Natalie Bergman is an American singer-songwriter. She is one half of the duo
Wild Belle, along with her brother
Elliot Bergman. Her debut solo album, Mercy, was released on
Third Man Records on May 7, 2021. She is based in Los Angeles.[2]
After moving to New York, Bergman started out as a member of her brother Elliot's band
Nomo, adding vocals to the 2011 Nomo and
Shawn Lee single "Upside Down".[1][6] She was fired from Nomo, but then she and Elliot formed the psychedelic pop duo
Wild Belle.[2][1] Wild Belle has released three albums: Isles (2013), Dreamland (2016), and Everybody One of a Kind (2019).[6]
In 2019, Bergman's father and stepmother were killed in a car accident. Bergman then spent a week in a silent retreat at
The Monastery of Christ in the Desert in Chama Valley in
New Mexico.[7] The resulting gospel-folk album, Mercy, is a reflection on the tragedy, and on Bergman's own spirituality.[8][9][10] Her debut solo album, it was recorded in Los Angeles at her brother Elliot's home studio.[11] In July 2021, she released two tracks with
Beck: a cover of Lion's 1975 soul single "You've Got a Woman" and Beck's remix of "Paint the Rain" from Mercy.[8]
On September 30, 2021, she released the EP Live at Electric Lady on
Spotify, part of a series of live performances at
Electric Lady Studios. It features seven songs from her album Mercy and a cover of
Jimi Hendrix's
"Angel".[12] On November 5, 2021, she released the four-song EP Keep Those Teardrops From Falling.[13] On July 29, 2022, she released the single "The Little Bird" as part of For the Birds: The Birdsong Project, Volume III.[14]