premiere: feel an overwhelming gratitude for the beauty of life in soulful artist mayaeni’s single ‘cool’

Just in time for the weekend, we’re excited to premiere Detroit singer-songwriter Mayaeni’s brand new sizzling R&B cut that invites us to “cool off.” It’s a damn near perfect summer song that combines elements of R&B past and present, washed out synths, slinky guitars, laid back percussion, and always Mayaeni’s evocative but chill voice floating above. “Cool” does to your ears what ice does to your drink.

“The melody for this song came to me around 3:00 am on a Sunday night in mid June while I was jamming to 3 chords that kept resonating with me,” Mayaeni tells us, “I recorded a voice note of it and fell asleep. The next few days I sat outside on my deck with headphones on & my laptop and built the music around my idea. I was inspired by how happy Summer makes me feel. Just the simplicity of enjoying life. Watching everything in my garden grow, the birds singing, and the sun shining. Essentially, ‘Cool’ is a song about appreciation.”

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Photo by Xavier Cuevas