Daniel Seavey

## Daniel Seavey

* 2023
* 2022
* 2019
* 2018
* 2017
* 2016

### Nickname(s)

"The Sponge" (while on American Idol)"Dan""Dani" "Giraffe""Apple Juice Guy”“The Blue Eyed Giraffe”

### Relatives

Tyler Seavey Christian Seavey Anna Seavey

## Musical Career

### Label(s)

Signature Entertainment, Atlantic

**Daniel James Seavey,** who was born on April 2nd, 1999. He is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer. He is one member out of 5 of the musical group, Why Don't We, also known as WDW. In 2015, he appeared in the 14th season of *American Idol* with his rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".

## Biography ⭐

**Daniel Seavey** was born in Portland, Oregon, to Keri, a part-time writer, and Jeff, who was a pastor at Living Water Community Church. He has three siblings: Tyler, Christian, and Anna. Seavey was a student at Union High School in Camas.

Since he was little, his mother described Seavey to have perfect pitch and find music in everything. By the time he was ten years old, he could play the piano, guitar, violin, and the cello. He participated in several talent shows. He and his father used to travel down to Portland to play music on the street for art walks. The first time he performed, covering Adele's "**Someone Like You**", there were about three hundred people present, stopping traffic.

In January 2015, Seavey appeared on the fourteenth season of *American Idol*, where he auditioned with Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". He met future band mate Jack Avery at the auditions, though Avery didn't make it through. Seavey made it to the Top 9 before being eliminated on his birthday. He considered the whole experience to be his "first chance" and believed he didn't work hard enough as he should have. The night he was voted off, Harry Connick Jr. came into his dressing room and gave a number to contact. It was revealed that since Seavey's experience on *Idol*, he struggled with depression, being taunted by his classmates, reminding him of being back to where he started. Just when he was about to give up, his parents encouraged him to keep going and work hard. Sometime later Connick contacted him, holding out an offer to be an opening act at a show near his hometown. After touring for two weeks on the road along with his sister, it reminded him of his love for music.

Seavey began to play at local shows, and auditioned for anyone who would let him. He uploaded covers to his YouTube channel and did a cover collaboration with Lovey James in 2016, "Secret Love Song". He met Jonah Marais through a mutual friend in Portland, and noticed Corbyn Besson online and started to message. He didn't know Zach Herron that well, but watched the "Stitches" video. Initially Seavey was not in the first meetup of the band in Los Angeles, but then Avery brought his name up, and all five instantly clicked. On September 27, 2016, they formed the band Why Don't We, which Seavey considered as his "second chance."

On July 15, 2022, Seavey released his solo single "Bleed on Me," a song dedicated to his mother. Twelve days later on July 27th, he dropped his cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."

His debut single, "Can We Pretend That We're Good?" was released on September 30, 2022, on all streaming platforms (digital).

## Musical style and influences 🎹

One of his musical inspirations are The Beatles. He named another one of his influences to be Drake, for consistent release of songs. Growing up, he was deeply influenced by his parents' taste in music, which included P.O.D and Falling Up, Norah Jones, Adele, and Madonna. He admits to always liking Ed Sheeran's artistry, and Post Malone being someone he always wanted to collaborate with.

## Personal life 💫

On March 20, 2016 he got his appendix removed. Due to putting off his studies in pursuit of his musical career, Seavey graduated from high school in 2017. In 2019, he had surgery on his nose to help with a breathing issue.

In 2020, his parents ended their marriage after 27 years.

On June 12, 2022, he was invited to the Beacon Theater in New York City to perform his rendition of "Hallelujah."

In August 2022, it was reported that a fan broke into Seavey's house. He addressed over Twitter, "i am fearful for my safety and will be moving houses immediately. i will also be pressing charges. i am not in LA and am safe for the time being, but i worry a restraining order isn't enough to protect me, my friends and family." Seavey's father responded, "The girl was held in a psych hold for 72 hours after her arrest. The Dr informed us that she will probably do it again and advised pressing charges."

## Tattoos ✒

He has five known tattoos. The first he posted over his Twitter account. It is the *Dwennimmen* (Ram's horns), which is an Adinkra symbol of humility and strength on the inside of his wrist. The second was posted over his Instagram story on December 8th, which has altogether three linked together: a tree, a tally mark, and a palm tree located over his first one. It may represent his transition from Oregon to Los Angeles with his band. The fifth one is a banana tattoo matching with the rest of his band mates. The sixth one on his leg for his friend Corey who passed away in the summer of 2020. He has a tattoo of the title of the band's second studio album, *The Good Times and The Bad Ones*, located on the arm. He has a tattoo of a bird on his arm, and another of a man climbing through a window. His most recent tattoo is the word 'Darling' on his chest.

## Quotes from Seavey 💜🍎🧃

* "'Work hard in silence: Let your success be your noise.' A lot of people feel like they have something to prove. I just can't wait to inspire people with my music and make them dance. I don't need to tell the world how great I am. If the world wants me to tell me that, then I'm going to be super thankful for it.
* Daniel: "My worst quality is my tooth gap."
* Corbyn: "No that's cute."
* Zach: "That's actually your best quality."
* "If you ever need anyone to lick things for you I'm your guy."
* "Ugh. I love apple juice. So good."
* "I got my apple juice, my apple juice."

## Trivia 🤩

* He can play about 20 instruments, though he plays these really well: guitar, piano, cello, recorder, saxophone, drums, violin, viola and bass.
* He can juggle.
* He believes in second chances.
* His favorite food is his mother's fettuccine.
* His favorite quote is "Love your neighbor as yourself."
* His least favorite food is stuffing.
* He does not like chocolate.
* His biggest fear is laziness, because of "losing an opportunity because of a dumb choice".
* His hidden talent is riding a unicycle.
* His favorite animal is a monkey or a lion.
* His favorite cereal is cocoa puffs.
* His biggest splurge was a $5000 drone.
* His personal theme song is "Twist and Shout" or Pharrell's "Happy".
* Whenever worried or feeling anxious he calls his mother.
* His favorite holiday is summer break, one of the reasons was because he disliked school.
* If he wasn't a singer he would be an architect.
* He loves science.
* He studied Spanish for a year.
* He wants to learn Spanish.
* 8 is his lucky number.
* In Taiwan, a fan stole his shoe and ran off with it.
* His first crush was when he was in sixth grade and her name was Aaliyah. He was too nervous to speak to her and one day she went up to him and they talked.
* In an interview, he said "I love you" to Aaliyah Brown.
* In seventh grade at a basketball game, he had his first kiss.
* His celebrity crush is Hailee Steinfield.
* If he had a bucket list, collaborating with Ed Sheeran would've been on it.
* Between dogs and cats, he prefers dogs despite having a pet cat growing up.
* His favorite song to perform is "Big Plans".
* His pet peeve is cocky people who think they're better than someone else.
* His best gift is underwear.
* If he had a superpower, he would want to be invisible.
* If you type in "blue eyed giraffe," he appears in images.
* If he woke up as a girl, he once said that he would brush his hair.
* In the "Love Back" music video, he fell off his bike. 🥲

## Daniel Seavey Music Videos/Audio

BLEED ON ME - DANIEL SEAVEYBLEED ON ME - DANIEL SEAVEY (LYRIC VIDEO)HALLELUJAH (DANIEL'S VERSION) - DANIEL SEAVEYHALLELUJAH (DANIEL'S VERSION) - DANIEL SEAVEY (LIVE IN NEW YORK)Daniel Seavey - Can We Pretend That We're Good? (Official Video)Daniel Seavey - Can We Pretend That We're Good? (Behind The Scenes)Daniel Seavey - Can We Pretend That We're Good? (Live Acoustic)Daniel Seavey - Can We Pretend That We’re Good? - Looper Sessions (Piano)Daniel Seavey - Can We Pretend That We’re Good? - Looper Sessions (Guitar)Daniel Seavey - Can We Pretend That We’re Good? - Looper Sessions (Cello)Daniel Seavey - Can We Pretend That We’re Good? - Looper Sessions (Acoustic)Daniel Seavey - RunawayDaniel Seavey - I Tried (Official Lyric Video)