Nep shines with amazing debut album Noelle, kicking off tour November 4 in Los Angeles
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New video for “Daytona” out now | limited tour dates kick off November 4 in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA (October 24, 2025) — Rising indie-pop artist Nep emerges from the surreal, sun-soaked suburbs of Daytona, Florida with the release of her highly anticipated debut album, Noelle, out today via Harbour Artists and Music.
Nep first caught attention as a teenager posting acoustic covers and early sketches of original songs to YouTube and SoundCloud. Inspired by pop icons like 5 Seconds of Summer and One Direction, she began writing fan-fiction that soon evolved into something more personal—the birth of Noelle, a semi-autobiographical character and the muse behind her creative universe.
Following last year’s breakout twelve-song EP Nep’s Storybook—which drew acclaim for the infectious single “Doc” and helped boost her growing profile through viral performances and playlist placements—Nep spent her senior year at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music writing and recording Noelle with her best friend and longtime collaborator Jake Sonderman.
Crafted between classes, late-night studio sessions, and college parties that bled into the lyrics themselves, Noelle captures the messy magic of youth. The album balances raw honesty with shimmering, cinematic indie-pop hooks, transforming diary pages into anthems for anyone figuring life out in real time.
To accompany the release, Nep has unveiled the music video for focus track “Daytona.” Named for her hometown, the song channels the restless energy of wanting to leave but feeling tethered to where you came from. Blending gritty guitars with fan-submitted video clips, the visual turns personal nostalgia into a communal act of release.
Nep will celebrate the album’s arrival with three intimate tour dates, beginning November 4 at The Echo in Los Angeles, CA, followed by sold-out shows in Boston (November 8 at The Red Room at Cafe 939) and New York City (November 9 at Mercury Lounge). All dates will feature Abby Powledge as direct support.
Tickets are available here.
Nep Tour Dates:
11/4 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
11/8 – Boston, MA @ The Red Room at Cafe 939 (SOLD OUT)
11/9 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge (SOLD OUT)
Noelle Album Bio:
The story of Nep begins in Daytona, Florida, a place of endless motorcycle rallies, sticky summers, and the kind of small-town culture she always knew she’d leave behind. Growing up surrounded by Bike Week and Biketoberfest, she felt both shaped and alienated by the noise of her hometown. “Beaches are fucked, Daytona sucks,” she sings on “Biketoberfest,” mocking and mourning the place that raised her.
It’s that push and pull, the desire to escape and the need to memorialize, that fuels her debut album, Noelle. Written during her senior year at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, Nep crafted the record with her best friend and collaborator Jake Sonderman. Between classes, late-night studio sessions, and college parties that often bled into the lyrics themselves, the pair built an album that feels both diaristic and cinematic: raw experience refracted through sharp, infectious indie-pop.
Each track on Noelle pulls from a different corner of Nep’s lived experience and explores a different sonic palette. “All Around Beauty” captures the heartbreak of running into an ex at a college party, blue tongues, Jell-O shots, tears in the bathroom. The title track, “Noelle,” sets aching strings against lyrics of rage and betrayal: “I was a kid / You were a guy / It’s not fair / I was a girl.”
“Black Car Song” begins as a delicate piano ballad before erupting into a punk track with a heavy metal guitar solo, memorializing a summer defined by grief and family rituals. “Scar” leans into a bluegrass inspired folk arrangement that detonates into a harsh rock ending, tracing the way friendships can wound and mark us permanently.
By the album’s end, “July (It Feels So Lovely To Cry)” opens into a big band sound with horns dominating the track and points toward renewal: “I think I might love life again.” The final track, “Florida Girl,” closes the record with an anthem of self realization, a defiant chant that reclaims her roots while refusing to be defined by them.
Nep has been building an audience for years, long before any records were even finished. Short clips and demos posted to TikTok racked up over 5 million likes, drawing fans to her mix of sardonic humor, brutal honesty, and a quirky charm that makes even her darkest songs feel oddly uplifting. She quickly translated that online energy to the stage, selling out early headline shows in Los Angeles, New York City and Chicago, and touring alongside Ricky Montgomery, mxmtoon and Grent Perez.
With the release of Noelle, Nep is not just putting out an album; she’s leaving Florida behind. After years of translating Daytona’s beaches, bike rallies, and heartbreak into song, she’s moving to Los Angeles, a new chapter, a new landscape.
Even so, traces of home are everywhere in her songs: in the defiance of “Florida Girl” (“You can never break a Florida girl”), in the humor and heartbreak of “I Will Always Love You Alright,” and in the unflinching intimacy of “The Soundtrack.”
Noelle is both an origin story and an emancipation. It documents the mess of youth and the catharsis of finally walking away. In Nep’s world, scars become anthems, heartbreak becomes punchlines, and growing up in Daytona becomes the stuff of unforgettable songs.
Noelle Track Listing:
01.) Girls on TV
02.) The Soundtrack
03.) Biketoberfest
04.) I Close My Eyes
05.) Noelle
06.) Daytona
07.) Black Car Song
08.) Scar
09.) I Will Always Love You Alright
10.) All Around Beauty
11.) July (It Feels So Lovely To Cry)
12.) Florida Girl
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Links:
Official: https://www.nepnepnep.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snottynep
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@snottynep
