A soulful, unhurried dive into the craft of love, Olivia Dean’s second album finds strength in honesty and subtle detail.

Olivia Dean
London
Olivia Dean is a London singer-songwriter whose music combines pop, soul and understated live instrumentation. Her debut album Messy established a writing style centred on close personal observation, warmth and conversational detail. The follow-up, The Art of Loving, broadens that approach across romance, friendship and self-reflection. Produced with long-term collaborator Zach Nahome, the album treats love as a practice requiring patience, communication and commitment rather than a simple event. Olivia Dean’s controlled vocal performances and spacious arrangements allow small lyrical details to carry weight, creating songs that feel intimate without losing their broader pop reach.