Matthew Bedard

Maia | @mxmtoon | 1.6M followers | 19 years old | She / Her On mxmtoon’slatest offering dawn, the first of 2 EP’s to be released this year, we see her embrace life with astounding clarity, pushing her range further than ever before and embracing lush soundscapes and pulsing beats.

Dear Readers, It’s that time of the year—at least in this hemisphere—where fireside chit chat, the odd pét-nat, and perhaps a pinch of soothing solemnity gets us through the frosty days. The shadowy play of the fireplace’s projection—in lieu of the light sucked from these shortest of days—creates shapes swallowed by clever capes, each one cast unequivocal to the last. A stationary act that could, if I may, lay claim to one of our earliest forms of meditation.

Last night, stalwarts of sophistication and cool, Dom Pérignon, toasted their latest collaboration with avant-garde pop hero Lady Gaga at the inimitable Sheats-Goldstein House, as the twinkling city, fanned out below, nodded politely in reply.