Maia from mxmtoon released her first EP in 2018. She was 18 years old, recorded it in her bedroom, and self-released it. It went on to be streamed over 100 million times. This year, she put out her second album, Rising, and in this episode, she breaks down her song "Mona Lisa." She told me about how different it is from the songs she used to write when she was teenager. And how she found something authentic and honest by connecting with a part of herself from even earlier in her life.
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Mumford & Sons - Beloved
Phoebe Bridgers - Scott Street
Wonderly - The Daily (Theme)
Japanese Breakfast - Boyish
Hozier - Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples)
Yo-Yo Ma - Prelude, Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major
Re-issue: Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Astonished Man
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Breakmaster Cylinder - Reply All
Empress Of - When I'm With Him
Big Boi - Order of Operations
John Carpenter - Halloween (Theme)
Janelle Monáe - So Afraid
Cat Power - Woman
Blood Orange - Saint
Re-issue: Patrick Carney feat. Ralph Carney - BoJack Horseman (Main Title Theme)
The Decemberists - Once In My Life
Re-issue: Mitski - Your Best American Girl
Christine and the Queens - Doesn't Matter
Neko Case - Last Lion of Albion
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