Maeta

Maeta blends contemporary R&B with dreamy seduction, weaving in elements of lounge jazz and pop. Her satin-smooth vocals first surfaced across a string of concise early releases that peaked with the Kaytranada-produced “Teen Scene” featuring Buddy in 2020. That track later appeared on her Roc Nation debut, the Habits EP, issued in 2021. Ty Dolla $ign and Lucky Daye joined the extensive guest roster on the 13-track EP When I Hear Your Name, which arrived in 2023.

Born Maeta Hall in Indianapolis, Indiana, she began uploading material to social platforms and music-sharing sites while still a teenager, then relocated to Los Angeles in 2019. Late that year she issued her first EP, Do Not Disturb, through her own imprint, Maeta’s World Music. Its opening cut, “Babygirl,” attracted attention, prompting a follow-up collaboration with Ambré on the single “Color Blind.” A few months later, in September 2020, Kaytranada produced “Teen Scene” featuring Buddy, which quickly accumulated millions of streams. After appearing on James Fauntleroy’s “Mistletoe,” she released “Toxic” featuring BEAM in March 2021, a recording executive-produced by Skrillex. Signing with Roc Nation, she delivered the seven-track EP Habits the following month, again including “Teen Scene” and “Toxic.” A collection of Habits remixes surfaced that August, and before year’s end she joined Tone Stith on the single “Something in the Water.”

Following a comparatively quiet 2022 highlighted by festival dates and the standalone single “Frank for You,” Maeta reemerged in January 2023 on Vic Mensa’s “STRAWBERRY LOUIS VUITTON” alongside Thundercat. Two months later she issued her own “S(EX),” whose accompanying EP supplied sped-up, slowed-down, and instrumental variants. The original version formed part of the June 2023 Roc Nation release When I Hear Your Name, a 13-track project that reunited several prior collaborators while adding Ty Dolla $ign, Lucky Daye, Free Nationals, and contributions or writing from SZA, Demi Lovato, Kehlani, and The-Dream. Early 2024 saw an expanded edition of the EP single “Through the Night” featuring Free Nationals, complete with instrumental, live, and a cappella takes, as Maeta conducted writing sessions in London, L.A., New York, and Miami alongside Pharrell in preparation for her first full-length album.