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About Belt One

Singer, songwriter and producer — turning moments into memories, one loud room at a time.

Belt One performing at a nightclub, engaging the audience Close-up of a hand playing an electric guitar live

Introduction

Music is my language.

I'm Belt One. For ten years I've sung my way from gospel choirs and garage rehearsals to festival main stages — writing songs about belonging that work whispered or shouted.

My sound lives where alt-pop choruses meet indie-rock guitars: big enough for 20,000 people, personal enough for one. If you've ever stayed for the encore with your voice gone, you already know what I do.

80M+Streams worldwide
120+Shows played
9Countries toured

Biography

From choir risers to main stages

I started singing before I could talk anyone into lending me a guitar — third row of the church choir, loudest voice in the room.

Teenage years meant garage bands and borrowed amps. My twenties meant clubs: three sets a night, learning that a quiet verse earns a loud chorus. The first independent EP paid for a van; the van paid for a band; the band became The Midnight Frequency.

Wonderland — my debut full-length — was written on night buses and finished under festival lights. Now the Music Is My Language tour carries those songs to the biggest rooms I've ever played, with Maya Rivers joining on select dates.

Group of singers performing on stage with microphones at night

Roots

Musical Influences

Four currents run through everything I write — you can hear each of them on the new record.

Gospel & Soul

Choir risers taught me that voices are instruments — and that a chorus should lift the room.

Hear it on Sunshine →

Nineties Guitars

Borrowed amps, big riffs, bigger feelings. The Midnight Frequency keeps this flame lit nightly.

Hear it live →

Sunday Jazz

My parents' record shelf — Miles to Motown — taught me space, swing and patience in a verse.

Monterey sessions →

Cinema Scores

Strings, tape echo and room tone — I arrange songs like scenes, with light and shadow.

Read the essay →

Milestones

The road so far

A decade condensed: the nights that changed what came after them.

  1. 2016 — First club residency

    Three sets a night, five nights a week. Learned the craft the loud way.

  2. 2019 — Debut EP & the van years

    Self-released, self-booked, 60 shows in one summer with the future Midnight Frequency.

  3. 2022 — First festival main stage

    Sunset slot, 20,000 voices on the chorus. Nothing has been quiet since.

  4. 2024 — Midnight Frequencies EP

    The band's breakout record — late-night guitars and open highways.

  5. 2025 — Wonderland debut album

    Twelve tracks, 80 million streams and counting. The tour that followed sold out twice.

  6. 2026 — Music Is My Language tour

    The biggest rooms yet — with Maya Rivers and a brand-new album on the way.

Releases

Albums & Singles

Wonderland artwork Released

Wonderland

Belt One · 2025

Unreleased artwork Coming soon

Unreleased

Belt One · 2026

Sunshine artwork Single

Sunshine

Belt One & Maya Rivers · 2026

Midnight Frequencies artwork EP

Midnight Frequencies

The Midnight Frequency · 2024

The voices

Artist & Band

Belt One Lead vocals, guitar

Belt One

Alt-pop / Indie rock

Maya Rivers Vocals

Maya Rivers

Soul / R&B

The Midnight Frequency Touring band

The Midnight Frequency

Indie rock

Hand adjusting mixer controls in a sound studio
Studio — final mix
Musician performing with guitar on stage near a microphone in a dark club
Late set — club takeover
Performer on stage under dramatic spotlights
Encore — under the spots

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