Dreamer Isioma
nigerian-American musician
Dreamer Isioma (born 2000/2001) is a Nigerian-American singer-songwriter and multiple-genre artist from Chicago. After Isioma's breakout song "Sensitive" went viral on TikTok in 2020, they released a debut album titled Goodnight Dreamer in 2022. Their second album, Princess Forever, was released in 2023 by AWAL.
Early life
Dreamer Isioma grew up in a Christian household. They are from a Nigerian-American family. Their family moved often, and they spent their childhood in Lagos, London, and Chicago. In Chicago they began learning music theory at age three, and later studied classical piano and violin. They attended a Catholic school, where they experimented with gender expression within the confines of the school uniform. At 12 years old, they came out as queer, and later as nonbinary after a psychedelic experience in their late teenage years. Their eclectic fashion which mixes traditionally masculine and feminine components was profiled in Vogue.
In high school, Isioma attempted to switch from playing music to being an athlete, which was more socially acceptable.
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