& Beyond… Emerging Artist

These are emerging artists outside of the DC and Nashville areas that you should be paying attention too.

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& Beyond Emerging Queer

Artists Spotify Playlist

Randy Beth

Randy Beth is a queer singer-songwriter based in New York City, known for blending soft pop melodies with emotionally raw storytelling. Her music explores themes of identity, healing, and queer love, often drawing from her own experiences as a lesbian navigating life and self-discovery. After years of performing covers, she’s carved out her own voice through original tracks like “Make a Home,” “Run,” and her top-streamed single on Spotify, “Passenger Princess.” With dreamy vocals and intimate lyrics, Randy creates music that offers comfort, honesty, and catharsis. She’s part of a new wave of LGBTQ+ artists reshaping pop from the inside out — one vulnerable song at a time.

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Charlotte Haggerty

Charlotte Haggerty is a queer, bisexual artist and content creator currently based in Boston, Massachusetts, where she studies at Berklee College of Music. As an openly bisexual woman, Charlotte uses her music to explore themes of queer love, religious questioning, and personal identity, resonating especially with LGBTQ+ listeners navigating similar spaces. Her debut EP, Part 1 (April 2025), weaves introspective lyrics with melodic pop, while her viral TikTok presence — often framed around the idea of the “queer-coded church girl” — has helped her reach a wide queer and questioning audience online.

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Eva Westphal

Eva Westphal is a proudly lesbian, queer Latinx artist based in New York City. She infuses her music with themes of mental health, recovery, and the journey of coming out, offering vulnerable narratives that resonate deeply with LGBTQ+ listeners. Her EP Beautiful Little Life reflects her lived experience as a queer woman navigating self-acceptance, love, and identity.

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Beth McCarthy

Beth McCarthy is an openly bisexual UK-based alt-pop artist whose music candidly explores themes of queer love, heartbreak, and identity. Her bold, emotionally charged lyrics speak directly to the experiences of bisexual and queer fans, making her a standout voice in the alt-pop landscape.

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CATTY

CATTY is a Welsh queer artist who channels her experiences as a woman-loving-woman (WLW) into anthemic indie pop tracks. Her raw, confessional lyrics and powerful voice make her a resonant figure for fans seeking music that embraces queer love and vulnerability.

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SpaceAcre is a UK-based indie alt-rock duo made up of Phoebe Little and Jas Scott, both openly queer artists who channel their lived experiences into emotionally charged, genre-blending music. Their sound moves fluidly between dream-pop, cinematic rock, and raw, guitar-driven alt—always anchored by lyrics that confront identity, grief, intimacy, and queer empowerment.

Their 2023 single “That Girl” became a soft-spoken anthem for femme-presenting and queer people, inspired by the real stories of harassment shared by friends and fans. It was written as a quiet protest and a bold declaration: you are seen, you are powerful, and you are not alone.

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Nxdia

Nxdia is an Egyptian-born, UK-based non-binary artist whose music challenges gender norms and celebrates fluidity. Their alt-pop sound pairs introspective, queer-focused lyrics with shimmering pop production, creating anthems of self-expression, identity, and emotional exploration.