Nashville-based, queer indie pop/rock artist daena is on a mission: to explore love, vulnerability and how to stay weird through it all. Her debut full-length album, “Alter Ego” is a bold artist statement challenging imposter syndrome and leaning into a quarter-life crisis. With her signature pop songwriting sensibility, daena crafts catchy melodies that live slightly left of center. The early 00s-inspired songs blend tongue-in-cheek relatability with the perfect amount of grit, quirk and honesty, sure to hook fans of Olivia Rodrigo + Zolita.

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daena’s songs have been placed on multiple Spotify editorial playlists, featured on iHeart Radio, Nashville’s Lightning 100, and long-running soap opera “The Young & The Restless”, in local magazine Nashville Scene and played at spots from Musician’s Corner to headlining shows at the Bluebird Cafe and The Lipstick Lounge. Her single "Close Isn't Enough" has organically amassed over 1 million streams on Spotify. To top it off, she's worked with the It Gets Better Project as an official TikTok creator and has racked up over 33k followers of her own.
 

As a songwriter, daena brings her signature pop songwriting sensibility to craft hooky melodies that live just slightly lea of center. Her cuts range from queer pop artists Marielle Kraft, Kate Yeager and Kimmie Devereux, to viral singer/songwriter Madds Buckley, dark cinematic pop artist Illicit Ghost + more, with "10x Better" (Marielle Kraft) surpassing 2 million organic streams and landing on Spotify’s “New Pop Picks” and “RADAR Global” playlists.

“I think everyone can relate to the growing pains of your twenties and the many, many versions of yourself that you go through while trying to figure out who you are," daena says. "This record is a coming of age story. I hope you love it as much as I do.”