Review: "Poison" - Maya Salafia

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"Poison" is the newest single from Maya Salafia, a song about always falling for the wrong person. Someone could be so enchanting that you can't help but be in love with them, but sooner or later you realize that having a crush on or being in a relationship with them would not be healthy. Salafia details her experience of this in "Poison" and realizes this keeps happening to her after beginning to fall in love with a girl. She defines her with vampiric qualities and is already anticipating that a relationship would not last, or she will be turned down if she were to confess her feelings to her.

Indie and acoustic pop are the main influences of "Poison". It sounds like a song you would hear from a live band at a bar, and after hearing it you know that band is gonna make it big. The instrumentation is raw and it sounds like songs that were recorded back in the day when all the instruments had to be played at once in the studio. Its very authentic-sounding and gives off the vibes of a warm summer's day, where the wind is blowing through the leaves of the trees outside, the color of them akin to the leaves in the cover art. This is a very lovely song and Salafia has an amazing singing voice.

Maya Salafia is a singer-songwriter and musician from and based in Boston, Massachusetts. She began her music career in February 2021 with the release of her debut single "First Grade". Since then, she has added other amazing songs to her discography, including "Everlasting", "Swim", and "In the Fall". She is set to release her debut album Girl Like Her in 2025. She competed in the International Songwriting Competition and was a semi-finalist in both 2021 and 2022. Her music been featured many times in different music review blogs and websites and she has performed her music live before. Maya Salafia is an amazing and incredibly talented artist!

Written By Ashley Adams

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