Macy Rodman

Macy Rodman (born 1989)[7] is an American singer-songwriter, comedian, podcaster, and performance artist.[8][9] Rodman's style combines punk and rock with 90s inspired club-pop beats, eliciting comparisons to Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Sinéad O'Connor, Björk, Sia, Portishead, Madonna, Liz Phair, and Courtney Love.[10][2] She has released three studio albums, The Lake (2017), Endless Kindness (2019), and Unbelievable Animals (2021).

Macy Rodman
Macy Rodman in 2018
Background information
Born1989 (age 34–35)
Juneau, Alaska, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • singer-songwriter
  • comedian
  • podcaster
  • performance artist
  • former drag queen[6]
Years active2016–present
Labels
  • Sweat Equity
  • Accidental Popstar

Early and personal life

Rodman was born in Juneau, Alaska[5] in 1989[11] and moved to New York City at age 18[12] in 2008[1] to go to the Parsons School of Design. She later dropped out.[3] Rodman is a transgender woman and started her transition shortly after moving to the city.[4] She lives in Brooklyn, New York.[13]

Career

Rodman became involved in the Brooklyn drag scene after moving to New York[10] through DJing and performing.[14] She then began to host a weekly alternative drag show called Bathsalts.[15] In June 2022, Rodman was featured on the cover of My Comrade, an underground magazine covering drag.[16]

Rodman released her debut EP, Help, in 2016.[17] Her first two albums, The Lake and Endless Kindness, were released in 2017[18] and 2019[19] respectively, on Sweat Equity. She released two remix EPs, called Neovaginal Dilation Expansion Packs, in 2020 for her songs "Berlin" and "Vaseline".[20] Rodman signed to Shamir's Accidental Popstar Records in 2021,[10] and released her third studio album, Unbelievable Animals, the same year.[13] Rodman wrote the songs for the album during the COVID-19 lockdown.[13] The album consists of twelve songs written in the span of a month deals with heartbreak and pandemic anxiety and combines "radio-rock shine with dirt-punk roots, like the energy in a '90s nightclub", with "a dash of Ray of Light-esque experimental pop and Chromatica-style club bangers."[21][13] In 2022, she produced Ysak's single "Crossroads."[22] On March 4, 2022, Rodman released an EP of Unbelievable Animals remixes called Uncontrollable Flammables,[23] featuring remixes from Ariel Zetina, False Witness, Veronica Electronica, Michete, Yufi, Jim Cannon, Penelopi, So Drove, and M Zavos.[24] In 2023, she remixed Softee's song "Isn't Enough."[25][26]

Rodman hosts the improvisational comedy podcast Nymphowars with Theda Hammel.[27]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum details
The Lake
  • Released: June 25, 2017[18]
  • Label: Sweat Equity NYC
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Endless Kindness
  • Released: November 8, 2019[19]
  • Label: Sweat Equity NYC
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Unbelievable Animals
  • Released: August 27, 2021[13]
  • Label: Accidental Popstar Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Remix albums

TitleAlbum details
Uncontrollable Flammables
  • Released March 4, 2022[23]
  • Label: Accidental Popstar Records
  • Fomat: Digital download, streaming

Extended plays

TitleAlbum details
Help
  • Released: February 15, 2016[28]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download
Neovaginal Dilation Expansion Pack vol. 1: BERLIN
  • Released: September 4, 2020[20]
  • Label: Sweat Equity NYC
  • Format: Digital download
Neovaginal Dilation Expansion Pack vol. 2: VASELINE
  • Released: November 6, 2020[29]
  • Label: Sweat Equity NYC
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Shiny"[30]2018Shiny/My Car (split single with DJ Delish)
"Greased Up Freak (Part 1)"[31]2019Endless Kindness
"Love Me!"[31]2021Unbelievable Animals
"Rock 'N' Roll Gay Guy"[32]
"Punk Rock Boyfriend"
(with Shamir)[33]
"Hazy Shade of Winter"[34]Non-album single

References