Olivia Dean isn’t buying into the stigma attached to being branded a “one-hit wonder.”
The British songbird has enjoyed a seismic rise courtesy of ‘Man I Need’, but rather than view the oft-used label as a putdown, Dean is questioning why having one song connect on a colossal level is considered an insult at all.
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Speaking with WSJ. Magazine, the 27-year-old shared her take:
“I don’t really agree with the idea of one-hit wonder being an insult. Not talking specifically about myself, I just mean in general.
It’s like, yeah, it’s a fabulous song and it’s become a wonder because everybody enjoyed it so much.”
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It’s an interesting stance, particularly given the enormous scale of Dean’s own breakthrough.
‘Man I Need’ became her first billion-streaming song on Spotify and first #1 at US Pop radio. The track also rocketed to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 following her GRAMMY win for Best New Artist.
Of course, Dean’s own success has already stretched well beyond one song.
Indeed, follow-up ‘So Easy (To Fall In Love)’ became another transatlantic hit, while parent album ‘The Art of Loving’ has powered a blockbuster campaign that also saw her clean up at the BRIT Awards.
Still, her wider point stands: if millions of people love one song enough to make it a phenomenon, perhaps “one-hit wonder” isn’t quite the drag it’s made out to be.
With that, what are…
If she were from America she would be bigger. She has a unique voice and look. But, she would also be a heaux, come to think of it because black girls over here are forced into it by the labels. That’s the only way they get promoted. So, never mind, Olivia girl, super stardom for black girls in the USA is a whole trap. You are doing fine, Sweetie.