M'ax

Look at the Moon marks a new artistic chapter, where emotion takes center stage through stripped-down, acoustic storytelling. With only her voice and guitar, the artist crafts an intimate soundscape that blends soul, vulnerability, and quiet strength.

Across seven tracks, the project explores themes of love, growth, and self-discovery, a reflection on the cycles of connection and release that define human experience.

In this exclusive conversation with FemaleRNB, the artist shares the inspiration behind Look at the Moon, her creative journey, and the essence of authenticity that runs through her music.

1. Your EP Look at the Moon is dropping on July 31, marking your return after nearly a 3-year break. What does this project mean to you?

This project honestly feels like my “hi again” to the world. It’s my soft comeback. Life and the industry knocked me around a bit. It’s very easy to get demotivated and forget why you started, and I needed time to remember who I was without all the noise, pressure and comparison. Look at the Moon is me choosing to come back with less pressure on myself and on the music to achieve a perceived level of success and rather be rooted in honesty and vulnerability.

All my EPs are my children. This one, I’ve had as a choice, not as a circumstance. This music was written and recorded two years ago, and I didn’t put it out for a plethora of reasons. But eventually, making the decision to share it now just feels right. I think it shows how much things change, how much we grow, but also how much, at our core, we’re still the same.

Just like my first EP, I’m singing about an experience with a boy and the trials and tribulations of that. But the way I processed things as a human has changed. I’ve matured, and my music reflects that. The way I sing and write has evolved too, and I love that this project is a reflection of that journey. 

2. Why did you choose such a minimalist and intimate voice/guitar format for this EP?

The first instrument I ever started learning was guitar. If you go back into my (very embarrassing) SoundCloud and YouTube days, you’ll find a lot of acoustic guitar covers from me.

When the instrumental is this simple, there’s nowhere to hide and I think that was important for me, because the story is about me being vulnerable. Even in the relationship itself, I never hid, and I didn’t want to start hiding behind elaborate production.

I love telling stories, and sometimes production distracts from the story. I wanted the lyrics to sit in your lap and look you in the eye. Voice and guitar felt like the clearest way to say, “Hey. This is what I felt. No glitter. No smoke machines. Just me.”

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3. Can you tell us about the creation process? How did you write and record these songs?

I’ve always written in a bit of a pressured way… Deadlines force me to confront whatever the feelings are. Whenever I’m going through something, I’m constantly collecting my thoughts, feelings and revelations in notes and texts to myself.

When putting together the EP, I broke down everything I was experiencing into the seven songs (there were originally eight). I worked with an amazing guitarist — Dave Monday — who would build around fully realized lyrics and also create from melodies I had hummed in my voice memos. Then those ideas were fleshed out lyrically using the notes I had kept.

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4. Are there any tracks on the EP that hold a special meaning or story for you? Could you tell us about them?

The Same Fight, that song took us the longest to record and it’s the most vocally complex. I remember being in the studio and having to push myself so far vocally to do all the layers. I felt really proud at the end of making that song.

I also really love 4L. I think it captures the purity and beauty of love, and it makes me cry every single time I listen to it.

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5. Is there a particular track you’re especially attached to or prefer? Why?

It changes, because the EP is written as a story, and each song represents a different emotion and chapter. So different tracks resonate at different times.

Right now, I’d say track 1, My Turn, is my favorite, because I think it’s finally my turn to be the fully realized artistic version of myself.

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6. Were you influenced by any artists or styles while creating this EP?

Funny enough, I like to limit how much external music I listen to when I’m writing or recording. I have a fear of being unconsciously influenced and ending up sounding like what I’ve been listening to — so I like to isolate myself in an artistic bubble.

That said, if you enjoy artists like Mahalia, Debbie, and Aeris Roves, this music is definitely for you.

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7. What emotion or feeling would you like listeners to experience when discovering Look at the Moon?

All of them. Nobody is ever just one thing or ever feels just one emotion. This EP is meant to take you through the full spectrum — from confusion to elation, from safety to giddiness to desolation… and whatever else exists in this world.

Most importantly, this EP is here to validate all of those emotions, and to remind you that you can always look up at the moon and find companionship in your feelings.

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Explore the world of M’ax and stream his new EP Look at the Moon here!