Be Steadwell is a singer songwriter and filmmaker from Washington, D.C.
Be Steadwell has a BA from Oberlin College and an MFA in film from Howard University. Her 2014 film, Vow of Silence (2014), received the Howard University Paul Robeson Award (2015), Best Experimental Short at The Black Star Film Festival (2015), Audience Choice Award at the QWOCMAP Film Festival (2015), and was featured at the NYC Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. In 2016 she was selected to be a Strathmore Artist in Residence and the DC Commission on the Arts awarded Be an artist fellowship. Be Steadwell sang at the 2017 Women's March on the National Mall behind Maxwell and Janelle Monae in Toshi Reagon's Big Lovely Band.
Steadwell self-produces her music, which is known for its lyrics and LGBTQIA+ content. In an interview published in After Ellen, Be said “This album is a collection of love songs I’ve written in the past ten years from my perspective as a super queer black woman who loves love.” The article described her sound as "multi-layered but lofi" Her songs also frequently have political themes.
Steadwell uses loop pedals to layer vocals and beatboxing live onstage.
Steadwell releases her music videos on YouTube under the moniker "B Steady." The channel had around 15,000 subscribers as of October, 2018.
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