Dublin, Ireland · Singer-Songwriter
Fifteen years old. Three singles.
One extraordinary talent.
Discography
01
2026 · Debut Single
Written at 14 during a summer at Irish college in the Gaeltacht in Connemara — a song about the heartache of young love in a wild and ancient landscape. Now surpassing 12,400 streams.
02
2026 · Second Single
A meditation on the quiet grief of watching the people you love grow into different versions of themselves. Wise beyond her years, and growing week on week.
03
August 2026 · New Release
"One Wish" is about being second place in someone's heart and staying anyway. The narrator watches the person she wants fall for someone else — close enough to feel his head on her shoulder, far enough to know it was never really meant for her. Between the ache of "I don't exist" and the quiet plea to be kept "just a little longer," it's a song about the specific kind of hope that doesn't need permission to keep going, even when it knows better.
Story
There are teenage artists, and then there is Bella Shields. At 15, the Dublin singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has racked up more than 65,000 Spotify streams across three original singles — all of it driven by word of mouth and not a single euro of paid promotion.
This summer, she will attend The Juilliard School in New York City, selected from a global field for its prestigious 2026 Summer Music Composition Programme. The music industry talks a great deal about authenticity. Bella Shields is the real thing.
Bella is proficient in piano, guitar, harp, drums, saxophone and cello, performing in both her school orchestra and Ceili band. On stage she is equally compelling — she has performed the lead role of Nancy in Oliver! and performs at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin with her drama school, NPAS.
She has represented Ireland in the International Competition for Young Debaters, hosted by the Oxford and Cambridge University Unions, for two consecutive years. When not recording or performing, she helps fund her music by busking on Grafton Street.
On Screen
Dublin City Today · With thanks to Sean, Dublin City Today
Dublin City Today · With thanks to Sean, Dublin City Today
Media
Full press release available for download. For interview requests, features or media enquiries please get in touch via the contact section below.
↓ Download Press ReleaseBella joins Katherine Thomas on Q102's Brekkie's Got Talent — hear her story, her music and what makes this 15-year-old one to watch.
Q102 · Brekkie's Got Talent
With Katherine Thomas
Get in Touch
For interview requests, radio appearances, performance bookings, press enquiries or anything else — Bella's team would love to hear from you.
Email Us