Skye Sweetnam

Biography

Skye Alexandra Sweetnam (born May 5, 1988) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She released two solo studio albums on Capitol Records/EMI — Noise from the Basement×Noise from the Basement21 September 2004 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Number One2:442Billy S.2:153Tangled Up in Me2:424I Don’t Really Like You2:545I Don’t Care3:366Heart of Glass3:027Sharada2:378It Sucks2:209Fallen Through3:4110Hypocrite2:5811Unpredictable3:1012Shot to Pieces2:0213Smoke + Mirrors3:2414Split Personality2:06Video 1”Tangled Up in Me” Video2:43Video 2On Set With Skye Sweetnam (live and Behind-The-Scenes Footage)4:59 (2004) and Sound Soldier×Sound Soldier1 January 2007 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Music Is My Boyfriend3:282Human3:113Boyhunter3:204Ghosts3:175My Favorite Tune3:216Scary Love3:477(Let's Get Movin') Into Action3:408Cartoon3:219Make-Out Song3:0410Ultra3:1311Kiss a Girl3:3112Babydoll Gone Wrong3:39 (2007) — and was nominated for a Juno Award for New Artist of the Year in 2006. Her 2003 debut single "Billy S.×Billy S.19 May 2003 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Billy S.2:152Tidal Wave3:48" and its 2004 follow-up, "Tangled Up in Me×Tangled Up In Me9 March 2004 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Tangled Up In Me2:42", both charted in Canada, and she toured as an opening act for Britney Spears on the Onyx Hotel Tour in 2004. She is also known for voicing Barbie's singing parts in The Barbie Diaries (2006). Since 2011, she has been the lead vocalist of the alternative metal band Sumo Cyco, performing under the stage name Sever.

Early life

Sweetnam was born on May 5, 1988, in Bolton, a community in Caledon, Ontario, to Deirdre and Greg Sweetnam. She was named after the Isle of Skye in Scotland. She has a sister, Aurora, and a brother, Cam. She began singing at the age of five and studied dancing and singing from a young age.

2002–2006: Noise from the Basement

In 2002, Sweetnam began working with Canadian producer and instrumentalist James Robertson on material that became Noise from the Basement, released by Capitol Records/EMI. The album debuted at number 124 on the Billboard 200 and reached number 15 on the Oricon Album Charts in Japan. The lead single, "Billy S.×Billy S.19 May 2003 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Billy S.2:152Tidal Wave3:48", appeared in July 2003 on the soundtrack to the film How to Deal and reached number 15 on the Canadian Singles Chart. Two further singles, "Tangled Up in Me×Tangled Up In Me9 March 2004 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Tangled Up In Me2:42" and "Number One", followed. Sweetnam performed "Tangled Up in Me" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in September 2004 and was featured in Rolling Stone, Blender, Teen People, and Teen Vogue around the time of the album's release. In 2004, Sweetnam toured Europe and North America as the opening act for Britney Spears on the Onyx Hotel Tour.

Sweetnam provided the theme songs for several television series, including The Buzz on Maggie (Disney Channel), Wayside (Teletoon), and Radio Free Roscoe. She also recorded a cover of "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid for the compilation albums Disneymania 3 and DisneyRemixMania. In 2006, she provided the singing voice for Barbie in The Barbie Diaries, contributing four songs to the film's soundtrack. That same year, she was nominated for a Juno Award for New Artist of the Year.

2007–2008: Sound Soldier

In March 2007, Sweetnam and Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong released the single "Into Action", written by Armstrong and featuring The Aggrolites. Sweetnam's second album, Sound Soldier×Sound Soldier1 January 2007 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Music Is My Boyfriend3:282Human3:113Boyhunter3:204Ghosts3:175My Favorite Tune3:216Scary Love3:477(Let's Get Movin') Into Action3:408Cartoon3:219Make-Out Song3:0410Ultra3:1311Kiss a Girl3:3112Babydoll Gone Wrong3:39, was released on October 30, 2007. Its lead single, "Human", was nominated for a 2008 MuchMusic Video Award for Best Cinematography. Sweetnam directed two of the album's music videos herself, for "Music Is My Boyfriend" and "Babydoll Gone Wrong".
"(Let's Get Movin') Into Action", a reworked version of the Armstrong collaboration, was used in the Canadian television series Degrassi: The Next Generation and appeared in the films Hotel for Dogs and Ramona and Beezus.
Sweetnam also recorded "Where I Want to Be" for Jun Senoue's album The Works and directed music videos for Leah Daniels and the band Ashes.

2009–present: Sumo Cyco

In 2009, Sweetnam began working on new material and formed Sumo Cyco, a four-piece alternative metal and punk rock band, adopting the stage name Sever. The band made their live debut opening for Hollywood Undead in Toronto in April 2011.
In April and May 2014, Sumo Cyco toured Ireland and the United Kingdom after performing at Indie Week Ireland. Their debut album, Lost in Cyco City, was released on June 10, 2014 in Canada. In 2015, the band signed with TKO (The Kirby Organization) Booking Agency for worldwide representation.
Sumo Cyco's second album, Opus Mar, followed in 2017. In January 2020, the band signed with Napalm Records, which released their third album, Initiation, on May 7, 2021. Their fourth album, Neon Void, was released independently in October 2025 and received positive reviews from outlets including Blabbermouth.net and Dead Rhetoric.