Em Beihold

For Em Beihold, music opens a conduit to all of those emotions we think about constantly, but are often too nervous or afraid to say aloud in everyday conversation. With a sharp pen and infectious voice, she takes all of the awkwardness, anxiety, stress, hesitancy, and uncertainty of everyday life and turns it into pretty, yet punchy pop music. It’s like she’s making sense of her mental health in real-time, layering diary-style lyrical confessions over sunny piano and bright beat-craft. Em found her way into the minds and hearts of millions worldwide with “Numb Little Bug” in 2022. The song clocked north of half-a-billion streams, but it also vaulted into the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, picked up a platinum plaque, and saw Em soar to #1 on the Billboard Emerging Artists Chart. In its wake, she opened up her world with the Egg In The Backseat EP. Acclaim followed from The New York Times, Billboard, Forbes, Stereogum, Teen Vogue, V Magazine, and Variety. She notably joined Stephen Sanchez for the duet version of “Until I Found You,” reeling in billions of streams. Plus, she hit the road with Lewis Capaldi and collaborated with GAYLE, Lauren Spencer Smith, Meduza, and Eric Nam. She shined with television performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Late Late Show with James Corden—alongside Sanchez. This April, Em hit the road again on her Super Small Semi-Secret Piano Tour, a window into the last few years as she crafted her unreleased debut album.