York, UK · pop

Beth McCarthy

1 upcoming festival

York's queer-pop firecracker — TikTok-honed hooks backed by real band energy and a live show that outruns the algorithm that found her.

Beth McCarthy is a pop singer and songwriter from York in the north of England. She built an audience online, posting covers and original material to social platforms before releasing her own singles, and her songs deal openly with queer relationships, self-image and the awkwardness of growing up. The music sits in a guitar-inflected corner of mainstream pop, with hooks written for a full band rather than a backing track, and she performs with one live.

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