Nashville, TN · indie rock · singer-songwriter

Samia

2 festivals played

Devastatingly specific lyrics — the kind that name a brand or a street — sung with unnerving composure, and screamed back by devoted crowds.

Samia is the recording name of Samia Finnerty, a songwriter born in 1996 who grew up in New York City and later based herself in Nashville. She began releasing singles in the late 2010s before her debut album, The Baby, arrived in 2020, followed by Honey in 2023.

Her songs sit between indie rock and folk-leaning pop, built on plain-spoken detail and close vocal delivery, with arrangements that shift from quiet, guitar-led passages to full-band swells. Samia writes largely about friendship, jealousy and self-doubt, and her records have been noted for their unusually direct, diaristic language.

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