PHOTO: Mona Namer
AURELIA DEY
Aurelia Dey is a Swedish-Ghanaian artist, songwriter and performer whose artistry moves between R&B, dancehall, afrobeats and pop, while drawing from a much wider musical world. Her work moves between vulnerability and defiance, softness and unapologetic self-expression.
Rooted in both her Ghanaian heritage and Scandinavian upbringing, Aurelia has built a musical universe where rhythm, storytelling, movement and identity meet – without allowing genre to define its borders.
Her artistry is driven by contrasts: intimate and powerful, playful and political, sensual and uncompromising. Through music, dance, theatre and writing, Aurelia explores identity, mental health, freedom, healing and the complexity of being human.
Her work has taken her from Sweden to international stages across Europe, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Her releases include Gyllene Tider, Alpha Vol. 1, Sunday Service and Orange Heaven, featuring Afrobeats artist Slim Prince.
Alongside her work as a recording artist, Aurelia is an actor, choreographer, playwright and creator. Her multidisciplinary practice spans theatre, dance, music and community work, exploring Black and Afro-Swedish identity, womanhood and belonging.
At the heart of it all is the same impulse: to create freely, tell stories truthfully and make space for all the different parts of ourselves.
AVENUE
AVENUE is Aurelia Dey’s live musical universe – an expansive meeting of music, movement, storytelling and community.
Moving between intimate vulnerability and collective power, Aurelia Dey and her live band create a soundscape where R&B and neosoul meet Nordic and Ghanaian musical traditions, rhythm and movement.
In 2023, AVENUE toured with the concert experience Community Carries Legacy, an Afrofuturistic-inspired performance exploring identity, heritage and healing. Together with musicians and dancers, Aurelia transforms the stage into a space for both reflection and release – where the personal becomes collective and the audience becomes part of the experience.
HISTORY
2015 — Aurelia Dey releases her Swedish debut album Gyllene Tider, nominated in the category Best Rhythm at Manifestgalan. Later that year, she joins the KWAII Tour in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
2017 — Releases the Swedish EP Alpha Vol. 1.
2019 — Receives Best Female Act and Best Stage Performer at the Scandinavian Afrobeats Music Awards. Makes her acting debut in Woza Albert!, produced by the National Black Theatre in Sweden and premiered at Vällingby Stadsteater.
Aurelia also runs The Dancehall College in Gothenburg for adult women and non-binary people.
2022 — Releases the English-language album Sunday Service, produced together with Partillo Productions, Lancelot Productions and Carl Ottosson and featuring a collaboration with Slim Prince.
In autumn 2022, Aurelia choreographed at the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Sweden for The Famished Road and took the lead acting role in Random at Gothenburg City Theatre.
2023 — Tours Europe with AVENUE and the concert experience Community Carries Legacy.
2024 — Writes and performs in the play VOICE, centred around three Black childhood friends and exploring colorism, identity and social structures
EDUCATION
International High School Of Gothenburg Region 2003 - 2004
Passionsgymnasiet 2004 - 2006 - Estetiska programmet - Dans
Santa Monica Community College 2006 - 2009 - Dans och personlig träning / Kinesiologi
The Music College 2011 - 2012 - Musikskapande
Högskolan För Scen Och Musik 2012 – 2014 & 2021-2023 - Kandidat världsmusik programmet inriktning röst