Layla May

Layla May is entering an ethereal new world… and she’s taking you with her.

Sensual, dreamy and simmering with red-hot emotion, Layla May’s ways are driven by soul-bending vocals and a generous dose of vulnerability. Her ability to make her audiences feel – and dream – has amassed frequent play on BBC Radio, Spotify’s editorial playlists and radio stations across the world, including France, the UAE and the UK.

The neo-soul singer-songwriter takes listeners through her heady heartaches, emotional relapses and unfiltered desires, tranquil in one breath and fiery in the next. Her music – tinged with R&B undertones – floats in an ethereal realm of feeling. It’s compelling in all of its contradictions: both nostalgic and contemporary, loaded and stripped back, steamy and poignant. It’s both hers and belonging to the world.

In 2021, she opened for global pop star <a href="spotify:artist:6LuN9FCkKOj5PcnpouEgny" data-name="Khalid">Khalid</a> as part of a star-studded Formula 1 concert line-up, playing to her biggest crowd yet. By 2022, she had expanded her horizons from her home base in Dubai to include the rest of the world – booking stages in London and Paris. With her sights now set on a debut album in 2023, the future is looking brighter– and dreamier – than ever for the artist now known as Layla May.

Her inspirations are the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:30DhU7BDmF4PH0JVhu8ZRg" data-name="Sabrina Claudio">Sabrina Claudio</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6hfwwpXqZPRC9CsKI7qtv1" data-name="Alina Baraz">Alina Baraz</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:68tR0TsEKX89ID4fyBMgch" data-name="James Vickery">James Vickery</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4mErKO4g29SXtBwj4S80aB" data-name="rum.gold">rum.gold</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3Y7RZ31TRPVadSFVy1o8os" data-name="H.E.R.">H.E.R.</a> as well as the classics such as <a href="spotify:artist:6Q192DXotxtaysaqNPy5yR" data-name="Amy Winehouse">Amy Winehouse</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1l7ZsJRRS8wlW3WfJfPfNS" data-name="Christina Aguilera">Christina Aguilera</a> to name a few.