About Mateo

Born where the forest meets the ocean

I was born under a new moon, where the crash of ocean waves balance the silent rainforest pines of the pacific northwest.

I write songs and record music to that rhythm — the tides and the tall forests where I grew up. My music is my way of translating that landscape — vast, alive, ever-changing — into sound. I create cosmic, queer pop for anyone learning how to feel more deeply, for those finding courage to sit with their emotions instead of running from them. Each song is a practice of presence, authenticity, and surrender. Like the ocean, my music shifts between gentle and crashing, but it always pulls you deeper into yourself.

Most days, I’m simply trying to stay present — to remember that being human is enough. I write when I’m feeling: to celebrate joy, to move through grief, to explore what’s unknown, to remind myself (and anyone listening) that we’re not alone. Though life constantly moves me — from place to place, moment to moment — music is the place I return to, again and again, like waves finding their way back to shore.

Let’s keep listening, together.

Sending waves,

Mateo 🌊