MAY-A

With her sharp lyricism, genre-bending experimentation, and captivating stage presence, MAY-A is one of Australia’s most exciting singer-songwriters of the moment. Once just a teen writing confessional bedroom-pop songs like others would confide in a diary, the Australian singer-songwriter has evolved her artistry to create a sound that’s entirely her own in her debut studio album, Goodbye (If You Call That Gone) — confidently blending guitar-led pop, indie, rock and punk stylings with ever-relatable lyrical honesty.

At the core of her identity as an artist is her desire to speak directly to fans, empowering them by offering comfort, self-reflection and joy ever since she broke out with the tender song “Apricots” in 2021. That intention translates through her vulnerable lyrics — and through the passion she wears on her sleeve when she plays live. A favourite on the Australian festival circuit, MAY-A has earned her stripes playing at Falls Festival, Splendour in the Grass, Spilt Milk, Lost Paradise and more.

She’s also opened international tours for 5 Seconds of Summer, Glass Animals, Wallows, and Flume. She notably joined the latter onstage at Coachella to sing “Say Nothing” — the track she featured on which went double platinum on the ARIA charts, earned her three ARIA nominations, and topped Triple J’s Hottest 100 of 2022, making her the first openly queer artist and seventh woman to win the top spot. Dubbed Rolling Stone Australia’s Best New Artist in 2022, MAY-A expanded from her softer origins to experiment with her sound and production on her second EP, Analysis Paralysis.

It’s a journey she’s continuing on Goodbye in 2026 — a project more evolved and personal than anything she’s released to date, while continuing to offer that core of confessional relatability for fans. Led by the politically-charged punk-rock single “[REDACTED]”, grungy queer club banger “(I’m here for the) GIRLS”, and fiery feminine rage anthem “Claws”, Goodbye sees MAY-A graduate from her humble lo-fi beginnings to become a true artistic force to reckon with.