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Artist
Janani K. Jha
12+ albums
indiepopindie popUnited States
about
Janani Krishnan-Jha (born October 5, 1998), formerly known by the stage name J. Maya, is an American singer-songwriter. In 2023 she participated in Survivor 45, the 45th season of the American reality-TV competition series Survivor. In 2021, she released her debut single, Achilles Heel, influenced by Greco-Roman mythology, which went on to garner millions of streams. Her debut EP, Poetic License, also received positive reviews from media outlets in 2022. In 2024, she made an appearance in the popular online hit, EPIC: The Musical, serving as the voice of Aphrodite in the song God Games, which introduced her music to an entirely new audience. Later that year, she released her debut album, The Rest of the Laurels, with an accompanying novella titled Katathon. The Rest of the Laurels: Epilogue was released a little over a year later in early 2026, which included a remix of The Judgment (I Think Too Much) featuring EPIC: The Musical co-star TE/MO. Krishnan-Jha was born in the United States to Indian Tamil parents. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she attended San Mateo High School. There, she was captain of the Mock Trial Team, president of the Model UN, founder and president of the Speech & Debate Club, president/student director of the choir, executive member of the Renaissance Leadership Team, and publicity chair of the Writing Club. In 2015, she received the National Scholastic Award in Writing, which she accepted at Carnegie Hall. She also worked as an inter
