Madeleine May

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Who is Madeleine?

She is an 19-year-old singer songwriter from Yorkshire, who blends girl next door chic with raw vulnerability. Inspired by the likes of Lizzy McAlpine, Phoebe Bridgers and Joni Mitchell, her songs are packed with teenage angst and retrospective lyrics complemented with memorable melodies. 

She’s been gigging for over two years at local venues starting out at Open Mic nights and has played numerous local and charity shows in the past 12 months. Most notably, she was selected to play Live At Leeds In the City and booked for Noise in the Valley festivals in November 2025. In December, she played her first headline show at Hyde Park Book Club as well as performing a real-time stream for Beckview Studios’ Live Lounge session. 

Through the spring of 2026,   she has played her first gig in London as well as appearing at Sound City and supporting Brodie Milner for Futuresound and Eleni Drake for Superfriendz in Leeds in June - she also had a headline show at Hyde Park Book Club and Spectrum festival appearance with her band. 

She released her debut EP ‘all i wanted was time’ in April 2025, which (despite the low-key release) caught the attention of a number of outlets, and the track ‘i wish’ was featured as BBC Music Introducing’s ‘Track of the Week’ – she was also invited to record an acoustic session for the station.  

Her second EP 'maybe i'm just paranoid' was realeased in full on 5th June following on from the singles big star, favourite band and nobody's getting famous which came out between January and May.

In January 2026, Madeleine was awarded Youth Music's NextGen funding for her first album and she is already busy writing and rehearsing new material.