David Sebastian Boyd (born 6 February 1988) is a Danish musician who is best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist and programmer of the alternative rock band New Politics.

Early life

His mother is Swedish/Danish and his father is Irish American; he was born and raised in

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Career

Boyd is an accomplished

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r. He appeared in modern dance productions choreographed by Steen Koerner and in a post-apocalyptic dance version of

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''. With New Politics Boyd is known for his exotic dancing on stage and even "creating" a dance move called "Boyding", which involves standing on one's head otherwise known as the headstand.

Personal life

He moved to

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, New York, with his bandmates in 2009 and spent a ton of time with Louis and friend Jesse Leo at Heartland Brewery where the song Harlem was first played. In March 2017, Boyd and his girlfriend, American actress

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, announced that they were expecting their first child together. Serratos posted the first picture of their child to her

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account on 14 May 2017. Serratos told

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she was married to Boyd.

References

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