Mxmtoon’s Nashville chapter sits within a wide-ranging creative career

Maia, who performs as mxmtoon, is a singer-songwriter and YouTuber whose work connects music with a broader digital and visual practice. She resides in Nashville, making her an artist of local interest even as her career has developed across multiple platforms and forms.

Her recorded music is associated with emotionally open, confessional songwriting and frequent use of the ukulele. Maia began releasing songs independently in secret in 2017, eventually reaching a point at which her growing online presence could no longer remain concealed. That early self-directed approach became the starting point for a catalog that has continued to expand.

Her first EP, “Plum Blossom,” arrived in 2018, followed by the debut album “The Masquerade” in 2019. In 2020, she issued two connected EPs, “Dawn” and “Dusk.” Her second studio album, “Rising,” followed in 2022, and her third studio album, “Liminal Space,” was released in 2024. Together, those projects outline a progression from early independent releases to a sustained album career.

Music is only one part of Maia’s public work. She has also streamed on Twitch, created a podcast and released two graphic novels. Her credits further include providing the singing voice for protagonist Alex Chen in the video game “Life Is Strange: True Colors.” These projects place her songwriting alongside storytelling, illustration and online community-building rather than treating music as a separate lane.

Maia has collaborated with Carly Rae Jepsen, Ricky Montgomery, Cavetown and Chloe Moriondo. The partnerships add a collaborative dimension to a career that began with self-released songs and grew through an online audience.

Maia was born in Oakland, California, on July 9, 2000, and grew up near Lake Merritt. The source biography identifies her mother as Chinese American and her father as German and Scottish. At school, she took an interest in art and architecture, interests that sit alongside her later work in music and graphic novels.

For Nashville readers, her residence in the city provides a local point of connection to an artist whose career does not fit neatly into a single medium. Her catalog, visual storytelling and digital projects together offer a portrait of a contemporary creator whose work has developed across both traditional releases and internet-based spaces.

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