When I first learned about May K, I was immediately drawn to her dance club sound. If you check out her myspace page (myspace.com/worldwidemayk), you can listen to her 2 singles currently out It’s Not Over and Laws of Attraction. All the way from her home in Tel Aviv, Israel, May K always dreamed of living in New York City (NYC), and about 5 1/2 years ago decided to make her dreams a reality. She has not yet released her first LP but is currently writing, recording, and creating a buzz over the airwaves in her new home of NYC. We spoke a few weeks ago, and here’s what May K had to say.
ifelicious: Tell me about how you ended up in New York from Tel Aviv
May K: I came to New York from Tel Aviv with this huge crazy dream, and I basically started from scratch…5 1/2 years ago. So, it’s taken about 5 1/2 years to get to where I am now.
ifelicious: That’s a gutsy move. Why New York?
May K: I don’t know why, but I always wanted to be here. As a kid, I had a picture of Times Square, and I used to just look at it and tell myself one day I’ll be there. So crazy.
ifelicious: How old were you at the time?
May K: I was almost 20.
ifelicious: What did you do to support yourself?
May K: When I first got here, I did a little bit of everything from babysitting to housekeeping to work in stores.
ifelicious: What are you up to now?
May K: Right now, I’m basically concentrated on writing and recording and getting that whole thing really tight and really together.
ifelicious: Besides myspace where can people hear your music or see you perform?
May K: Well, I have a single out now. It’s on the radio, on WKTU, I think Z100 pretty soon, probably KISS FM. I hope to get some tours set up soon, though, because I want to perform but we’re actually working on it.
ifelicious: Do you write your own music?
May K: Well, I write or co-write most of it. If someone hands me an amazing song and I connect with it, I’ll take it but most of the time it’s me and the producers and most of the producers I work with are also writers so we kind of write it together.
ifelicious: When I listen to your singles I hear New York dance music meets European dance music. How do you describe your sound?
May K: Funny you say that…I love listening to mostly European hits and I also love the American music, you know, like hip hop, and I love dance music, I love house music. So, I think there’s a little bit of everything in [my music].
ifelicious: What do you like to write about when you’re writing songs?
May K: I think mostly about my own experiences…I try to stay away from certain things, but I think writing about love is always relevant.
ifelicious: So have you been in love?
May K: Oh ya, I was.
ifelicious: Was? Not in love now?
May K: No, I’m in a good place now (laughs).
ifelicious: Are you looking for love?
May K: No. I kind of let it happen organically. Whatever happens to come my way, I’ll accept it, and we’ll see what happens.
ifelicious: Have you written songs for anyone else?
May K: I wrote for, you know like in Israel there’s American Idol but it’s Israel Idol, it’s the same format. I wrote a single for one of the finalists, and I’ve written a country song. Ya, I love writing for others, too.
Check out May K’s latest video for her single It’s Not Over…
May K “It’s Not Over” official music film from MethodManagement on Vimeo.
Thank you, Derick Gallegos at Method Management, for hooking me up with this interview.
May K, I see big things coming from you and wish you much success. Holla when your first LP gets released.
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