Maya Kuriel Unveils Haunting New Single,
“Dead Weight”
Stream “Dead Weight” Here
Music Video Here
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March 21st, 2025 [Los Angeles, CA] – Rising pop sensation, Maya Kuriel, has
kicked off 2025 with a powerful new single, “Dead Weight,” an eerie and emotionally
charged track that explores the suffocating weight of toxicity. Through raw lyrics andexperimental production, Maya plunges listeners into a disorienting descent—much
like Alice falling down the rabbit hole—where the lines between reality and nightmare
blur.
“Dead Weight” paints a visceral picture of drowning while “clawing, screaming” into
the depths where the light can’t reach. The song encapsulates the battle of confronting
what drags us down and ultimately finding the strength to break free. The music video
for “Dead Weight” brings the song’s theme to life with surreal, fluid movements that
evoke the feeling of being dragged down. Featuring hypnotic and unsettling visuals,
Maya Kuriel is seen struggling and drowning in water, symbolizing the emotional
weight that threatens to consume her.
Born and raised in Seattle and now based in Los Angeles, Maya Kuriel is a
first-generation Korean American artist redefining the landscape of pop music. She’s a
sonic architect crafting a world where eerie synths, raw emotion, and grungy production
collide. Maya embraces the underrepresented, carving out a space for Asian voices in a
genre that’s long overdue for a shake-up. Her music drips with moody textures and
cinematic tension, luring listeners into a hypnotic haze of haunting melodies and
pulsating beats. Since her debut in 2020, Maya has amassed over 2.5 million streams
across all platforms, captivating audiences worldwide with her powerful vocal melodies
and introspective lyrics. With a voice that floats between ethereal beauty and unfiltered
grit, she’s the storm brewing on the edge of pop’s horizon—one that refuses to be
