18-year-old Maya Cumming is born in Byron, Australia, but currently based in Sydney. She writes her stage name as ‘May-a’ to point out the correct pronunciation to people who pronounce her name as ‘Myah’. Only three singles into her career, she’s already proven that she’s a song-writing force to be reckoned with.

About her new single, she says: “Green is an outlook on the way that validation fuels the way we live, especially in green teens. Young, impressionable and desperate to be accepted by people they don’t even like. I wrote it when I was 15 and bored by the hierarchy of high school. It paints a picture of the things that teenagers think are important until they realise they aren’t.”

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Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.