Faye Webster loves the feeling of a first take: writing a song, then heading to the studio with her band to track it live the very next day. When you listen to the Atlanta songwriter’s poised and plainspoken albums, you can hear why: she channels emotions that are so aching, they seem to be coming into existence at that very moment.

“One of my favorite things about songwriting is taking thoughts that people don’t really think are worthy, or might overlook, and highlighting them,” Webster says. “I like saying things that everybody thinks, but nobody’s saying”.

At any given moment, Webster might be making country-tinged indie rock flecked simultaneously by pedal steel guitar and modern R&B production and songwriting techniques–a bespoke sound which has won her ardent fans and turned her into something of a stealth superstar beloved by everyone from southern hip-hop heads and alt-rock tastemakers.

The title of Faye Webster’s new album is inspired by her occasional compulsion to lose herself amongst concertgoers at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Craving company and distraction but also leaning into the anonymity of a bustling crowd, Webster often bought a ticket to a performance at the last possible second. “Going to the symphony was almost like therapy for me,” she says. “I was quite literally underdressed at the symphony because I would just decide at the last moment that that’s what I wanted to do. I got to leave what I felt like was kind of a shitty time in my life and be in this different world for a minute.”

Born in Caracas, Venezuela and raised in Miami, Florida, bilingual singer/songwriter maye felt inspired to write songs from a very young age thanks to growing up within a family of music. The songs that she would write throughout the years became the songs she would perform in shows around Miami which led to her first publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music. In 2019, maye released her debut single “My Love”, a song mostly in English that includes a line in Spanish, which was received with critical acclaim. maye followed it up with “Tú”, her first single fully in Spanish which was later placed on Barack Obama’s 2020 Summer Playlist. maye continues to write and release music with lyrics that reflect the romantic nostalgia of her own references such as Billie Holiday, hints of Sade, and a sultry pop sound that references that Miami heat that she was raised in.