Mei Semones

ARTIST BIO

There’s no one doing it quite like Mei Semones, the 25-year-old Brooklyn-based guitarist and songwriter blending jazz, bossa nova, and indie-pop. Named an “artist to watch” by Pigeons & Planes, The FADER, the New York Times, and more, Semones is a prolific and rising star; her debut album, Animaru was released in May 2025, followed by “Kurayami” and “Get used to it” later that fall. Her songwriting has a specific and recognizable lightness, an ease in spite of its knotted complexities. It’s a testament to Semones’ discipline and dedication to her craft of guitar playing that her music is so cerebral, but with such a buoyancy and accessibility – an amalgamation of guitar lines swinging from jazz to bossa to math-y to grungier hooks, lyrics fluttering between English and Japanese. To listen to a Mei Semones song is to be delighted, surprised at every turn – it’s the sense that you’ve met an artist with a truly singular melodic point-of-view.