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Short bio · 50 words

Maya Okoro is a London and Lagos singer, songwriter and model. Her debut album Soft Static mixes warm pop with West African guitar lines, and her new single Tangerine Hour is out now. She has walked for independent labels and fronted campaigns between records.

Long bio · 200 words

Maya Okoro grew up between London and Lagos, writing songs on a borrowed guitar and singing in her aunt’s church choir. She released her first EP, Velvet Hours, in 2024, recorded in a week with producer Ines Marlow.

Her debut album Soft Static (2026) is about distance: phone calls across time zones, late trains, the hum of a city at night. Critics called it warm, patient and quietly bold. The single Tangerine Hour followed in November 2026.

Alongside music, Maya models for independent fashion labels and magazines, and art-directs her own covers and videos. On stage she plays with a four-piece band: drums, bass, keys and guitar.

She is currently touring the UK and Europe and writing her second album.

Fact sheet

The short version

Genre

Alt-pop, Afro-soul

Based in

London and Lagos

Label

Kilnworks Records

Latest release

Tangerine Hour (2026)

Management

Ada Hart, Hart Agency

Booking agent

Jonah Reid, Northstar Live

Languages

English, Yoruba

Press photos

Hi-res, free to use with credit

Maya against an ultramarine backdrop

Photo: Lena Hart

Maya sitting on a wooden chair

Photo: Tomi Bello

Maya holding sunflowers

Photo: Tomi Bello

Maya in a black suit in a cobalt-blue room

Photo: Lena Hart

Maya in profile

Photo: Ines Marlow

Maya laughing

Photo: Ines Marlow

Maya against an ultramarine backdrop

Photo: Lena Hart

Maya in profile

Photo: Ines Marlow

Maya in a black suit in a cobalt-blue room

Photo: Lena Hart

Maya holding sunflowers

Photo: Tomi Bello

Maya sitting on a wooden chair

Photo: Tomi Bello

Maya laughing

Photo: Ines Marlow

Maya against an ultramarine backdrop

Photo: Lena Hart

Maya holding sunflowers

Photo: Tomi Bello

Maya in profile

Photo: Ines Marlow

Maya sitting on a wooden chair

Photo: Tomi Bello

Maya in a black suit in a cobalt-blue room

Photo: Lena Hart

Maya laughing

Photo: Ines Marlow

In the press

What they’re saying

Every song sounds like a late summer evening you never want to end.

Hearth & Echo

Okoro sings like she is letting you in on a secret.

Southbound Weekly

A voice that turns a small room into a cathedral.

The Low Note

Soft Static is the most confident debut of the year.

Northbeam Sound

Features

Comp card

The numbers

Full-length digital of Maya in a white tank and jeans

Maya Okoro

Represented by Hart Agency · London · Lagos

cm

in

Height

178 cm

Bust

84 cm

Waist

62 cm

Hips

90 cm

Shoes

39 EU

Hair

Auburn

Eyes

Hazel

Full-length digital of Maya in a white tank and jeans

Maya Okoro

Represented by Hart Agency · London · Lagos

cm

in

Height

178 cm

Bust

84 cm

Waist

62 cm

Hips

90 cm

Shoes

39 EU

Hair

Auburn

Eyes

Hazel

Full-length digital of Maya in a white tank and jeans

Maya Okoro

Represented by Hart Agency · London · Lagos

cm

in

Height

178 cm

Bust

84 cm

Waist

62 cm

Hips

90 cm

Shoes

39 EU

Hair

Auburn

Eyes

Hazel

Contacts

Who to talk to

Management

Ada Hart

Hart Agency

Booking agent

Jonah Reid

Northstar Live

Press

Priya Sen

Paper Lantern PR

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