Candace "Candi" Carpenter is an American singer-songwriter who was born in Toledo, Ohio but raised in Lansing, Michigan. Carpenter made their musical debut in 2017 with the single "Burn the Bed", released through Sony Music Nashville. Jonathan Keefe of Country Universe rated the single "A-", praising Carpenter's "smoky" voice and the detail of the lyrics.
In 2024, Carpenter released their alt-pop debut, Demonology, a full-length album produced by Carpenter, Peter Shurkin, and Alden Witt. The music centers around highly personal stories of growing up in the Midwest and leaving Christianity. After years of performing as a country and Americana artist, this release was a sonic and thematic departure.
Carpenter was previously in Church of Roswell with former Dums-Dums singer songwriter Josh Doyle, the project released a 5 track ep titled Here Comes Church of Roswell in 2021.
Personal life Carpenter is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. Carpenter is autistic.
Chart positions Singles Year Single Peak chartpositions Album US Country Airplay 2016 "Burn the Bed" 56 rowspan="3" 2021 "Dirt Around the Tree" — "When the Asteroid Comes" — 2022 "Exorcist" — Demonology 2023 "Novels About Vampires" — "Nervous System" — "Seasonal Depression" — 2024 "Tooth" — Demonology 2025 "American God" — Biblically Accurate Angel "The Fear of Being Human Remains" — "Friday Night" — 2026 "Inside the Simulation" — Biblically Accurate Angel "Little Freak" — "Biblically Accurate Angel" — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
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