Amelia Moore

Amelia Moore is an American singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist from Lawrenceville, Georgia, who built a fanbase writing and posting from her bedroom during the 2020 lockdown, signed to Capitol Records at 21, was later dropped, rebuilt her career as an independent artist, and returned to a major label, Republic Records, in 2025. Her catalog includes the streaming hit “next door” (feat. ASTN), the viral single “see through,” and the mixtape series he's just not that into you!, and in 2026 she toured theaters and arenas across North America and Europe as direct support for Zara Larsson's Midnight Sun Tour.

Early Life and Background

Amelia Moore was born on December 11, 2000, and raised in Lawrenceville, Georgia, a suburb outside Atlanta, in a conservative, evangelical Christian household. She was homeschooled by her mother and has described herself plainly as “a homeschooler from Lawrenceville, GA making music about living life on my own terms for the first time,” per an interview with Ones to Watch. She has given her age at leaving home for college as both 16 and 17 across different interviews, telling office Magazine she “grew up singing in church pretty much from four years old until I left for college at 17,” adding, “if you feel called and the Lord wants you to sing, you're gonna sing.”

Music ran through her childhood almost entirely through church. She began classical violin lessons around age four or five, initially to copy her older sister, and played for roughly seven years before quitting; she also served as a worship leader. Her parents resisted her pursuit of secular music early on, reportedly suggesting she become a pharmaceutical sales representative instead, which led her to take a fast-food job as a teenager to fund her own vocal and performance training. She has said the biblical references she grew up learning “seep their way into my lyrics” even now, without her fully intending it. Speaking to Clash Magazine about her upbringing, she said, “They really ruined the God shit for me, which is so unfortunate. I do still think about it often.” The first secular album her mother allowed in the house was Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience; she has also cited Justin Bieber's Journals, Ariana Grande, Mariah Carey, Usher, Lorde, Frank Ocean and, more recently, Chappell Roan as influences.

From Homeschool to Hollywood

Moore has summarized her own trajectory as “homeschool to Hollywood.” She graduated high school early, began writing her own songs at 13, and joined an Atlanta-based artist development program in her mid-teens. She went on to enroll at Belmont University in Nashville, an experience she has called “the craziest culture shock I've ever experienced,” describing a campus environment of drinking and partying that pushed her to start “questioning everything I was raised to believe.” After roughly a year and a half at Belmont, a songwriting trip to Los Angeles convinced her to leave school. “I was learning more in the studio,” she said of the decision.

She relocated to Los Angeles at 18 to pursue music full time. During the pandemic lockdown, she began posting original songs and covers to TikTok under the handle @icryatwork, a name she has said nods to the raw honesty woven into her lyrics. Her first original post unexpectedly drew roughly 100,000 new followers within a week, and she had accumulated more than 50,000 Spotify followers before officially releasing a song. That viral momentum, built almost entirely on bedroom uploads, led directly to a major-label deal.

Capitol Records and Breakout

Moore signed with Capitol Records in the fall of 2021. Her debut single, “sweet and sour,” became a streaming hit built on whistle-tone vocals and glitchy, spectral production, followed by the post-breakup ballad “vinegar.” Her debut EP, teaching a robot to love, arrived in August 2022; its title came from a Cards Against Humanity card a friend laid down during a game night, which she wrote down on the spot as a future song title. That year she performed “i feel everything” on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, was named to Apple Music's Up Next artist program, and supported FLETCHER on a North American tour as a Capitol labelmate.

Her biggest song by a wide margin arrived in September 2022 with “next door,” a feature with ASTN that has drawn tens of millions of Spotify streams and remains, by a large margin, her most-streamed release. Capitol later dropped her from its roster, a turn she has discussed candidly in interviews rather than glossing over.

Going Independent

Moore has said that after being dropped by Capitol, she “couldn't get out of bed literally at all for like three months.” She has credited her best friend Tylin with pulling her out of that period, showing up daily to get her to the gym and out making content together. Rather than step away from music, she self-funded her own EP and a headlining tour as an independent artist, releasing singles including “crybaby,” a hyperpop-leaning collaboration with Jaden Hossler (recording as jxdn) called “FUMD,” “name everywhere,” “that girl,” and “push up bra.”

Her 2024 single “see through” became a genuine breakthrough, eventually surpassing 20 million Spotify streams, and that year she made her major festival debut at Camp Flog Gnaw on a bill alongside Blood Orange, Erykah Badu, and Tyler, the Creator, later adding a slot at Outside Lands. “Flog Gnaw was a really important opportunity to show everybody, in a short amount of time, who I am,” she told The Concert Chronicles. “I wanted to pack as much energy in that thirty minutes as possible.” The same period produced a Timbaland-produced track, “back to him,” and her independent mixtape he's just not that into you!, released July 26, 2024, which became the release that drew Republic Records' attention. In December 2024 she released an all-female remix of “see through” featuring Coco Jones, Absolutely, and Samara Cyn, artists she recruited herself through Instagram direct messages.

Republic Records and a New Chapter

In March 2025, Moore officially signed with Republic Records, a Universal Music Group label, announced via Billboard alongside her single “f—, marry, kill.” She described the track's production as “so timeless and classic sounding” against lyrics that are “so modern and specific.” On May 9, 2025, she released he's still just not that into you!, the second installment of her mixtape series, partly written at a Malibu writing camp. It included “spelling bee,” a collaboration with Teezo Touchdown co-written with Julia Michaels and Jorgen Odegard, and “Emily,” a confessional track she has called her most honest song, inspired by discovering that an ex was referring to her under a code name. She celebrated the release with intimate shows at Baby's All Right and The Echo.

In September 2025 she was announced as direct support on Zara Larsson's Midnight Sun Tour, a run of more than thirty dates across North America and Europe beginning in February 2026, booked into venues including The Wiltern, the Fillmore Auditorium, and the Riviera Theatre. While on that tour, in early 2026, she released the single “prom queen,” credited to Island EMI Label Group within the UMG structure, describing it as being about “that in-between space where it already feels like a relationship… but no one's saying it out loud!! it's fun and messy, a little bit delusional, but also innocent and flirty.”

Sound, Style and Visual Identity

Critically, Moore's music has been described by AllMusic as “sensual, sometimes experimental” and “dark-hued,” sitting within the genre-blurring alt-pop and alt-R&B wave that also includes Chappell Roan. Visually, she is identified almost universally in press coverage by her bright orange hair, worn with short baby bangs; Clash Magazine calls it her “neon orange hair,” and The Forty-Five describes it “popping off against a bright blue chair” in a photo shoot. Her cover art and merchandise favor hand-drawn doodles and eccentric fruit stickers, described by Cherry Pop Records as mirroring “the raw, playful emotions of her music.” For the “fuck, marry, kill” visualizer, she wore a floor-length wig, explaining, “Letting your hair down means being vulnerable, but it's also feeling sexy and comfortable in who you are… We needed long hair to get the emotion across.”

A fashion editorial with Sicky Mag situated her styling within an archive-leaning, eclectic aesthetic, pulling pieces from Grailed Archive labels including Helmut Lang, Comme des Garçons, Balenciaga and Prada, alongside newer names like Willy Chavarria and jewelry from Marland Backus, AGMES, and Spinelli Kilcollin.

Business, Team and Touring

Moore's label history runs from Capitol Records (signed fall 2021, later dropped) through an independent stretch of roughly 2023 to early 2025, to Republic Records (signed March 2025), with her 2026 material credited to Island EMI Label Group, all UMG-affiliated imprints. She is managed by Brian Washington and Megan Yasuda at 2nd & 26 Entertainment, and booked through CAA, where her Billboard signing report named agents Olivia Mirabella, Shirin Nury, and Carly James.

On the writing and production side, she has worked extensively with producers Pink Slip, Jorgen Odegard, and Inverness, alongside topline collaborator Julia Michaels and a high-profile production credit from Timbaland on “back to him.” She has also written for other artists, citing sessions with XG, Polo G, and UMI. Her touring history moves from a self-funded independent headline run before her Republic deal, through direct support for FLETCHER in 2022, to the 2026 Midnight Sun Tour dates with Zara Larsson.

Personal Life

Moore presents publicly as emotionally direct, often describing songwriting itself as a coping mechanism. “I started writing songs at a very young age because I didn't really want to tell anybody how I was feeling, I just wanted to write about it,” she told The Forty-Five. “These songs are definitely therapy, for sure.” She has framed her emotional intensity as an asset rather than a burden: “I would much rather be able to feel things at the capacity I do in a negative way because it just means I can feel something positive to that level too.”

She has spoken openly about the period following her Capitol Records exit, describing months of being unable to get out of bed and crediting her best friend Tylin with helping her back into daily life. In interviews, her personal-life details tend toward Los Angeles routines: Courage Bagel by the beach with a lychee martini, frozen yogurt runs to Go Greek in Beverly Hills with collaborators, and becoming an aunt when her older sister had a baby.

During her time building a career in Los Angeles, Moore shared a house with fellow singer-songwriters David Hugo and Christian Gates. Isaac Dunbar was a frequent visitor to the house during that period, and playing Super Smash Bros. together became a regular ritual among the group.

Timeline

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Amelia Moore from?

She is from Lawrenceville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, where she was raised in a conservative Christian household and homeschooled by her mother.

What label is Amelia Moore signed to?

She is signed to Republic Records, a Universal Music Group label, as of her March 2025 signing. Her earlier deal was with Capitol Records (2021 to roughly 2023), and her 2026 single “prom queen” is credited to Island EMI Label Group, another UMG imprint.

What is Amelia Moore's biggest song?

“next door,” featuring ASTN and released in 2022, is by far her most-streamed track, accounting for the large majority of her total Spotify streams. “see through” is her second-biggest song.

Did Amelia Moore go to college?

Yes. She enrolled at Belmont University in Nashville after being homeschooled, but left after about a year and a half, following a songwriting trip to Los Angeles that convinced her to pursue music full time.

What happened after Capitol Records dropped her?

She has said she was unable to get out of bed for roughly three months afterward, and credits her best friend Tylin with helping her recover. She then self-funded an EP and a headlining tour as an independent artist, a period that produced “see through” and the mixtape he's just not that into you! and eventually led to her Republic Records deal.

Is Amelia Moore connected to Christian Gates?

She shared a Los Angeles house at one point with Christian Gates and fellow singer-songwriter David Hugo, with Isaac Dunbar a frequent visitor; the connection is a personal, house-sharing one rather than a musical collaboration.

Audience and Streaming

As of a September 2025 Kworb snapshot, Moore's cumulative Spotify streams sat at approximately 125.3 million, a figure that has continued to climb. “next door” alone accounts for the large majority of that total, tracked at roughly 54 to 67 million streams depending on the snapshot date, with “see through” around 15 to 20 million and “sweet and sour” near 9.7 to 10 million. A mid-2023 feature cited more than 150 million cumulative global streams across her catalog including features, a figure consistent with continued growth since. Her Spotify monthly listener count was reported at roughly 2 million as of a May 2025 feature, and her TikTok following has been reported in the 700,000 to 800,000 range across 2025 profiles.

Discography

Further reading: Moore's 2023 collaboration “FUMD” connects her catalog to Jaden Hossler's jxdn project, one of several links between her independent-era work and the wider Los Angeles pop and alt-pop scene documented elsewhere on The Ring, including the entry for Christian Gates.