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Seye Adelekan

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Seye Adelekan
Seye performing with Gorillaz at the Oslo Spektrum, 2017
Background information
Birth name	Seye Adelekan
Also known as	Seye
Born	15 May 1988 (1988-05-15) (age 36) Nigeria
Origin	Bromley
Genres	alternative rock electronic trip hop
Occupation(s)	Bassist, singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	bass ("NASA" Airline MAP Bass; Eastwood Flying BV) electric guitar acoustic guitar ukulele
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Stranger Records
Member of	Gorillaz

Seye Adelekan (born 15 May 1988), sometimes known mononymouslyasSeye (/ˈʃeɪə/ SHAY-uh), is a Nigerian British bassist, musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the live bassist for Gorillaz since 2017.^[1][2][3]

Seye Adelekan was born in Nigeria to a father who worked in the oil industry. He grew up in Lagos, Netherlands, Ecuador and south-east London.^[4]

Seye's music career began in 2007.^[5] In 2012 Seye released his debut solo single "White Noise".^[6]

Seye toured with Lana Del Rey, Emeli Sandé and worked as session musician for Paloma Faith, before joining Gorillaz in 2017.^[7] He has a tattoo of a dove (Spanish paloma) as a tribute to Faith.^[8]

Seye's brother Olugbenga Adelekan is also a professional musician best known as the bassist for the band Metronomy.^[9]

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