Khyra Leah Wilson (born 5 April 2000), known professionally as kwn (pronounced kay-wuhn) and formerly k1, is a British singer, songwriter, rapper, and producer. She is best known for her 2024 single "Worst Behaviour", which entered the UK singles chart, while its remix (featuring Kehlani) entered the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
She was nominated for Best New International Act at the 2025 BET Awards, was named Billboard's R&B Rookie of the Month, and was included on the NME 100 list of "essential emerging artists".
Early life
Kwn was born and grew up in Walthamstow, East London. She has two older sisters. Her father is Nigerian and her mother is Irish.
She started playing piano and drums in her childhood. She realized by the time she was 11 years old that she wanted to become a musician, after which she started making music and releasing it on SoundCloud. She was inspired in part by her father, who was at one time a DJ, and who exposed kwn to a wide variety of Western musical genres, including R&B, pop, garage, house, as well as various genres of African music. When she was 16, she began attending the arts college East London Arts & Music, which pushed her to work harder at her music. After college, she worked as a chef, and before deciding to pursue music, she was interested in playing football professionally.
