Maya Payne – The Lucky Ones EP
Having topped the iTunes electronic charts and Spotify viral charts from New Zealand to Poland, with her track “If Only” in 2015, Kiwi teen Maya Payne was then invited to support Charlie XCX in her one off New Zealand show before heading into the studio to work on her Debut EP, “The Lucky Ones” due out Friday July 1st. Hailing from Christchurch, New Zealand, newly turned 19 year old, Maya Payne, has been singing since she was six and writing songs since she was 11. Her early tracks have had significant radio play in New Zealand, on both pop and alterna5ve sta5ons, with her track “If Only” also becoming a regular fixture on music TV in both New Zealand and Canada. Writing her own songs and working closely with a producer team, including a new talent from her home town, MCHNCL ( Kabyn Walley), as well as Josh Fountain ( Golden Age studios, Auckland)/Leisure, Kids in Space and Kostas Kalimeris ( Blackrock Studios, Santorini)/ Jus5n Bieber, Bring me the Horizon, One Republic. Mayas last three releases have made Spotify’s New Music Friday’s best new releases charts Worldwide. Including Spotify USA, Germany, Scandinavia and Australia/NZ. Maya makes and releases her music through her own Record Label, Rolley Records.
“*Resident New Zealander Maya Payne delivers her second single to us as a big, burs;ng, banging bubble of electronica, a studio led piece of power showing her amazing talent as a singer and songwriter.*” When the Gramophone rings
“*New Zealand's Maya Payne is the marvellous ar;st behind the effort—her second original one released—and we're preEy impressed by how substan;al her sound is*”. HillyDilly.com