“If you gave Elton John a beat pad, you’d get yourself Hayden McHugh” With joyful tones and happy beats, Hayden McHugh looks to make you smile with their brand of feel-good dance-pop. They are a producer, songwriter, and vocalist from Calgary, Canada, and is ‘a vibrant, exciting, and collected individual, poised to make their presence felt in the ever-evolving Calgary arts community.’ Reminiscent to artists like Robyn, LAUV, and LANY, each song is carefully crafted to both move you emotionally while simultaneously inspiring you to dance and sing along. They have performed pride festivals all over Canada including in Calgary, Fernie, and Yellowknife, opened for artists such as Scenic Route to Alaska at the Gateway in Calgary and the Monowhales at Folk on the Rocks in Yellowknife, and have been nominated for Artist of the Year by the YYC Music Awards in 2018, and Single of the Year in 2021. Also an avid songwriter, Hayden has also written songs with and for various artists including Rabino, Mariya Stokes, Tom Lewis, and works with songwriters both locally and internationally to write songs for them in genres not limited to EDM, Pop, and Country music.