Anson Long-Seabra, known professionally as Anson Seabra, is a singer and songwriter hailing from Kansas City. Though he’s most known for making singer-songwriter music, he is also cited as an indie pop and piano pop artist.

Anson began taking piano lessons at the young age of 6 years old and played in bands during his school years, eventually balancing music with pursuing a computer-science degree at Truman State University. He took on a programming job in Virginia, but would later return to Kansas City to focus on music. In an interview with Truman State University, Anson touched on being a musician as well as a developer:

I was just a software engineer sort of posting songs online on the side, and then they started to take off. And I thought, “You know what? I would rather do this anyway, and I think I’m pretty good. So, I’m going to give it a go.” And it ended up working out.

Anson first emerged online in 2018 with a strong social media presence—primarily on TikTok, with a few songs in preparation for the 2020 release of his full-length debut, Songs I Wrote in My Bedroom. He was signed to a record label after the release of his 2018 single, “Welcome to Wonderland.”