Three Cheers For Iyah May

• CrossFireArabia
• January 6, 2025

Australian singer-songwriter Iyah May garnered widespread attention after her latest track, “Karmageddon,” went viral on social media. She revealed that her management dropped her for refusing to change lyrics that branded Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide.”

In late 2024, the manager dropped May as she refused to change specific lyrics of the song. She revealed this on her Instagram in November.

In the song, May rails against “big pharma,” a “man-made virus,” “cancel culture,” and a war that she brands “genocide,” referring to Israel’s actions in Gaza.

Erasing any doubt about the lyrical targets, May’s website describes the track as “addressing the pandemic narrative, corruption within political, pharmaceutical, and health institutions, the Israel-Palestine conflict, violence against women and the social chaos that has swept through the world in the past few years.”

“While Karmageddon has sparked significant conversation and controversy, Iyah has stood her ground,” the website shares. “She refused to compromise her vision when asked to change a key lyric line, leading to the end of her contract with her manager. She chose to walk away from her record label and now, fully independent, Iyah continues to carve her own path as an artist.”

In the song, May says, “More than war, it’s genocide” and “Kids are killed from Israel’s actions.”

Despite losing her contract and manager, May’s Karmageddon has gone viral receiving support and likes from everywhere. On her Instagram, she expressed her gratitude to the people who supported her by saying:

“Thank you for getting behind this track with me. It’s been a journey to get this song out there and there were people who tried to stop this from happening.”

Raised in Far North Queensland in a tiny rainforest village in Australia, May pursued medicine in New York, where she met rapper Shaggy by coincidence and performed for him, accoridng to reports. Thus, setting the path for a music career as well. Before taking on the stage name ‘Iyah May’, she performed under the name, “Mayah”.

The track has caught the attention of those on the right, with Ryan Fournier, a political activist and chair of Students for Trump, sharing a clip of the song on X, formerly Twitter.