18 Facts About Keaton Henson

Keaton Henson was born on 24 March 1988 and is an English musician, composer, visual artist, and poet.

Keaton Henson has released six studio albums, a wordless graphic novel titled Gloaming, published by Pocko, and a book of poetry called Idiot Verse.

Keaton Henson is the son of actor Nicky Henson and ballet dancer Marguerite Porter, and the half-brother of composer Christian Henson.

Keaton Henson recorded songs in his apartment in London, initially purely for his own consumption.

Keaton Henson gave a recording of one of the songs as a gift to his best friend, and was encouraged to put music online.

Keaton Henson recorded "Don't Be Afraid" for the Tormented soundtrack.

Keaton Henson formed his own record company, Oak Ten Records, and officially re-released his debut album Dear.

The album was critically acclaimed: the BBC reported "Keaton Henson isn't a show-off, but with talent like this, he has every right to be".

In November 2012, Keaton Henson designed a t-shirt for the Yellow Bird Project to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Keaton Henson wrote and recorded his album Birthdays in less than a year.

Keaton Henson travelled to California to record the album and worked with American producer Joe Chiccarelli.

In 2012 and 2013, Keaton Henson performed sporadically, usually in small venues, galleries, or museums.

In May 2020, Keaton Henson released his single "Career Day", his first release featuring vocals since "Epilogue".

Keaton Henson provided the music for the 2020 film Supernova directed by Harry Macqueen.

On 9 June 2023, Keaton Henson released his seventh studio album House Party.

Keaton Henson has co-writing and vocal credits on Daudi Matsiko's "King of Misery".

Keaton Henson's music has featured in the BBC Three zombie drama In the Flesh, Derek, Elementary, The Blacklist and in the 2014 film X+Y.

Keaton Henson's song "Teach Me" was played on the TV show Greys Anatomy in season 9, episode 19.