Daði Freyr Pétursson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈtaːðɪ freiːr ˈpʰjɛːtʏrsɔn], born 30 June 1992 in Reykjavík), known professionally as Daði Freyr or by the mononym Daði, is an Icelandic musician living in Berlin, Germany. He was due to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Think About Things", before the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was cancelled.
Daði was born in Reykjavík but grew up in Denmark until the age of nine, then his family moved to Iceland and settled in Iceland's Southern Region, first in Laugaland and later in Ásahreppur. Daði graduated from Fjölbrautaskóli Suðurlands (Sudurland College) in 2012 and received a BA in Music Management and Audio Production in Berlin in 2017.
In his youth, Daði practiced drums and studied piano and bass guitar. He was in the band RetRoBot, joining singer Gunnlaugur Bjarnason and guitarist Guðmundur Einar Vilbergsson, whom he had met at the South Iceland Multicultural School. In 2012, the band RetRoBot won the Músíktilraunir ("Music Experiments") and Daði was chosen as the best electronic musician of the year. RetRoBot released one album, Blackout, a year later.
In 2017, Daði participated in Söngvakeppnin (competing to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017) with the song "Hvað með það?" ("Is This Love?"). They came in second place after Svala Björgvinsdóttir who performed the song "Paper". Daði participated in the 2020 Söngvakeppnin, with the song "Think About Things" (the alternative Icelandic version is titled "Gagnamagnið"). He participated with a group of friends—his sister, Sigrún Birna Pétursdóttir (backing vocalist), wife Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir (dancer), and friends Hulda Kristín Kolbrúnardóttir (backing vocalist), Stefán Hannesson (dancer) and Jóhann Sigurður Jóhannsson (dancer)—credited collectively as "Daði og Gagnamagnið". The group is characterised by their signature teal–green sweaters bearing pixel art portraits of the performers. They won the 2020 competition, and were planned to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Several countries that would have participated in the 2020 contest held their own alternative competitions, broadcasting the entries and crowning a winner. Daði og Gagnamagnið won six such competitions, in Austria, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
Daði Freyr Pétursson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈtaːðɪ freiːr ˈpʰjɛːtʏrsɔn], born 30 June 1992 in Reykjavík), known professionally as Daði Freyr or by the mononym Daði, is an Icelandic musician living in Berlin, Germany. He was due to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Think About Things", before the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was cancelled.
Daði was born in Reykjavík but grew up in Denmark until the age of nine, then his family moved to Iceland and settled in Iceland's Southern Region, first in Laugaland and later in Ásahreppur. Daði graduated from Fjölbrautaskóli Suðurlands (Sudurland College) in 2012 and received a BA in Music Management and Audio Production in Berlin in 2017.
In his youth, Daði practiced drums and studied piano and bass guitar. He was in the band RetRoBot, joining singer Gunnlaugur Bjarnason and guitarist Guðmundur Einar Vilbergsson, whom he had met at the South Iceland Multicultural School. In 2012, the band RetRoBot won the Músíktilraunir ("Music Experiments") and Daði was chosen as the best electronic musician of the year. RetRoBot released one album, Blackout, a year later.
In 2017, Daði participated in Söngvakeppnin (competing to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017) with the song "Hvað með það?" ("Is This Love?"). They came in second place after Svala Björgvinsdóttir who performed the song "Paper". Daði participated in the 2020 Söngvakeppnin, with the song "Think About Things" (the alternative Icelandic version is titled "Gagnamagnið"). He participated with a group of friends—his sister, Sigrún Birna Pétursdóttir (backing vocalist), wife Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir (dancer), and friends Hulda Kristín Kolbrúnardóttir (backing vocalist), Stefán Hannesson (dancer) and Jóhann Sigurður Jóhannsson (dancer)—credited collectively as "Daði og Gagnamagnið". The group is characterised by their signature teal–green sweaters bearing pixel art portraits of the performers. They won the 2020 competition, and were planned to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Several countries that would have participated in the 2020 contest held their own alternative competitions, broadcasting the entries and crowning a winner. Daði og Gagnamagnið won six such competitions, in Austria, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
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