October 25, 2024: London-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist Maya Delilah has released “Begin Again,” the lead track of her forthcoming debut album due out next year via Blue Note/Capitol. Produced by Peter Miles, the poignant new song “is about life in simple terms,” says Maya. “It’s about things starting and ending: ‘another day, another end, oh we begin again.’ I’ve experienced a lot of ends in my life as many have, whether that’s friendships and relationships coming to an end or losing loved ones, so this song feels like a reminder to myself and to you to take it slow and that things feel a lot bigger than they are in the moment. It felt only right to have a big emotional guitar solo to fill half the song as everything I wanted to lyrically say had been said.”
A 24-year-old singer, songwriter and guitarist from North London, Maya Delilah attended the prestigious BRIT School whose alumni include Adele, Amy Winehouse, and FKA twigs, among many others. In 2020, lockdown put a pause on the background session work Maya had begun to do within her community of music-making friends, so she turned to livestreams and TikTok where she built up a devoted following with unadorned clips where she would sit cross-legged on the floor, a bed, or a table, her fingernails dancing over the strings, making the guitar sing out whole moods. Over the course of two self-released EPs (2020’s Oh Boy, 2021’s It’s Not Me, It’s You), she amassed more than 50 million streams of fan favorites like “Breakup Season” and “Tangerine” that greeted heartache with humor. Maya began releasing music on Blue Note/Capitol in 2022, reinterpreting Cassandra Wilson’s cover of Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon” for Blue Note Re:imagined II, and following with a trilogy of 2023 singles: “Actress,” “Necklace,” and “Silver Lining.” Maya was named to the Fender Next Class of 2024, a huge co-sign from the guitar brand she’s been playing since age 8.
PHOTO BY PETER MILES
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