Teddy Swims is Jaten Dimsdale, born in Conyers, Georgia in 1992, who went from viral YouTube covers to one of the biggest soul-pop voices going. Lose Control climbed all the way to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2024; I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 1) is where to start. Browse Teddy Swims vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Jaten Dimsdale, performing as Teddy Swims, was born in Conyers, Georgia on September 25, 1992. He launched his career through YouTube viral covers of popular songs across multiple genres in the late 2010s. The Swims acronym stands for 'Someone Who Isn't Me Sometimes' (reference to his eclectic genre-crossing approach). He signed with Warner Records and released his 2023 debut LP I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 1). The single Lose Control became a international viral hit, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 2024 ('longest climb to #1' record for the chart at the time). His 2025 follow-up I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 2) continued his trajectory.
Teddy Swims's sound combines pop soul, R&B, blue-eyed soul, contemporary R&B, country soul, and pop with his distinctive powerful vocal delivery (use of melismatic, soul-inflected phrasing), and genre-crossing approach drawing on contemporary soul, country, R&B, and pop traditions.
Warner Records pressings of the Teddy Swims catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Teddy Swims typically start with I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 1) (2023).
