The Copenhagen-based R&B musician—who has fans in Dua Lipa and NewJeans for her aughts-inflected tracks—steps into the spotlight.
Erika de Casier’s memory of watching Britney Spears’s “...Baby One More Time” music video for the first time is still crystal clear in her mind. “My brother was like, ‘Erika, come in here! You’ll love this!’ I went into the living room, and I went crazy,” the 33-year-old musician recalls gleefully from her apartment in Copenhagen.
As a teenager, de Casier reconnected with her Cape Verdean father, who himself had musical ties; he sang in a James Brown cover band in the ’70s. When they met, he brought her Cesária Évora and Mayra Andrade—two famous singers from the island nation—CDs. “I wasn’t even doing music back then, but I think it was important for him to share that with me,” she says. “It was just a .” Back in Denmark, de Casier started writing songs and teaching herself to produce.
It wouldn’t be a stretch to say de Casier portended today’s obsession with Y2K. Long before ’90s nostalgia exploded on TikTok and PinkPantheress became a star, de Casier had to justify her production choices to early interviewers who constantly referred to her favorite pop musicians as “guilty pleasures” rather than serious artists. De Casier hypothesizes that the current craze is the result of collective memory and nostalgia, but she doesn’t want to be seen as just riding a wave.
“For me, I grew up with this music,” she continues. “I love this music, and I finally built up the courage to express that without any shame—like, take it or leave itWhen considering her path ahead, de Casier admits that she admires Sade, who took a hiatus between albums to become a mom and still maintained her career. But she quickly adds that she doesn’t want to replicate anyone’s journey. “There isn’t a recipe,” she says.
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