These songs of bewitching melancholy launched a velvet-voiced star.
About Agnes Obel
Hometown
Copenhagen, Denmark
Born
1980
Genre
Alternative
Singer, songwriter, and musician Agnes Obel’s debut album, Philharmonics, went six-times Platinum in her native Denmark.
∙ Obel said she named her third album Citizen of Glass because she wanted to explore ideas about living transparently in the contemporary world.
∙ Citizen of Glass won the European Independent Album of the Year award at IMPALA, an organization established to promote independent European music.
∙ In 2018, Obel signed an exclusive deal with the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label.
∙ Her songs were featured on such TV shows as Grey’s Anatomy (“Riverside”), Hanna (“Dorian”), and Dark (“Familiar,” “It’s Happening Again,” and “Broken Sleep”).
∙ The 2020 release Myopia landed on the “Best of” lists of several influential indie tastemakers, including Brooklyn’s Albumism music website.
Influenced by Agnes ObelAgnes Obel has influenced the music of Alexia Evellyn, Chewing, Rebecca Jean Rossi and more.