ILLICIT GHOST EPK
Biography
Illicit Ghost crafts cinematic, confessional songs that move between resilience and the weight of mental health, where intimacy and melancholy blur and beauty finds a companion in darkness. In 2025 she appeared in Yamaha’s Emmy-nominated Three440 series, where she opened up about her mental health journey and how it continues to shape her creative process. Her music has been featured on MTV’s “Teen Mom” and on the Amazon Prime docuseries “Always Jane.” She has also received airplay on ALT 98.7FM and 100.1 Lightning 100. She was also named Lightning 100’s “Local Artist of the Week” in 2023. In 2020 Illicit Ghost started her Instagram Live show "Anti-Anxiety Hour" as a way to build a community around music and mental health. She has led production seminars for Ableton in New York City and produces and writes music for other artists in various genres. Her most recent releases are the songs “Monsters” and "Fishes" which she wrote and produced with Andrew Horowitz of Tally Hall for his solo project, edu. Over the past two years, she has joined edu on tour supporting on vocals and violin. Her other songwriting credits include Paul Kalkbrenner’s Si Soy Fuego (10M+ streams) which she wrote during the pandemic to remind herself to keep going and keep chasing her dreams, and “I’m Not Gonna Think,” which she featured on with Saint Punk.
PRESS
“…woven with skin-grafting strings and debilitating melancholy…engulfs the listener with suffocating emotion and never allows a moment of respite.”
-B-Sides & Badlands
Photo by Chelsea Rochelle
“Emotive vocals that ooze passion and every lyric that comes out of her mouth hits you like an emotional freight train with the haunting production providing the perfect back drop…refreshing to hear and hauntingly beautiful.”
-A One Two Three Four
Photo by Chelsea Rochelle
“…emotive, haunting and raw.”
-When The Horn Blows
Band Members (1)
Illicit Ghost
Artist, producer, violinist, singer, songwriter, playlist curator, Anti-Anxiety Hour host
Record Label
Independent
Genre
Indie Pop/Electronica
Management
Elliot Jacobson
Links
Press
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON THE LAWN:
Song of the Day: comeherefloyd
HALFTIME:
Feature: Second Society Report
PRESENT MUSIC VIDEO:
Feature: Second Society Report
PRESENT:
Feature: Second Society Report
WIDE OPEN:
Radio Free Brooklyn, PopRocks, August 4, 2020
The Highs and Lows of the Music Industry, An Open Letter by Illicit Ghost: thread.
RABBIT HOLE:
Feature: The Girls at the Rock Show
PRECIOUS:
PARTIES BY MYSELF:
Interview: Asymmetric Magazine
Feature: Cold Coffee Entertainment
Music Roundup: Indie Voice Blog
Radio Premiere: The Premium Blend Radio Show (UK) 01/22/19
MONEY:
Premiere: A One Two Three Four
DRUNK AND ALONE:
250 Best Songs of 2018 by Wonky Sensitive
Feature: The Girls at the Rock Show
Radio Premiere: Get in Her Ears (09/27/18)
Performances
January 10, 2018, Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3, NYC
March 21, 2018, Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2, NYC
October 24, 2018, Coney Island Baby, NYC
January 4, 2019, H0L0, Brooklyn
February 8, 2019, Bowery Electric, NYC
February 19, 2019, Trans-Pecos, Brooklyn
February 26, 2019, BMI Acoustic Lounge, Rockwood Music Hall Stage 1, NYC
May 31, 2019, Artery house show, Brooklyn, NYC
July 5, 2019, Knitting Factory Brooklyn, NYC
July 29, 2019, Ludlow House, NYC, opening for Remy Zero
August 23, 2019, Ace Hotel
NYC, Collabaret Showcase
October 9, 2019, Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles, CA
November 5, 2019, Muchmore’s, Brooklyn, NY
November 12, 2019, “From the Bedroom Studio to the Stage,” for Ableton, NYC
November 15, 2019, “Women to Watch,” The VNYL, NYC
April 25, 2020, Live Stream Performance, Instagram Live
June 13, 2020, Live Stream Meditation and Performance, Instagram Live
Anti-Anxiety Hour
Each week, Illicit Ghost hosts a show called “Anti-Anxiety Hour" on Instagram Live. Artists from her Anti-Anxiety Spotify playlist are invited on the show for a conversation music and mental health. Tune in on Instagram Live: @ILLICITGHOST
Check out past episodes of “Anti-Anxiety Hour” on YouTube or IGTV.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAlJOdXifRJ39pjZE1UVuV_c5Q4ibQcRc
IGTV: https://www.instagram.com/illicitghost/channel/
SEASON 1 SCHEDULE (EDT)
EPISODE #1: SATURDAY, 5/2/20, 1:30PM EDT - VANIA
EPISODE #2: SATURDAY, 5/9/20, 7PM EDT - JEFF HERRERA
EPISODE #3: SATURDAY, 5/16/20, 7PM EDT - EMIA
EPISODE #4: SATURDAY, 5/23/20, 7PM EDT - DOCTOR DELIA
EPISODE #5: SATURDAY, 5/30/20, 2PM EDT - GEORGIA MEEK
EPISODE #6: SATURDAY, 6/13/20, 6PM EDT - LIVE MEDITATION W. ILLICIT GHOST
EPISODE #7: SATURDAY 6/20/20, 6PM EDT - SHAMIR
EPISODE #8: SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 7PM EDT - DEAD EMERSON
EPISODE #9: WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1PM EDT - LILY-JO
EPISODE #10: SATURDAY, JULY 18, 7PM EDT - TIGER DARROW
EPISODE #11: SATURDAY, JULY 25, 7PM EDT - SATELLITE MODE
EPISODE #12: SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 7PM EDT - TRACE
SEASON 2 SCHEDULE (EDT)