This feature spotlights artists who have submitted their tracks/videos to She Makes Music. If you would like to be featured here then please send an e-mail to helen@shemakesmusic.co.uk. We look forward to hearing from you!
Nolia Jarvis
London-based singer-songwriter Nolia Jarvis has just released her new single ‘Male Gaze’. ‘Male Gaze’ is a defiant folk-pop anthem for the girls who are unapologetically themselves to a fault.
Written over the summer while reflecting on her love life (or lack thereof), ‘Male Gaze’ is an intimate look into the singer-songwriter’s mind as she bares all, exploring the tension between feeling unchosen, resisting expectations, and realizing the walls she’s built around herself may actually be the culprit of her solitude – both shaped by and pushing back against the ‘male gaze’.
Bolstered by the bass, organ, synths, and electric guitar lines of producer and instrumentalist Tomás Paúl, Nolia’s new single encourages both emotional car ride sing-alongs and quiet bedroom cry sessions – whatever feels right.
vetvie
vetvie shares new single ‘Maya’ – a dreamy alternative pop single about childhood memories, nostalgia and missing a loved one.
Blending self-produced bedroom pop sounds with nostalgic lyrics, the track explores themes of childhood, fear of growing up and long distance friendship. ‘Maya’ gives the listeners a certain bittersweet and romantic feeling, mentally takes them back to the good old times and has a very bright, shiny and summer-coded mood.
The song was inspired by vetvie’s childhood best friend — Maya. As the lyrics say: “It’s been years, I still haven’t seen you Just so you know, I really miss you”. After both moving to different countries, the two best friends were separated. They grew apart and went their own paths, but still remain loyal to each other. vetvie shares true love through this song and tells the listeners a personal story about a girl named Maya who no matter the distance is still her biggest support and muse.
“Growing up is one of my biggest fears, and this girl is the only connection I have left to my childhood” says vetvie. “This song means a lot to me because it represents the most innocent and happiest moments of my life.”
Emily O’Neal
Emily has released her new single ‘Dylan’s Basement’.
‘Dylan’s Basement’ is the embodiment of a reality check. With the backdrop of a dingy, dirty basement, Emily is faced with the fact that if she won’t make changes, she’ll waste her potential. This is Emily’s fourth single of her upcoming EP, releasing this summer.
Emily began performing in her local community in North Florida and writing songs at age 13. She immediately fell in love with the process of songwriting, and it became a creative outlet for her. Now living in Nashville, O’Neal continues to create and release new music.
Lunar Bird
Lunar Bird, the dream pop/indie pop duo based between Italy and Wales, have just released their new EP, Whatever Time We Have Left.
Lunar Bird blend delicate synth textures, reflective lyricism, and a soft touch of psychedelia, evoking atmospheric synth-wave reminiscent of cinematic soundscapes.
Lunar Bird are Roberta Musillami: singer-songwriter, synth player and Eliseo Di Malto (Oscar Bufalo): songwriter, bassist, visual artist. Of the new EP Eliseo says: “Whatever Time We Have Left unfolds like a photographic album, gathering fleeting moments of life and memory into intimate snapshots, fragments many will recognise as their own, like the quiet familiarity of an old family album.”
giddy
giddy is a singer-songwriter from Sydney, Australia.
‘salt’ is the second single from her upcoming debut record, songs for awkward spaces. “The inspiration behind the record is the idea that any lifelong relationship is defined by how we get through the inevitable transitions and friction points that we rarely talk about – that either break a connection or deepen it,” she explains.
“’salt’ is about the dark side of intimacy. The people who know us most deeply give us the gift of feeling fully seen, but they also know how to hit us where it hurts the most, and the closeness we share makes us feel any tension all the more viscerally. This is a song about being at the end of your rope with someone you can’t bear to give up on. I think I’ve caused this feeling and felt it myself in every truly close relationship I’ve ever had, and I find it kind of comforting to think that the rawest pain we feel is so often a byproduct of the kind of deep love that will always endure in some form long after the pain fades.”
Teagan Nolan
Teagan Nolan cements her place as Ireland’s pop princess with summer smash ‘Just Friends’.
You know the drill, your male friend begins a relationship and suddenly the innocent friendship you have is seen as a threat! Teagan’s latest banger ‘Just Friends’ is a call to maturity, boundaries and trust, and a powerful reminder of the dangers of controlling behaviour that is so detrimental to friendships and relationships alike.
Delivered in her inimitable, sassy, fun and powerful style, Teagan once again tackles a relatable subject with the grace and depth of someone far beyond her years.
Dubh Lee
Dubh Lee (pronounced ‘dove lee’) is a songwriter and guitarist who has entertained countless audiences across Ireland with her honest lyrics and bold stage presence. With wide-ranging influences from folk, indie rock and pop she writes songs that examine excess, heartache and womanhood.
‘Sun Down Sad Clown’ is the final single from Dubh Lee’s EP FUFO. The song features a series of vignettes of a dysfunctional romantic relationship marked by stagnancy, anger and substance abuse. Each new verse has a different musical backdrop; the music shifts from a piano-led ballad through to alternative-rock driven by distorted electric guitars and back again. Inspired by personal experiences, the song captures a relationship turning sour and the muddled emotions of its subjects. A snippet of dialogue from the 1966 film Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, features in the song; a section of the film in which main characters Martha and George are having it out. As the final track of the FUFO EP, it perfectly bookends a record that has examined the darker experiences of the singer’s past few years.
Mikaela Cougar
Auckland’s pop rock pixie Mikaela Cougar returns with ‘Still Mine’ the fourth single from her upcoming project.
A catchy, lighthearted, indie-pop release, ‘Still Mine’ is about the emotional relapses that hit during the aftermath of a breakup. Short, sharp, and catchy, ‘Still Mine’ leans into a hook-driven pop structure, masking its deeper meaning beneath a carefree delivery.
“This track is about those moments after a breakup where you think you’ve finally moved on, but then all of a sudden you find yourself back on your bedroom floor writing a song about it,” Mikaela says.
Box Blonde
Box Blonde is the music persona of Emily Mest — an indie alternative pop artist who brings unapologetic, intimate, cinematic romance to everything she creates. Her songwriting is daring, melancholic, biting, sad, but sexy. She captures moments of yearning with a filmic sensibility, directing and editing all of her own music videos. Inspired by French New Wave cinema, the bohemian love of the 60s, and the perils of modern romance, Box Blonde’s world is both intoxicating and heartbreakingly beautiful. Box Blonde’s debut album titled All Ends Well If We Don’t End is tapped for release later in 2026.
Latest cut ‘London Is All Over Me” is a moody, intimate track about the way a person lingers on you long after they’re gone — their city, their smell, their absence woven into everything. It’s equal parts longing and atmosphere, wrapping heartache in the grey, romantic haze of London.
For The Birds
For the Birds is a composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist from Offaly whose songs move from the playful exploration of a chaotic mind to a space for devotion and reconnection. Her music blends elements of folk, electronic and indie pop with rich, layered harmonies and a vocal style that spans from gentle folk to operatic and spoken word.
Her debut single, ‘Junebug’ is a laid-back groovy track, blending a chill earthy beat with dreamy synth textures. Ambient seaside sounds transport the listener to a sunny beach town for a gentle bop. The chorus is reminiscent of a close harmony group from the 1940’s which brings a warm vintage feel.
“This track started with this synth sound which brought me back to Pacific coast sunsets in California and I guess the rest extended from that nostalgia…” says the artist. “Lyrically, it moves from the innocence and fancifulness at the very start of a romance to a more jaded or frustrated reality down the road – but the music barely hangs on that feeling a moment before the beat kicks back in and we keep moving and dancing. My influences for this track include Talking Heads, LCD Soundsystem and Snow White.”
Check out more our our recent submissions via the playlist below!
