Saint Misty:

Saint Misty is a San Diego-based synth-pop artist whose sticky-sweet hooks wrap around songs that reckon with identity and escape, tracing her journey from radical Christian cult to lesbian icon in the making. Siphoning disco dance and punk defiance energy from 70s/80s pop while adding her fresh take on bright synths and sharp lyrics, Saint Misty reflects only to reclaim. The result is a joyful celebration of self-acceptance that resonates deeply with Saint Misty's growing fandom of women and queer-dos who see themselves in her online and stage persona and hear their story in her songs.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ATKsyAg4Ua8cs2VJJN0CC?si=WhdKUWrpRRm6X0Z1xLKIqg

Mariela:

Mariela is an indie-pop artist whose debut album The Underglow bursts with trans femme joy, anthemic hooks, unrequited love and unrepentant sincerity. Blending confessional lyrics with glittering production, Mariela crafts music for anyone yearning to be themselves and find their place. With growing festival and tour momentum, she’s carving out a space for queer/trans artists and women to thrive in the spotlight, not the margins.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0fOdB0OUb1fBfHf8V4N3Hy?si=GBSq2D_zQ426uCuKLODVpQ

Janeece:

I was born in Chicago, adopted as a baby, and raised to be an athlete. For a while, that was my whole world—D1 soccer at Alabama State, pushing my body to its limits—until an injury forced me off the field for good. It was a loss, but also a beginning. Music had always been my first love, even before I knew it could be more than a dream. I sang at every talent show I could as a kid (Annie was my thing), but it wasn’t until I left soccer behind that I realized music was where I was meant to be.

In 2020, I picked up a guitar, started writing songs for the first time, and posted a new one every day. One of the first, Bored, took off on TikTok, racking up 100K+ streams on Spotify and bringing in over 50K monthly listeners overnight. That fall, I dropped my first album, Retrospect, but school was still pulling me in the wrong direction. I got stuck in a cycle—classes I didn’t care about, a relationship that turned toxic, and a version of myself that felt further and further from the artist I wanted to be. Then, in early 2023, everything cracked open. A brutal breakup led me straight into the best era of my life—one of self-love, growth, and finally putting myself and my music first. I poured it all into The Sun Will Come Out, an indie pop record about breakups, healing, rediscovering yourself, and learning to love again. It’s my most personal project yet, and if you’ve ever lost yourself only to find something even better, this one’s for you.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4nFbxcee1drxmkMA4KDe7Z?si=o5GWcBTsTDO0xCaVRqBgHQ

Lauren Horbal:

Lauren Horbal's songs are for people who cry on the dance floor. After years of writing songs with her band, it’s time for her to tell some of my her stories in my her voice. She is a multi-instrumentalist with a soft spot for syncopated beats and choruses you can scream along to. Millennial oversharing. Pretty queer. Genre neutral.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/16kcANKvgp2nFym9MkBRlN?si=2gNTJMpERnGIDwoY_VuK9w