Madi Diaz: Tiny Desk Concert
Robin Hilton | March 12, 2026Few artists can completely dismantle your heart, fill it with wonder and awe at the miracle of life, and put it back together quite like Madi Diaz. Her songs give space to contemplate life's biggest questions: How did we get here? What's the purpose of anything? Does God exist? And, as you'll see in this three-hanky Tiny Desk, she can do it all with just her voice and a guitar.
The opening two cuts from this performance, "Feel Something" and "Heavy Metal," are both standouts from Diaz's most recent album, Fatal Optimist. Like much of her work, they're songs about seekers navigating the messy human experience — the ways we overly romanticize young love, the passing of time, and the inevitability of growing older and becoming your parents.
Then she brought some of us in the office to tears. In "God Person," from 2024's Weird Faith, she considers the possibility that God actually does exist, and can be found in life's smallest details: seeing a storm billow on the horizon, sitting by a fire with friends or staring out at the ocean. But Diaz saves her most vulnerable moment for the end, closing with "Think of Me," a fiery kiss-off — and a desperate plea — to a cheating ex.
SET LIST
"Feel Something"
"Heavy Metal"
"God Person"
"For Months Now"
"Think of Me"
MUSICIANS
Madi Diaz: vocals, guitar
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Robin Hilton
Director/Editor: Maia Stern
Audio Director/Mix: Josh Newell
Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant
Audio Engineer: Hannah Gluvna
Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
Photographer: Michael Zamora
Tiny Desk Team: Kara Frame, Felix Contreras
Series Editor: Lars Gotrich
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Executive Director: Sonali Mehta
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson, Robin Hilton
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