Francisco Martin was born and raised in the Bay Area (specifically, the city that shares his name) in a musically fertile household. Self-taught as a child, Francisco mastered drums, guitar, piano, and several other instruments, taking his talent to local stages while playing with musicians several years his senior. He later earned the title ‘writer-producer’ as he began to dabble in poetry and experiment with SoundCloud, where he amassed a following for his original renditions of favorite covers.

Francisco first shot to fame with American Idol season 18 in 2020 where he placed Top 5. From there, he quickly released a few singles before embarking on a fall coast-to-coast tour. His heart-on-sleeve soulful pop has garnered favorable comparisons to songwriter artists such as James Bay, John Mayer, Maggie Rogers, and Ed Sheeran. To date, Francisco has released several hit singles, including “Swollen,” which has amassed close to 10 million streams across all DSPs (with 7.9 million on Spotify). Francisco’s previous single, “If U Need Me,” premiered on PopMatters. He put out his debut EP, Beautiful Ramblings of a Restless Mind, in 2021. A year later, Francisco emerged with his first true artistic statement, a 6-song EP called Manic—a bold collection of emotionally raw pop-rock songs.

Francisco continues to carry the same momentum with a new string of singles that explore themes of love and heartbreak in a modern world with a blend of retro-soul, bedroom pop, low-fi, and pop soundscapes highlighting Francisco’s signature dreamy falsetto and robust belting.

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