Daði Freyr Pétursson (aka Dadi Freyr) is an Icelandic musician, currently residing in Berlin, Germany.
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 2020, Daði won Söngvakeppnin (the Icelandic Eurovision selection show) with the song “Think About Things”, performed with the band Gagnamagnið, which is made up of his wife and friends. They would’ve performed in Eurovision 2020, but it was cancelled due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.
In 2021, Daði and Gagnamagnið was internally selected as the Icelandic Eurovision entrant for that year, and released “10 Years”. It placed 4th in the grand final with 378 points. Outside of Eurovision, Daði has released his 3rd EP, Welcome, and will set off on a world tour in 2021 and 2022.
Daði Freyr's first album Næsta Skref released on Thu Oct 26 2017.
The most popular album by Daði Freyr's is Welcome
The most popular song by Daði Freyr's is Think About Things
Daði Freyr's first song Think About Things (Acoustic) released on Fri Jul 24 2020.