RISING R&B SINGER/SONGWRITER
MAI ANNA SHARES NEW BABY BLUE EP
A PRELUDE TO FROTHCOMING DEBUT LP SLEEPY EYES
FIVE-TRACK COLLECTION FEATURES NEW ACOUSTIC VERSION OF “BABY BLUE” + JAPANESE REIMAGINING OF “SUGAR HIGH”
SET TO JOIN GIVĒON FOR SELECT DATES THIS NOVEMBER
OUT NOW VIA EPIC RECORDS / NOT SO FAST
Photo Credit: Jamal Peters
NOV 6, 2026 [LOS ANGELES] — For Queens-born, Los Angeles-based R&B singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mai Anna, part of the beauty of a song is its ability to change shape, evolving through time, performance, language and new perspective. She explores this idea on Baby Blue EP, a five-track collection bringing together “Chameleon” “Baby Blue,” and “Sugar High” with two new reimaginings: “Baby Blue (Acoustic)” and “Sugar High (シュガーハイ).” Together, the songs offer a deeper introduction to Mai Anna and a prelude to her forthcoming debut LP, Sleepy Eyes, via Epic Records / Not So Fast.
The two reimaginings move in opposite directions: one back to the moment a song first took shape, the other toward something entirely new. “Baby Blue (Acoustic)” is built around the first rendition Mai Anna and longtime collaborator Solomon Fox created together after arriving in Los Angeles, bringing the bittersweet mix of relief, joy and melancholy at its core to the foreground. On “Sugar High (シュガーハイ),” the rhythms, syllable structure and wordplay of Japanese reshape one of her most playful, experimental songs – and the way Mai writes and sings it.
“I’ve always been scared of being understood in just one dimension,” Mai Anna shares. “Music gives me a space to explore all these different versions of myself. These songs each show a different layer of who I am, and revisiting them gave me a chance to push those layers even further before sharing the full world of Sleepy Eyes.”
Now signed to Epic Records / Not So Fast, Mai Anna’s early rise has been met with a co-sign from SZA, praise from Billboard, VIBE, COLORSxSTUDIOS and The Joe Budden Podcast, and cross-DSP backing including Spotify R&B Weekly, Apple Music R&B Now, Amazon Music Breakthrough R&B and a TIDAL R&B Rising cover. “Sugar High” also landed an official placement on the FIFA Heroes videogame soundtrack.
Live performance has been central to Mai Anna’s artistry long before her recorded debut. A classically trained figure skater, she brought that side of herself to the “Baby Blue” visual, taking to the ice with Fox accompanying her on piano. Performances with On The Radar and Red Couch Show have since put her voice front and center, while she recently took the stage at The Basement Series in the Vinyl Room at the Hollywood Palladium as well as Conscious Music Circle in Los Angeles.
Next, Mai Anna will join GIVĒON for two select dates this November, with performances at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on November 17 and Carnegie Hall in New York City on November 19.
Baby Blue EP
Baby Blue (Acoustic)
Sugar High (シュガーハイ)
Chameleon ft Chloe George
Baby Blue
Sugar High
Connect with Mai Anna
Meet Mai Anna: Mai Anna, R&B/Soul singer, NYC native and the newest signee to Epic Records / Not So Fast, is ready to make her formal introduction. She has become adept at the ethereal alt-R&B jams that have captivated her cult-like fanbase and set her down a path of imminent stardom, and the newest chapter of her journey begins with her spiritually cleansing new album, Sleepy Eyes, coming soon to DSPs. The 11-song set is punctuated by its lead single, “Baby Blue,” available now – a scroll-stopping microcosm of Mai Anna’s dual artistic track. It’s laced with the serenity of the jazz and neo-soul energy that she draws inspiration from, and is also unafraid to have a real conversation with its listeners. This theme is consistent throughout her forthcoming album, which includes hopelessly romantic ballads and sprawling epics that find Mai Anna in search of clarity and peace. “If we were to define it, it is a dream state of experiencing music,” she says of Sleepy Eyes. With her newest single, “Chameleon,” out now and momentum building across press, streaming and the live stage, Mai Anna is steadily bringing the wider world of Sleepy Eyes into view.