Unlocking Magic: Maxine's Journey through Love and Music

90s-inspired melodies that soothe the soul and ignite the heart

POSTED 20.07.23 20:58 BY FIZZY STAFF

London-based Future Soul singer-songwriter Maxine Scott shares her stunning new summer single ‘New To This’, out now on Ramrock Blue Records. To accompany the track, Maxine also releases a dreamy new music video.

Maxine, the rising star of NuJazz, continues to amaze on Ramrock Blue Records. Her latest single captures the tender vulnerability of starting a new relationship, blending a sweet and uncertain vocal with a beautifully delicate urban groove. Don't miss this emotional journey!

Speaking of the track, Maxine says, “I wrote this song as lockdown was ending and you could go out more. I was meeting new people, vibing with friends and creating cool and fun relationships with musicians and individuals. I started speaking to a guy and it just kind of inspired the track I guess, and it was almost made even more magical since having experiences with people had been so limited. There’s no other feeling like the pre-empting of a new relationship, and I hope the excitement and magic of that feeling is captured on this track!

As a relative newcomer to the industry, it’s also a message to my listeners to take their time with me, since I’m a little new to this! Hopefully they’ll come on this journey with me and that my music resonates with times in their own life.”

Maxine’s beautifully evocative musical style blends a hybrid of '90s-inspired sounds drawing on R&B, soul, and Nujazz. Her soft, speak-easy vocals combined with her honeyed, scrapbook-style lyrics and production ties in effortlessly with her ‘90s pop aesthetic.

Having grown up in the small seaside town of Ramsgate in Kent, Maxine remembers always singing, acting and dancing at school and for her family. She says, “My first proper introduction to soul music was Lauryn Hill’s ‘I Used To Love Him’ which I found on one of my Dad’s CD’s, and I had the track on repeat for days!”

Maxine moved to London when she was 17 where her musical style really flourished. She started becoming involved in London’s jazz scene, and joined the jazz music education and artist development organisation Tomorrow's Warriors.