Austin City Limits will tape a performance by Bella Kay on Tuesday, September 22 at 8 pm at ACL Live at The Moody Theater (310 W. 2nd Street, Willie Nelson Blvd). Austin City Limits Taping Giveaways are presented by AXS Events.
Winners will be chosen at random and a photo ID will be required to pick up tickets. Winners will be notified via email. Duplicate entries for a single taping will be automatically voided. Tickets are not transferable and will be voided if sold. Standing may be required. No photography, recording or cell phone use in the studio. No cameras, computers or recording devices allowed in the venue. While we do our best to accommodate all winners, we cannot guarantee admission. These passes are based on space available therefore you will be filling in spots available on the floor or balcony depending on the tickets that are available when you arrive. Read our helpful Know Before You Go guide for more information.
At just 20, Texas-born singer-songwriter Bella Kay has emerged as one of pop’s most emotionally resonant new voices, channeling heartbreak, isolation, racial identity and resilience into fearless, deeply personal songs. Her newly released debut album, My Reckless Abandon, marks a defining new chapter for the young artist, tracing a journey of self-acceptance and introspection through turbulent highs and lows. Executive produced by Idarose (Becky G, Suki Waterhouse, Joji), the album blends hazy alternative pop, cinematic guitar and bedroom-born songwriting, with Bella’s hauntingly timeless voice at the center. “My Reckless Abandon is an album about all my thoughts—the good, bad, confusing, obsessive, honest, and beautiful ones,” says Bella. “It’s cathartic to share this album with the world. When people listen to it, I hope they recognize themselves and their own experiences.”
After releasing a trio of breakout EPs in quick succession—sick to my stomach, a couple minutes out and are you mad at me?—through late 2025 and early 2026, Bella’s ascent has been fueled by the viral success of “The Sick,” an unblinking ballad about hard truths and lost causes. The song has surpassed 220 million streams and generated more than 2.7 billion TikTok views. Her momentum accelerated with a couple minutes out, featuring the platinum-certified “iloveitiloveitiloveit,” a searing bedroom-pop single about throwing romantic caution to the wind that earned an American Music Awards nomination for Song of the Summer, landed on the Billboard Hot 100, and has amassed more than 493 million streams and 3.5 billion views across 1.3 million TikTok creates.
Rolling Stone praised the young artist’s “grit” and called her debut “a true capsule of her coming-of-age experience,” while NYLON declared, “Bella Kay is taking the indie-rock sound and flipping it on its head.” Her rise has translated to the stage as well, with her North American Reckless Tour selling out every date following sold-out headlining tours across North America, Europe and the U.K., further cementing her transition from viral breakout to global touring artist. This fall, Bella will join Noah Kahan on his U.K. and Ireland arena tour, marking her largest performances to date.