Melody Federer

Melody Federer’s music is at once enigmatic and candidly charming. Texas-born with a nomadic soul, she honed her craft in New York, Paris, Los Angeles, Nashville, Seattle, and back to Nashville where she continues to gain recognition as an up-and-coming talent in the world of Indie, Pop and Alt music. With her new single, "Falling Out,”set for release June 28, Federer examines how easy it is to fall in love and how difficult it is to fall out of it.

“It's like we get sucked into this beautiful fantasy so fast, chemicals firing off in our brain, cheeks glowing, every love song come to life, aka 'spring has sprung' — that magical phase that has inspired poets and musicians and painters and writers and dancers and every other human who's been lucky enough to feel it since the dawn of time — and then, just like that, love can be over,” says Federer. “Your best friend is a stranger. Your lover is an enemy. You're 'falling out,’ with no wings or parachute to catch you, in a dream from which you can't wake yourself. And you just have to keep falling until you hit rock bottom. And you live there for a while. And every day feels unending… but you keep breathing somehow. And eventually, you get yourself up, brush the dirt off, and hope to have the courage to maybe someday try falling into the whole love thing again. It's a dangerous, beautiful business. “Falling Out” started as an acoustic guitar song, then it turned into a sort of synth-pop animal.”

About Melody Federer:
A noted solo artist as well as an accomplished writer for various musicians, her style is genre agnostic, and her stage presence effortlessly versatile. She can capture a room with just her voice and guitar or with a full band, and she holds her own standing in as a guest with legends of the industry.

Her talent has taken her around the globe to historic venues and buzzing clubs, having performed at the Musee D’ Orsay in Paris, Paris Fashion Week, The Royal Hall in London, New York City’s Harvard Club and Zinc Club, The Basement in Nashville, and The Moroccan Lounge and The Saban in Los Angeles. She’s played numerous other shows and festivals in major North American and European cities, and a large portion of her solo tracks have been, and are currently being featured on multiple SiriusXM channels as well as tastemaker terrestrial radio stations like WXPN and KUCI.

Melody has worked with a vast range of musicians, from major pop artists P!nk and Hilary Duff, to electroclash producers Plastik Funk and Gazzo. She’s written R&B tracks for Kelly Rowland, traditional folk-rock tunes for Jacob Whitesides, and crafted alongside titans of the jazz world like Michael Buble and the legendary Burt Bacharach, who described her lyrics for their duet “Bridges” as “a gift.”

Her penchant for word play and her emotional, memorable, and passionate toplines have put her in the songwriting room with the likes of GRAMMY Award Winners Emory Dobyn, Mike Pool, Daniel Tashian and GRAMMY Nominees Scott Chesak, Billy Mann, Chad Carlson, and Roget Chahayed
In 2020, she made waves with her track “This Town,” a smoldering Alt-Rock track that made radio stand at attention, and “The Wonder Years,” an indie ballad that received rave reviews and was featured on Elton John’s “ The Rocket Hour.”

Just as she was gaining momentum, the COVID-19 Pandemic hit, and like many performers, she endured financial hardships that forced her to take a detour from her music career to provide for her family as a single mother. This led her to revisit her journalism roots, landing a job as a news editor for KIRO Radio and juggling shifts as a waitress. During this time, she submitted an autobiographical story about sex, love, power and music to The New York Times, and to her surprise, and to her parent’s dismay, they published it.
As the industry got creative about bringing live music back to fans, Indie-pop veteran Andrew McMahon took notice of “This Town,” and invited Federer to open for his band at the country’s first ever Drive-In Theater performance. Word of that show spread, and Multi-GRAMMY® award-winning rock icons Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo invited Federer as a featured artist for an intimate performance at The Grove in Anaheim.
On Valentine’s Day 2021, her pop-alt single “I Hate Love” went viral on TikTok, amassing 10M views. The instantly catchy, anti-love story was produced by Absofacto, Nathan Barlowe, Kosuke Kasza, and CASTLE. It was later synced to Showtime’s The L Word: Generation Q, Season 3 Episode “Little Boxes,” which aired in December 2022.

Her daily song posts on social media caught the attention of Kerry Brown, who signed Federer as the first artist on his label Licorice Pizza Records. Kerry Brown is a legendary drummer and producer in his own right, producing bands such as The Smashing Pumpkins.

Her sophomore album finds her evolving once again, drawing sonic comparisons to artists like Jenny Lewis, Blonde Redhead, Sharon Van Etten, and Neko Case. Chapters from the Fairy Tale is due out September 22.