Mild Orange is a New Zealand dream pop and indie rock band formed in Dunedin, Otago in 2016. The band is composed of four friends, Josh Mehrtens (vocals, lyrics, guitar, production, mixing, art), Josh Reid (lead guitar), Tom Kelk (bass guitar), and Jack Ferguson (drums), who met while studying at the University of Otago.

Mild Orange has written and released three albums together. Their first album, Foreplay, was released independently in April 2018 and was received positively by critics. The single "Some Feeling" has achieved over 27 million views on YouTube. Their second self-titled album, was released independently on 29 May 2020 and received positively by critics. The video for the single 'Freak In Me', released on 12 March 2020 has attracted over 6.7 million views on YouTube. Their third album, titled “Looking For Space” was released in early 2022.

The band are known for their own self-proclaimed style called 'melting melodies'. Mild Orange's recordings are all produced, engineered and mixed by frontman Josh Mehrtens in between studying, traveling and touring, with the exception of the song "Stranger", engineered and mixed by Tom Bell.