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 way of music covers on his YouTube channel all through 2019 and 2020. His third prolonged play Robust 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 Surprise, and Al Inexperienced. Swims’ household had been soccer lovers; he had been enjoying soccer for ten years when, throughout his second yr at Salem Excessive College, one in every of his lecturers instructed he and some of his teammates join a musical theatre class. The instructor additionally mentioned he ought to be a part of the refrain.
Swims found his ardour for efficiency by way of his expertise in high-school theatre, the place he carried out in musicals reminiscent of Joseph and the Wonderful Technicolor Dreamcoat and Lease, in addition to Shakespeare performs. He started enjoying devices together with piano and ukulele, and watched YouTube movies of singers to assist develop his vocal approach.
Swims rose to prominence in 2023 along with his single “Lose Management”, which reached the top-ten in a number of nations and topped the Billboard Scorching 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 little thing however Remedy (Half 1), which reached the highest ten in Australia and the Netherlands. In 2024, MTV named Swims their “Push Artist of February”.