Pretty Sick

{{Short description|American grunge rock band from New York City}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Pretty Sick

| background = group_or_band

| image =

| landscape = Yes

| caption = Pretty Sick performing in 2019

| origin = New York City, New York, U.S.

| alias = Sicky Sab (for Sabrina Fuentes)

| genre = {{flat list|

• Indie rock
• Grunge

}}

| years_active = {{flat list|

• 2014–2018
• 2019–present

}}

| label = Dirty Hit

| associated_acts = Manon Macasaet (director)

| website =

| current_members =

• Sabrina Fuentes
• Eva Kaufman
• Benjamin Arauz

| past_members =

• Ella Moore (Cleo Reed)
• Wade Oates
• Austin Williamson

}}

Pretty Sick is an American indie rock band from New York City, New York. It currently consists of vocalist and bassist Sabrina Fuentes, drummer Eva Kaufman, and guitarist Benjamin Arauz.

Despite the band's long presence and tight-knit fanbase, especially on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, it is only in recent years that they have garnered recognition from major national publications such as i-D,{{cite web|last=DeMarco|first=Nicole|url=https://i-d.co/article/interview-with-sabrina-feuntes-of-pretty-sick/|title=Pretty Sick: the NYC rock band here to save us all|website=i-d.vice.com|date=29 October 2020|access-date=2021-03-07}} Nylon,{{cite web|url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/pretty-sick-deep-divine-ep-interview|title=Pretty Sick Makes Honest-to-god Rock For Your Inner Romantic|website=nylon.com|access-date=2021-03-07}} and Pigeons and Planes.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyuqurDShAw|title=Making It: Pretty Sick Interview|website=youtube.com|access-date=2021-03-07}} In May 2020, Pretty Sick signed to the British record label Dirty Hit, known for acts such as The 1975 and beabadoobee. The group has primarily performed throughout the greater New York City area and more recently around London.{{cite web|url=https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/qj479x/sabrina-fuentes-has-lived-through-this|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112002919/https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/qj479x/sabrina-fuentes-has-lived-through-this|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 12, 2020|title=Sabrina Fuentes Has Lived Through This|website=garage.vice.com|access-date=2021-05-29}}

In February 2021, the band produced the theme song to the ongoing variety series, Story of my Fucking Life, created by Manon Macasaet.{{cite web|url=https://theface.com/culture/manon-macasaet-story-of-my-fucking-life-new-york-film-sabrina-fuentes-pretty-sick|title=The lo-fi gem turning reality TV on its head|website=theface.com|access-date=2021-05-24}}

The band's debut album, Makes Me Sick Makes Me Smile was released on Dirty Hit on September 30, 2022. Pretty Sick supported the release with a 23-date headline tour of the US in October and November 2022.

Sabrina Fuentes acted in films such as Salamander Days (2023) Directed by KJ Rothweiler and Rebekah Sherman-Myntti. She was also shortlisted for The Batman Part II (2027) but pulled out due to various scheduling conflicts. Fuentes resided in Chiltern Firehouse in London full time to record a new album, up until fire burned part of the building on Valentine's Day 2025.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-20 |title=Salamander Days: a coming-of-age film like no other |url=https://theface.com/culture/salamander-days-film-rebekah-sherman-myntti-kj-rothweiler-interview-sabrina-fuentes-alex-arauz |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |date=2025-02-15 |title=Netflix moves Bafta afterparty after hotel fire |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yd1377n3eo |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}