Paisley Fields

Wilson grew up in Hudson, Iowa^[2] where their grandparents owned a farm.^[3] They grew up listening to country music, but resisted performing in the genre until they reconnected with their country roots while living in Japan.^[3]

Wilson is queer and non-binary.^[4]

Wilson assembled an alt-country band^[4] which performed their first show as the Paisley Fields in Brooklyn on New Year's Eve 2013.^[3] After the release of their first EP Oh These Urban Fences in 2015, Wilson adopted the name Paisley Fields as a stage name.^[4] Their first full-length album Glitter & Sawdust, released in 2018, is an exploration of the duality of the masculine and feminine.^[3]

The next two albums Electric Park Ballroom and Limp Wrist were released on Don Giovanni Records.^[5] Electric Park Ballroom is named after a dancehall they visited in childhood but the songs center on present-day urban narratives^[6] while Limp Wrist focuses on the realities of rural queer life.^[7]

In 2019, Paisley Fields toured with queer country pioneers Lavender Country and Lavender Country later guested on Paisley Fields' "Stay Away From My Man."^[4] They played keyboards on Lavender Country's 2022 album Blackberry Rose.^[1]

"Burn This Statehouse Down," a duet with Mya Byrne protesting Tennessee's anti-trans legislation,^[8] was chosen as one of NPR music critic Ann Powers' favorite songs of 2023.^[9]

As a songwriter, Wilson has written with Bob the Drag Queen ("Purse First") and Scarlet Envy ("Feeling Is Mutual," "Press On," "Is It Me?").^[10]