19 year old NYC based artist Asha Maclean currently has a viral hit with her latest release "Yoga" we catch up with her for this Music Matters chat!

Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris

Darrell Craig Harris

Music, Music Commentary, Music Interviews

3.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Asha Maclean is a 19 year old singer, songwriter, and dancer who first gained recognition while posting videos of herself dancing and covering popular songs online. She was born and raised in New York City, where she developed a strong passion for hip-hop, rao, and pop music along with its culture. Her love of music also inspired her role as part of a city-wide competitive hip-hop dance team. Asha's unique vocal stylings, honest and emotional lyrical content, urban and pop production style, along with her dance abilities establish Asha as a multi-dimensional performer, whose goal is to entertain and inspire a loyal fanbase of music lovers! Social Media www.Instagram.com/ashamacleanmusic www.tiktok.com/ashamacleanmusic About Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris The Music Matters Podcast is hosted by Darrell Craig Harris, a globally published music journalist, professional musician, and Getty Images photographer. Music Matters is now available on Spotify, iTunes, Podbean, and more. Each week, Darrell interviews renowned artists, musicians, music journalists, and insiders from the music industry. Visit us at: www.MusicMattersPodcast.com Follow us on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/musicmattersdh For inquiries, contact: [email protected] Support our mission via PayPal: www.paypal.me/payDarrell

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0:00.0	Welcome to Music Matters podcast with Daryl Craig Harris, talking about all things music
0:09.6	with celebrities, artists, music business insiders, and more.
0:20.5	Asha McQueen, how are you doing today?
0:22.8	I'm good. How are you?
0:24.5	I'm very good. So you're joining us from New York City.
0:28.0	You've had several viral videos dancing, choreography videos, but also you have your new single,
0:34.8	latest single yoga, which has been rocking it, have hundreds of thousands
0:39.3	or hundreds of thousands of downloads, I should say, getting shoutouts from Lady Gun, Live
0:43.5	Nation, MTV, Nick Music.
0:46.1	How are you been doing?
0:47.2	It sounds like you're very busy.
0:49.1	Yes, I have been very busy.
0:51.1	It's been great.
0:52.0	I always love putting out a new single since it's also been a while
0:55.3	since I put the last one out about a year now. But it's always exciting. And this one's definitely
1:01.0	gone a lot more traction than my previous singles. So I'm really excited about it. I'm really happy.
1:07.8	Yeah. And you have a lot of great music. I was checking out your Spotify, and it's fun to kind of check out the different
1:12.0	influences that I kind of hear.
1:13.9	Who are some of the influences for you as a young artist?
1:17.8	Well, growing up, I loved Michael Jackson, Jana Jackson, Beyonce, of course.
1:23.9	But I feel like right now, in terms of like my music and my sound and just like the vocal aspect of it all, I think Ariana Grande and Victoria Monet have really been my jam.
1:38.5	I love Siza. I love Tori Kelly, if you know Tori Kelly.
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