Emma Hessels (°1999) is a Belgian singer-songwriter with a voice that gets under your skin and lyrics that read like pages torn from her diary. From the quiet of her bedroom, she crafts intimate songs that give shape to vast, universal emotions like love and loneliness. Her music is a search—for identity, for recognition—and that sense of exploration resonates through a sound that defies easy genre classification. The only constant is her soulful voice, along with influences like Jeff Buckley, Lianne La Havas, and Nina Simone.
In 2023, Emma was named a laureate of Sound Track, placing her firmly on the radar of the Belgian music scene. She went on to play intimate yet powerful sets at venues such as Boomtown, Ancienne Belgique, and Botanique. Her voice also featured on the debut album of Porcelain id, with whom she performed on various stages. Meanwhile, she quietly kept working on her debut EP, which is now nearly ready to be shared with the world and will be released later this year via Unday Records.
With her music, Emma Hessels seeks connection in vulnerability and the unspoken. Though she often still takes the stage solo—with a presence that’s impossible to ignore—she is now building a live band to further expand her sonic world.
