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“The 2018 Kate Bush” – BBC Music Introducing
“phenomenal voice and dynamic” – Music News
“lamenting sound” “beautiful voice” “some great Bat For Lashes flavours” – BBC Music Introducing
“Mae makes herself at home in the powerful electro pop space” – Atwood Magazine

Born in Birmingham, now living in Brighton, 22 year old pop singer-songwriter Megan Lara Mae creates ear-catching melodies polished with pristine electronic production. Drawing from both from her classical and contemporary music training, her uplifting and empowering yet sentimental vibe identifies with many audiences. Megan is inspired by the works of Elton John and Kate Bush, while also taking influence from contemporary artists, including Rae Morris and Sigrid.

Megan Lara Mae began songwriting at age 12 and by the age of 15 was performing her original music at shows and festivals across the U.K. Over the past few Summers, Megan Lara Mae took her talents to the stages of well- known music festivals including The Great Escape, Smoked & Uncut and even Glastonbury Festival. Megan Lara Mae has also gained much radio recognition through broadcasts and Live Lounge performances on BBC Introducing for BBC West Midlands and BBC South, as well as being featured on Tom Robinson’s BBC Introducing Mixtape for BBC Radio 6 Music.

’Into Daylight’, released in October 2018, was the debut EP release from Megan Lara Mae, which has already racked up over 60k streams on Spotify. ‘Caribou’ was released as the lead single in April 2018 and was supported by Spotify’s ‘Fresh Finds: Poptronix’ playlist. The EP is a message of inspiration and encouragement to listeners and the artworks are a collaboration with Brighton based Christian painter, Joel Michael Nicholas.

While preparing for a brand new project release for the year, Megan Lara Mae has been dropping acoustic works of the ‘Into Daylight EP’ tracks every two weeks across December 2018 and January 2019. This is supported by a number of acoustic gigs and Sofar Sounds sessions during the early part of 2019.