singer-songwriter

noun

: a performer who writes songs and sings them

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The singer-songwriter’s seventh album is their wackiest and funniest to date, with a madcap gleam coursing through its synth-pop portraits of lovable weirdos and suburban dread. — Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026 Taylor Swift wasn’t just the singer-songwriter’s first album that turned her into a rising Nashville star. — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2026 Biermann, the new documentary film from Jens Meurer (An Impossible Project, Public Enemy, Seaside Special), is a portrait of the outspoken political singer-songwriter and poet Wolf Biermann. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026 There were starkly arranged a cappella vocals, wistful singer-songwriter tunes for briskly contemplating the boy from last night, and a dance-floor track once intended for Madonna. — Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for singer-songwriter

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