Real Name: Thea Gustafsson Profile: Singer, songwriter and producer born in Örebro, Sweden. Becky and the Birds (born Thea Gustafsson) is a Swedish singer-songwriter and producer from Örebro, a small city in the middle of Sweden. Her musician father – proficient in accordian, piano ... Born in the mid-nineties, Thea Gustafsson was raised in Örebro, a small city in the middle of Sweden. Her musician father – proficient in accordian, piano and flute –immersed her in music from infancy, playing jazz and soul records at home. Gustafsson’s musical education become more formalised when she picked up the violin at age 7, leading her to perform in orchestras and master classical arrangement and composition.