Daði Freyr Pétursson

• Background — person • Name — Daði Freyr • Born — 30 June 1992 • Birthplace — Reykjavík, Iceland • Birth Name — Daði Freyr Pétursson • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — * Vocals • keyboards • bass • guitar • drums • Years Active — 2012–present • Website — dadifreyr.com

Daði was born in Reykjavík but grew up in Denmark until the age of nine, then his family moved to Iceland and settled in the Southern Region, first in Laugaland and later in Ásahreppur. Daði graduated from Fjölbrautaskóli Suðurlands ("College of the Southern Region") in 2012. In 2014, he moved to Berlin, where he received a BA in music management and audio production at the Catalyst Institute for Creative Arts and Technology in 2017.

In his youth, Daði practiced drums and studied piano and bass guitar. He co-founded the band RetRoBot with his friend Kristján Pálmi. Later, singer Gunnlaugur Bjarnason and guitarist Guðmundur Einar Vilbergsson, whom he had met at the South Iceland Multicultural School, joined the band. In 2012, the band RetRoBot won the Músíktilraunir ("Music Experiments") and Daði was chosen as the best electronic musician of the year. RetRoBot released one album, Blackout, a year later.

• Illustration — Daði performing in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool as part of an interval act

In 2017, Daði participated in Söngvakeppnin (competing to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017) with the song "Is This Love?". In performances, he was supported onstage by a group known as Gagnamagnið, consisting of his sister Sigrún Birna Pétursdóttir (backing vocalist), wife Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir (dancer), and friends Hulda Kristín Kolbrúnardóttir (backing vocalist), Stefán Hannesson (dancer), and Jóhann Sigurður Jóhannsson (dancer). They were characterized by their signature teal green sweaters, which have pixel art portraits of themselves printed on them, as well as their faux "instruments" made of household items and discarded objects that Stefán, Jóhann, and Árný utilize. Daði came in second after Svala Björgvinsdóttir, who performed the song "Paper". In June 2019, Daði released his debut album, & Co., an avant-garde pop record that has drawn comparisons to French electronic duo Daft Punk for its retro disco sound.

Daði took part in the 2020 Söngvakeppnin with the song "Think About Things" (the alternate Icelandic version also titled "Gagnamagnið"), about his newborn daughter. As in Söngvakeppnin 2017, he performed with his group Gagnamagnið, now collectively credited as Daði & Gagnamagnið. The music video for the song went viral on YouTube, with actor Russell Crowe sharing it online. They won the 2020 Söngvakeppnin competition and were set to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Several countries that would have participated in the 2020 contest held their own alternative competitions, broadcasting the entries and crowning a winner. Daði & Gagnamagnið won six such competitions, in Austria (Der kleine Song Contest), Australia, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. On 23 October 2020, it was announced that Daði & Gagnamagnið would remain as Icelandic representatives at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. They performed the song "10 Years", the lyrics referencing the length of Daði's relationship with his wife and Gagnamagnið member Árný. They were forced to use a prerecorded performance from the second rehearsal during the semi-final and final, due to a member of the group testing positive for COVID-19. After qualifying for the final, they finished fourth, with 378 points, equaling Iceland's best performance at the competition in terms of points scored.

Following Eurovision, Daði toured Europe and the United States. He collaborated with Australia's 2021 Eurovision representative Montaigne on their single "make me feel so..." and with German pop rock band Tokio Hotel on the single "Happy People". In 2023, he performed a cover of Atomic Kitten's "Whole Again" as an interval act during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, held in Liverpool, alongside a large number of look-alikes as well as his wife. The same year, he released his second studio record I Made an Album. On 1 August 2024, he performed at Lollapalooza in Chicago. On 8 May 2026, he released his third studio album Too Much Not Enough.

Daði is married to musician Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir. Their daughter, Áróra Björg, born in 2019, was the inspiration for the lyrics of the song "Think About Things". The couple's second daughter, Kría Sif, was born in 2021. Daði is 2.08 m tall. He has his own app called "Neon Planets". His father was a bongo player for Katla Maria in Söngvakeppni 1993, where they placed ninth out of ten contestants with the song "Samba".

• Title — Details — Peak chart positions • SCO — UK Indie — UK Sales • & Co. — * Released: 12 June 2019 * Format: CD, digital download, streaming * Label: Samlist ehf — — — — — — • I Made an Album — * Released: 25 August 2023 * Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming * Label: AWAL — 38 — 10 — 20 • Too Much Not Enough — * Released: 8 May 2026 * Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming * Label: Samlist — — — — — — • "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

• Title — Details — Peak chart positions • FIN — UK Indie • Næsta skref — * Released: 26 October 2017 * Format: CD, digital download, streaming * Label: Self-released — — — — • Welcome — * Released: 21 May 2021 * Format: Digital download, streaming * Label: AWAL — 23 — 22 • I'm Making an Album 1/3 — * Released: 17 March 2023 * Format: Digital download, streaming * Label: AWAL — — — — • I'm Still Making an Album 2/3 — * Released: 26 May 2023 * Format: Digital download, streaming * Label: AWAL — — — — • How Daði Stole Christmas — * Released: 15 November 2024 * Format: Digital download, streaming * Label: Samlist — — — — • "—" denotes an extended play that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

• Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Certifications — Album or EP • ICE — BEL (FL) — BEL (WA) — IRE — NLD — NOR — SCO — SWE — UK • "Seinni tíma vandamál" — 2018 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="3" • "Skiptir ekki máli" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Allir dagar eru jólin með þér" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Heyri ekki" (featuring Don Tox) — 2019 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — & Co. • "Endurtaka mig" (featuring Blaer) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Ég er að fíla mig (Langar ekki að hvíla mig)" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Think About Things" (as Daði og Gagnamagnið) — 2020 — 1 — 53 — — — 3 — — — — — 10 — 33 — 34 — * BPI: Gold — Welcome • "Where We Wanna Be" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="2" • "Every Moment Is Christmas with You" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Feel the Love" (with Ásdís) — 2021 — 18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Welcome • "10 Years" (as Daði og Gagnamagnið) — 1 — — — — — 38 — 15 — 33 — — — 23 — 43 • "Somebody Else Now" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Something Magical" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="2" • "Sabada" (with Filous) — 2022 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "I'm Fine" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — I Made an Album • "Whole Again" — 2023 — 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Moves to Make" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — I Made an Album • "I'm Not Bitter" — 2024 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="4" • "Outside" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Fuck City" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Together" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "I Don't Wanna Talk" — 2025 — 20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Too Much Not Enough • "Me and You" — 40 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Number One Feeling" (with Louis Futon) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Good Enough" — 2026 — rowspan="2" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Too Much Not Enough • "Hot Damn" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. " * " denotes that the chart did not exist at that time.

• Title — Year — Album • "make me feel so..." (Montaigne featuring Daði Freyr) — 2022 — Making It! • "Happy People" (Tokio Hotel featuring Daði Freyr) — 2001

• Title — Original artist — Year — Album • "I Thought I'd Be More Famous by Now" — Special-K — 2018 — rowspan="2" • "Eye of the Storm" — Millie Turner — 2020

The authorities additionally record the headings Daði Freyr and Daði. His recorded languages were Icelandic, English and German.