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In the middle of a whirlwind of loss, heartbreak, and chaos, Noah Cyrus grabbed the reins, took control of her life, and told her story like never before. The GRAMMY® Award-nominated multiplatinum Nashville-born and Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter uncovered the kind of strength you only find within. She lived every song, and the embers of her experiences burn bright over a soundtrack steeped in pop spirit, folk eloquence, and country soul. Noah has stepped into herself on her 2022 full-length debut album, The Hardest Part [RECORDS / Columbia Records].

Emerging in 2016 at the age of 16, she immediately captivated audiences with platinum singles “Make Me (Cry)” [feat. Labrinth] and “Again” [feat. XXXTENTACION].  2020’s The End of Everything EP yielded the triple-platinum “July” and gold “Lonely.” In between earning a GRAMMY® Award nod in the category of “Best New Artist,” she teamed up with PJ Harding for the People Don’t Change EP in 2021.  NME rated the project “4-out-of-5 stars” and predicted, “it’s not hard to imagine her becoming a household name in her own right.” Along the way, she performed at Coachella twice, while Billboard named her among its “21 Under 21” for three straight years. She also shined on The Late Late Show with James Corden, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Ellen, and The Today Show.
Now, she introduces the next chapter with the single “I Burned LA Down.”
 

Although classically trained in piano from a young age, it was as recent as 2020 that Los Angeles born & raised singer-songwriter Anna Bates began to release music under her own name. After her track "Holy Smokes" went viral on TikTok, Anna packed up her Belmont dorm and moved out west to pursue a career in music. Shortly thereafter, she fell into a thriving community of producers, writers, and Artists, all of whom pushed Anna to dive head-first into her new path.
 
Inspired by artists such as Beck and Adrianne Lenker, the heart of Anna's work is her writing, of which she states "is just part of me, and who I am." Her natural ability to take the listener on a personal journey with her has caused hundreds of users on social media to compare her to the likes of Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash. Armed with just an acoustic guitar, she has amassed quite a dedicated following online.
 
Feeling all the support behind her gave Anna the confidence to dedicate the next several months to developing her debut EP. Teaming up with producers/writers such as James Flannigan, Joe Janiak, and Morgan Nagler allowed Anna to fully flesh out her vision. In her words, they "turned my stories into more than I ever could've hoped they would be." Combining elements of folk, country, pop, and indie, Anna tackles heavy subject matter through a lens painted with irony & humor. Of the EP, Anna states that "in this EP, you will find not only light-hearted story telling, but my struggle and battle with personal faith. It is both extremes of my life brought together. I believe that spirituality is a journey, a constant one, and a difficult one.... I am still on this journey, perhaps will be for the rest of my life, but I have learned throughout making this EP that it is not a journey to be afraid of, but one to dive headfirst into.