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Daecolm (pronounced /deɪ-kʰm/) is a Singer, Songwriter and Producer from London, England.

Early life
Daecolm was born in Zimbabwe and moved to South West London when he was 6 months old. He grew fond of music due to the influence from his Dad. By the age of 14 he had taught himself the Piano and Guitar. Within that time he began songwriting and recording his own music. At 15 he moved with his family to New Zealand. During his time there he was able to develop his talents in Digital Design, Dance, Songwriting and Music Production.

He graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelors Degree in Digital Design.

2016: Publishing Deal
He signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV in 2016.

He has worked with artists such as: Avelino, Shift K3Y, Labrinth, Brunelle, Feder, Elijah Blake, Mario, Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Desiigner, Craig David, Original Dodger, Krept & Konan, Yungen, Sneakbo.

2017: Dancing Queen
In May 2017, he uploaded a video of him singing a refixed version of Dancing Queen by ABBA. The video documented the steps on how he reworked the production and recorded the vocals. The video went viral on Facebook gaining 21 million views within a few days.

The video caught the attention of representatives at Polydor. He signed a single deal with Polydor and released the full version of Dancing Queen in July 2017.

It has since received over 30million views on Facebook and it also went viral on Spotify in 20 different countries.