Shan Vincent de Paul (SVDP) is a Tamil Canadian recording artist and director from Toronto, Ontario. Paul released his debut album "Saviors" in 2016 and his second album "Trigger Happy Heartbreak" along with an EP "SVDP 1" in 2017.
He is part of Toronto-based artist collective, sideways which includes Coleman Hell, La+ch, Mad Dog Jones, and Michah. He is best known for his debut album "Saviors".
Personal life and career
SVDP was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka and fled the country in his young age due to the civil war and moved to Canada as refugees.
His debut album "Saviors" was released on April 15, 2016.
SVDP has been featured in media outlets such as Highsnobiety, Complex, BBC, CBC, DJBOOTH, Okayplayer, Afropunk, Clash Magazine, and Torontist.
He has also composed music for the television series Sort Of. Alongside Emily Persich, Moël, Terrell Morris, Ceréna and Vivek Shraya, he won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Music in a Comedy Series at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
2023 "Cricket Rap" (from Dasara, produced by Santhosh Narayanan) 2021 "Uyire"(with Yanchan) 2021 "Hard Times"(with TiKA, Prod. La+ch) 2021 "Neeye Oli" (with Navz-47, produced by Santhosh Narayanan) 2021 "Savage" 2021 "Amnesia" (ft. Ami) 2019 "Ex Xo" 2019 "Funeral" 2019 "Zen" 2019 "Warning Shot" 2019 "Out Alive" 2019 "Heaven (ft. Navz-47)" 2018 "Light" 2016 "Fight for Us" 2016 "Humble" 2016 "Buggin'" 2016 "Thank God" 2015 "The Island" 2015 "Outta Love" 2015 "Crash" 2015 "Symbiotic" 2014 "Some Girls"
Awards and nominations
Concert tours
Headlining
OH GAWD! Tour (2020) (with Yanchan and DJ Dwell)
References
Living people
Sri Lankan Tamil people
Canadian people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent
Canadian male songwriters
Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian Screen Award winners