Lizzy McAlpine

A singer/songwriter with an intimately emotive sound that combines elements of folk-pop, jazz, and R&B, Lizzy McAlpine found mainstream success in 2020 with her acclaimed debut album, Give Me a Minute. She charted on the Billboard 200 with her sophomore LP, 2022′s Five Seconds Flat, and returned in 2024 with Older; both of which found her ruminating on the end of a relationship. The Philadelphia native started penning songs in middle school, so by the time she began studying songwriting at Berklee College of Music in Boston, she was already ahead of the game. Citing a wide array of influences that includes Dodie, H.E.R., and John Mayer, she released her debut EP, Indigo, in 2018. Two years later, she issued her first full-length effort, Give Me a Minute, with producer and multi-instrumentalist Philip Etherington. An evocative and intimate folk-pop outing that garnered millions of streams, the album elicited praise from contemporaries like FINNEAS, Phoebe Bridgers, and Shawn Mendes. 2021′s When the World Stopped Moving: The Live EP delivered an intimate eight-song set of stripped-down favorites culled from McAlpine’s popular social media channel. In 2022, she unveiled her sophomore long-player, Five Seconds Flat. A bold and immersive collection of songs written after a difficult breakup, the 14-track set reached number five on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart, thanks in part to the streaming hits “Doomsday” and “All My Ghosts,” and guest spots from FINNEAS and Jacob Collier. Following collaborations with Noah Kahan and Niall Horan, McAlpine released “Older” in February 2024, as the first single and title track of her third studio album. Produced by McAlpine and Mason Stoops, with contributions by Ryan Lerman, Jeremy Most, and Tony Berg, Older arrived in April 2024 and found the singer continuing to explore themes of heartbreak and emotional growth in the wake of a break-up. The album, which charted at 93 the Billboard 200, also included the single “I Guess.” ~ Matt Collar & James Christopher Monger