Shikoswe is a Zambian-Norwegian artist out of Ås, a small town near Oslo. She now lives in the city of Bergen, were she writes like someone who’s spent a long time people-watching. She examines fractures and tenderness in herself and others.
Her music feels like a dimly lit film: slow-burning, detailed, and from time to time devastating ✩ ♬ ₊.🎧⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧𓆩♡𓆪.
Classical roots and art-pop instincts collide with emotional precision, creating songs that are soft, deliberate, and subtly insisting that you feel.
The debut album Back in the Tall Grass (2019) was met with critical acclaim in Norway and beyond.

(photo: Francisco Munoz)

"Shikoswe's sound blends inherent melodic instinct with a sharp sense of human realism"
- Colleague

"Expect alternative pop with a quiet bite. The songs sound soft until you realize they cut straight to the bone."
- Cowboy Consciousness

"Her matter-of-factness drills in the brutality"
- Pitchfork