ADANNAY makes music the way Caribbean storytellers and West African Griots traditions have always: as an act of preservation and witness, a way of keeping history alive through sound.

Born and raised in South London, British-Caribbean artist ADANNAY (she/they) is an agitator, poet and activist working across music, film, theatre and archival research. Their music is a rallying cry for queer Black joy, resistance, reclamation and Caribbean history, a space where radical politics meet raw emotion, and where songs blur the line between music, protest and manifesto.

With roots in Caribbean folk, gospel and Jazz, ADANNAY combines the incisive storytelling of Little Simz, the jazz-rooted expansiveness of Ezra Collective, the soulful, accessible melodies of Olivia Dean, political urgency of Bob Vylan and the confidence of Sasha Keable. Fusing groove and grit, softness and defiance, in songs that are both deeply personal and unapologetically political.

On 27th November 2026, ADANNAY returns with “Make You Forget”, a sultry, mysterious R&B song written from the perspective of a vice. Marking a dramatic sonic shift, laced with a new, irresistible self-assurance, it opens the door to their debut album set for release in early 2027. 

A work of meticulous archival research and raw emotional excavation, the album traces ADANNAY’s family back eight generations, moving through time and geography, history and imagination. It speaks of a slave rebellion from the inside, a great-great-aunt’s late-in-life love story, a Windrush matriarchy pieced together from family memory and recorded conversations, and a sapphic relationship imagined where history may have hidden it. 

Described by ROTATE as “a powerful and distinctive young voice on the music scene”, ADANNAY released the EP Home Is Where You Make It, which wove together Windrush history, queer love and Caribbean folk with striking economy. It earned support from BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Introducing, Reprezent Radio, EARMILK, COLORS and DIVA, landed on Spotify’s Fresh Finds UK & IE, and amassed more than a million views on Instagram.

On stage, ADANNAY weaves music, storytelling and film to create space for real conversations. They won Best Newcomer at the 2026 Rural Touring Awards and Cross The Tracks’ New Talent competition, sold out headline shows at Brixton House Theatre and Matchstick Piehouse, supported Leela James at the Jazz Cafe on her sold-out European tour, and headlined for Jazz re:freshed. They have also played Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Cross The Tracks, 110 Above and opened for Theon Cross at Steam Down’s Sounds of the Diaspora. 

A prolific collaborator, ADANNAY has written and performed with the likes of MckNasty, Wolfpack, DoomCannon, and Sam Way. In 2022, ADANNAY was signed to Abubilla Music. 

“Home Is Where You Make It” is the latest release from this powerful new voice in the British music scene. Delving into their family history,  the cultural legacies of the Windrush generation, and the politics of being queer and Black in the UK today, this is their most ambitious and personal project to date

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