Krill is a Senegalese-American singer and songwriter born in Dakar and raised in New York City, known for his deep, velvety voice and his rare ability to carry the weight of displacement and resilience into modern soul. Rooted in two continents, Atlantic memory, and the restless energy of New York, his music moves between neo-soul and alternative R&B — visceral, unhurried, and unmistakably his. He didn't learn to perform. He learned to hold on.
Born in Dakar, Senegal, relocated to New York at the age of eight, he grew up between the warmth of West African memory and the relentless pulse of the city — learning early that a voice shaped by displacement carries something no training can manufacture.
His music lives there — between the depth of ancestral resonance and the raw energy of Brooklyn. Neo-soul foundation, alternative R&B undertones, cinematic soul influence. Layered, breathing arrangements where emotion leads everything.
Nothing is decorative. Everything carries weight. His vocals are deep, velvety, naturally resonant, with melodic phrasing built on tension and release. Deliberate production — Rhodes, bass, textured percussion, room silence.
He doesn't fill the silence — he survived into it. He didn't find his sound — he survived into it.