With a voice as genuine as her storytelling and a heart tuned to the frequency of everyday beauty, Emily Hackett is an unassuming powerhouse in the folk-pop ether.  

Raised on her father’s records, from Laurel Canyon legends and Beatles melodics to the raw power of Aretha and Zeppelin, Hackett’s songwriting weaves classic influences into something unmistakably her own. 

She earned recognition from Belk’s Modern Southern Music Tour and CMT’s Next Women of Country and went on to secure a finalist spot in Lightning 100’s Music City Mayhem, Nashville’s fiercely competitive indie stage. 

With her debut full-length album (June ’25), Must Be Present to Win, the Nashville-based singer-songwriter, crafts a deeply personal body of work about learning to live in the moment, even when your mind is stuck somewhere between what was and what might be. 

It’s a bold pour of hope and grit, stirred with a splash of grief. This musical elixir of palpable torment and soft clarity goes down smooth but leaves you rocked in the most necessary way.  

Hackett invites listeners into a world where vulnerability and strength coexist. Each track unfolds like a journal left open on the table, a heartfelt companion for anyone learning to embrace life’s radiant, messy here and now.