MARIS

MARIS is a Los Angeles–based, Montana-born singer/songwriter, emerging as “pop music’s next Mega Star” [Los Angeles Times]. A playful DIY ethos animates her songs, social content, and live shows. Blending heartland rock with glam-pop bombast, MARIS crafts arena-sized, sugar-rush choruses built around elastic vocals and diaristic songwriting.

Her breakout collaboration with Caroline Kingsbury, “Give Me A Sign,” earned praise from PAPER as “anxious and electric,” landed on Spotify’s Best Pop Songs of 2025, and helped fuel her first sold-out headline show at DC9. FLOODcalls “Body Is On Fire” a “cathartic” kickoff to her “vibrant” new phase.

MARIS has performed at Boston Calling alongside Ed Sheeran, Chappell Roan, and Reneé Rapp; placed #4 on Stereogum’s Top Pop Songs of 2025 with “SUPER F★CKING MEGAST★R”; and been included in Spotify’s Fresh Finds Class three times. Elton John featured “Mary + I” on his Rocket Hour radio show, comparing MARIS to both Lady Gaga and Freddie Mercury.

Best experienced live, MARIS ensures audiences feel free to be their happiest, truest selves. She told the Los Angeles Times, “At my show, you’re gonna jump. You’re gonna dance. You’re gonna be involved, whether or not you want to.” She has toured nationally with The Wrecks, Maude Latour, A R I Z O N A, Anna of the North, and Caroline Kingsbury. She has also been featured in Rolling Stone, LADYGUNN, Ones to Watch, Under the Radar, and Wonderland.

MOST INFLUENTIAL ALBUMS

Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder

Harry Styles | Harry Styles

My most influential album is a tie between the two. I chose “Song in the Key of Life” by Stevie Wonder because of his meticulous yet warm and carefree way of capturing what it means to be a human person and love the world around you despite the pain and hardship. I also chose “Harry Styles” by Harry Styles because it was the soundtrack of my high school experience, and I loved the combination of rock, pop, glam, and intimate acoustics.