weekend.
Leading off with “Man I Need,” a song “ … about knowing how you deserve to be loved and not being afraid to ask for it,” the songstress was just nominated for Best New Artist at next year’s Grammy Awards.
Co-written with Zach Nahome and Tobias Jesso Jr. (the winner of the 2023 Grammy for Songwriter of the Year,) in a statement about the composition, the 26-year old singer said “It’s forward, sexy, fun! It’s made for dancing!”
For her return to the SNL stage, Dean sang “Let Alone the One You Love,” the sixth track off her latest album, about which she posted:
“We made most of this album in a studio we built in a house in East London.” “For 8 weeks we lived in the house of loving! I brought my piano from home and all my favorite people and tried to create things that felt like warmth. Here you have a piece of my heart!”
On Friday (11.14), Olivia announced dates for her 14-city The Art of Loving tour, which launches next July in San Francisco, prior to heading to the east coast before wrapping up in Austin, Texas in late August.
After opening for Sam Fender’s People Watching tour, with whom she collaborated on the single “Rein Me In,” throughout the last few weeks, the British-born entertainer was the opening act on Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet tour.
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Author: Al Denté
Photo: Harald Krichel