Emily Mahin Beihold (; born January 21, 1999) is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for collaborating with Stephen Sanchez on ''Until I Found You''. She released her debut EP ''Infrared'' in 2017. In 2020 she was noticed by music promotion brand Live2 LCC who then teamed with her to help promote her music. After signing to

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and Moon Projects, she released her major-label debut single " Numb Little Bug" in 2022 leading to her being well known. On July 22, 2022, Beihold released her second EP, ''Egg in the Backseat''.

Early life and education

Emily Beihold was born on January 21, 1999, in

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. Her mother,

Zahra Dowlatabadi Zahra Dowlatabadi (Persian: زهرا دولت آبادی; born September 14, 1962) is an Iranian-born American filmmaker and film producer. She is the mother of American singer-songwriter Em Beihold. Biography Zahra Dowlatabadi received her ...

, immigrated from

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to the United States during the

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in the late 70s. At the age of six, Beihold saw a piano in a shop window and begged her parents to let her learn the piano; she began writing songs when she was seven. Her first song was a patriotic song, "America Home". In 2017, Beihold attended the

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and competed in the NCAA Fencing Championships receiving NCAA All-American Honors in 2019.

Career

In the film '' I'm Not Here'', director Michelle Schumacher invited Beihold to write a track for the film. She wrote the song, "Not Who We Were". She released a string of singles after that and gained attention on the social media platform

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for her song "City of Angels". On May 28, 2021, Beihold released her song "Groundhog Day", which too gained popularity via TikTok. Next she signed with

, with whom she released her most successful single, " Numb Little Bug". On April 22, 2022, Stephen Sanchez released a remix of his lead single, ''Until I Found You'', featuring her. It attracted attention on

with over 1.2 billion views. In May 2022, she released a single "Too Precious". On July 22, 2022, she released her second EP, ''Egg in the Backseat'', which explored themes of her mental health problems and her relationships. On July 27, 2022, she signed to

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. Beihold began touring in 2022 and opened for King Princess, AJR, and the

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. In 2023, she opened for

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. In 2024, she embarked on the Maybe Life Is Good Tour, her first tour as a headlining act.

Musical influences

Beihold grew up listening to Feist,

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Kate Nash Kate Marie Nash (born 6 July 1987) is an English musician and actress from North Harrow. Her singles "Foundations (song), Foundations" (2007) and "Do-Wah-Doo" (2010) charted at numbers 2 and 15 on the UK singles chart and her albums ''Made of Bri ...

Sara Bareilles Sara Beth Bareilles ( ; born December 7, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actress. She has sold over three million albums and over 15 million singles in the United States. Bareilles has earned various accolades, including ...

, and

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, and cites

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and

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as among her influences.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Notes

References

External links

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