Like most musicians, Mary Ann Alexander was born into a family that appreciated music and art. She was thoroughly entertained by her grandmother and parents who always engaged in some form of art for fun. Her father was a professional singer and taking frequent trips to the studio was a normal affair. Mary would sit next to the sound engineer and keenly watch the process while her dad sang in the booth. Exploring sounds and life, Mary found her voice in singing R&B, hip hop and jazz tunes. She has a very gentle voice with necessary punches. Following her celebrated collaboration with Doja Cat hitmaker Linden Jay on Love Or A Lesson, Mary Ann Alexander returns with an exquisitely crafted ballad Student Of Love.
Finding A Voice
I don’t think our voice is something hidden inside us to be found. It keeps changing and adding to itself with experience and influence. Because I consume so much music from these genres, it’ll clearly make its way into my expression.
The Sensibility
I feel like every artist’s least favourite thing to do is to try and explain themselves and their style. Their art does the talking. That way, we are also not putting things into defined boxes and limiting expression. So I’d rather play my new track In My Zone for them and bop our heads together.
Student of Love
Student of Love feels like a classic slow jam to me. It is produced by Ceebeaats and the harmonies are stacked to create this lush, dreamy space, and I’m just riding the beat, singing about what it means to really learn how to love someone. It’s about dedication, patience and that commitment to show up for your lover in the right way “I wrote this from that place of realizing love isn’t something you master. It’s something you keep learning, if you’re humble enough to. It’s about learning someone’s rhythm, language and way of loving.
Discovering People And Music
It’s funny how people discover me in different ways. Over the Ocean was the first song I ever wrote. That’s fifteen-year-old Mary Ann’s voice. I had just picked up a guitar and made something for the first time. The song just happened to get released way later. The director of that film, T.K Rajeev Kumar, heard his daughter, my close friend, play the voice note I sent her from the other room and envisioned it to be in his film Kolambi.
Take My Life With You
Sanjeev T found me through Instagram and reached out to me to work on Take My Life With You. When I figured that he works with Sid Sriram, I told him to convey to Sid that I’m a huge fan and that I love him. So it was a huge surprise for me when Sanjeev told me that he’s getting Sid to be on the track as well. It’s one of my biggest flexes.
As a person who has never traveled much before and is now getting to go to different cities and festivals and having the best time as an artist is honestly magical. Because I was an only child, I always found creativity in isolation but that started to change because of all the musicians with whom I started meeting and making music. Every musician brings out something different in me and it’s always a pleasant surprise
Words Hansika Lohani
Date 20-11-2025