With her quivering, earnest voice and aching melodies, Sadie Jean taps into a certain vein of pop, one that feels designed to be heard and appreciated within the confines of a bedroom. Such intimacy gave her breakthrough hit "WYD Now?" an emotional immediacy that made it a viral hit after it was interpolated by Lil Yachty shortly after its social media release in 2021. Sadie Jean responded to this online popularity by delving deeper into baring her soul, her teenage tenderness coming into sharp relief on the singles "Simple Like 17" and "Aisle 6."
Born and raised in Orange Co...