Singer-songwriter Em Beihold has been treating live audiences to performances of her song “Pedestal” for the past year and a half, and now the fan-favorite has been officially released as a single via Moon Projects/Republic Records.
The jazzy track finds Beihold lamenting the weight of her feelings, as she sings, “when I put you on that pedestal, I put you too damn high. Can’t see your face, stuck in the clouds, you’re in the sky.”
The release of “Pedestal” is accompanied by another big piece of news: the announcement of Beihold’s first North American headline tour kicking off next February. The “Maybe Life Is Good” tour will see the multi-instrumentalist visit an extensive run of cities, including San Francisco, Portland, Chicago, Toronto, New York, Nashville, and many more. See the full list of dates below, and find tickets at embeihold.com/tour.
“I’m so excited to be announcing my first ever headline tour and to also be dropping ‘Pedestal’ this week,” says Em. “I’ve been touring ‘Pedestal’ for a couple of years now, and it’s the last song of that era of music for me, so it feels full circle to announce a new beginning at the same time as closing an old chapter. So much fun, truly 2024 couldn’t come any faster!”
Beihold saw her first major success in 2022 when she released the track “Numb Little Bug,” which has generated over 500 million global streams in addition to cracking the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 and lifting Em to #1 on the Billboard Emerging Artists Chart. The same year, she lent her voice to a duet version of Stephen Sanchez’s “Until I Found You,” which exploded to the tune of over 230 million Spotify streams.
Em Beihold “Maybe Life Is Good” Tour
February 20 San Francisco, CA The Independent
February 22 Seattle, WA Neumos
February 23 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
February 24 Vancouver, BC The Pearl on Granville
February 27 Salt Lake City, UT Commonwealth
February 28 Denver, CO Marquis Theatre
March 1 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line
March 2 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
March 4 St. Louis, MO Off Broadway
March 5 Columbus, OH Skully’s
March 7 Toronto, ON Axis Club Theatre
March 8 Montreal, QC Fairmount Theatre
March 9 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
March 11 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom *NEW SHOW ADDED*
March 12 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom
March 14 Philadelphia, PA The Foundry at The Fillmore
March 15 Washington, D.C. The Atlantis
March 18 Atlanta, GA Terminal West
March 19 Nashville, TN The Basement East
March 21 Austin, TX Antone’s
March 22 Houston, TX RISE Rooftop
March 23 Dallas, TX Club Dada
March 26 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
March 28 West Hollywood, CA The Roxy Theatre
March 30 San Diego, CA SOMA – Side Stage