Jaten Collin Dimsdale (born September 25, 1992), additionally identified pseudonymously as Teddy Swims, is an American singer-songwriter whose music blends genres together with R&B, soul, nation, and pop. He initially attracted followers by tune covers on his YouTube channel all through 2019 and 2020. His third prolonged play Powerful Love (2022) induced him to chart on the Billboard 200 for the primary time.
Swims grew up in Conyers, Georgia. His father launched him to soul music at an early age by the use of artists like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Marvel, and Al Inexperienced. Swims’ household had been soccer fanatics; he had been taking part in soccer for ten years when, throughout his second yr at Salem Excessive Faculty, certainly one of his academics steered he and some of his teammates join a musical theatre class. The trainer additionally mentioned he ought to be part of the refrain.
Swims found his ardour for efficiency by his expertise in high-school theatre, the place he carried out in musicals reminiscent of Joseph and the Superb Technicolor Dreamcoat and Hire, in addition to Shakespeare performs. He started taking part in devices together with piano and ukulele, and watched YouTube movies of singers to assist develop his vocal approach.
Swims rose to prominence in 2023 together with his single “Lose Management”, which reached the top-ten in a number of nations and topped the Billboard Sizzling 100 in 2024. Thought of his breakout single as an artist, it was preceded by the discharge of his debut studio album, I’ve Tried Every part however Remedy (Half 1), which reached the highest ten in Australia and the Netherlands. In 2024, MTV named Swims their “Push Artist of February”.