Greg Osei is a visionary singer, songwriter, producer, filmmaker, and interdisciplinary artist who explores the healing power of culture, community, and creativity. Born in Massachusetts to Ghanaian immigrants and now based in Harlem, Greg works across genres and disciplines—Afrocosmopolitan music, performance, participatory art, film, dance, visuals, theater, ritual—to craft unique worlds that help uncover transformative possibilities. His award-winning dance-music film “Searching for Wonder” invites viewers into such a world as it highlights how black folk can connect to their ancestral pasts and their transformative futures.
At the height of the 2020 pandemic, Greg was inspired to write and produce music that encouraged dance and movement, celebrated love and connection, and engendered community. The result was love alive, a concept album about choosing love in spite of immense fear. Rooted in r&b/soul, the project reflects Greg’s expansive musical influences as it seamlessly integrates elements of dancehall, afropop, house, synth funk, dance pop, and gospel. The album’s cinematic soundscapes draw audiences into lush, new worlds of possibility. Drawing on his personal experiences and his broader reflections, love alive captures Greg at his most authentic, sharing varying facets of his identity, from passionate sensuality and raucous playfulness to radical vulnerability and justice-oriented convictions. Greg’s artistry is an invitation to revel in our own exquisite complexity and access the worldshaping power of our own creativity.