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'{{short description|Canadian musician (born 1992)}} {{For|the village in Azerbaijan|Mormor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = MorMor | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Seth Nyquist | alias = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1992}} | birth_place = [[Toronto]], Canada | origin = | genre = [[Indie pop]] | label = Don't Guess | occupation = Musician | instrument = Multiple | website = {{URL|mormormusic.com}} }} '''Seth Nyquist''' (born 1992), better known as '''MorMor''', is a Canadian [[indie pop]] musician.<ref>[https://nowtoronto.com/music/features/mormor-interview/ "Interview: MorMor's next chapter"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708005947/https://nowtoronto.com/music/features/mormor-interview/ |date=July 8, 2019 }}. ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]'', April 17, 2019.</ref> ==Biography== Seth Nyquist was born in Toronto, where he grew up with his adoptive mother, English professor Mary Nyquist, and his sister.<ref>Katie Thomas: [https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/43923/1/mormor-canadian-singer-interview "MorMor writes hazy indie-pop songs kissed by sunlight and sadness"]. ''[[Dazed]]'', April 4, 2019.</ref><ref name="PF">Jamieson Cox: [https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/mormor-is-wary-of-becoming-an-indie-pop-star-but-its-happening-anyway/ "MorMor Is Wary of Becoming an Indie-Pop Star, But It's Happening Anyway"]. ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', May 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Tshepo Mokoena: [https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/mbz8nn/mormor-live-review-corsica-studios-indie "MorMor's Psychedelic Indie-Pop Deserves Your Attention"]. [[vice.com]], April 5, 2019.</ref> He was in a foster home initially and then got adopted by a Swedish family. "Mormor" is a reference to his grandmother, the word meaning "grandmother" in Swedish.<ref>Sarah Osei: [https://interview.de/people/mormor/ "MorMor Interview Magazin"]. ''[[Interview.de]]'', April 5, 2019.</ref> Nyquist sang in his school's choir and played trumpet in a band.<ref name="PF"/> After he finished school, Nyquist started to study sociology at Toronto's [[Ryerson University]].<ref name="PF" /> He dropped out after one semester at Ryerson, and decided to focus on his musical career instead. He took piano and vocal training.<ref name="PF" /> In 2015, he released his debut EP, ''Live for Nothing'', under the moniker ''MorMor''.<ref>Sydney Gore: [https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/mormor-interview/ "MorMor Is the Next Bright Star out of Toronto"]. highsnobiety.com, June 27, 2018.</ref> In 2018, MorMor released the EP ''Heaven's Only Wishful'' through his own label, Don't Guess.<ref name="PF" /> In 2019, he received a [[SOCAN Songwriting Prize]] nomination for the song "Whatever Comes to Mind".<ref>[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/socan_songwriting_prize_unveils_2019_finalists "SOCAN Songwriting Prize Unveils 2019 Finalists"]. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', June 3, 2019.</ref> ==Discography== '''Albums''' * ''Semblance'' (2022) '''EPs''' * ''Live for Nothing'' (2015) * ''Heaven's Only Wishful'' (2018) * ''Some Place Else'' (2019) '''Singles''' * "Heaven's Only Wishful" (2018) * "Whatever Comes to Mind" (2018) * "Waiting on the Warmth" (2018) * "Pass the Hours" (2018) * "Outside" (2019) * "Won't Let You" (2019) * "Don't Cry" (2020) * "Far Apart" (2022) * "Seasons Change" (2022) ghilngwetivtwebngrsjiwrgbjipgbgdsijbrgbirgwnbjigrwpnbjigsdhngejskbnds&gfndjgnnkjvv Eeed D D S S Ss D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D E D D D D D D D D D D D De D D ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{official website|mormormusic.com}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Canadian pop singers]] [[Category:Singers from Toronto]] [[Category:21st-century Black Canadian male singers]] [[Category:1992 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Canadian indie pop musicians]] [[Category:Toronto Metropolitan University alumni]] [[Category:Canadian adoptees]]'