Dork fave mxmtoon is always up to interesting new stuff. Her latest endeavour? Performing the singing voice for the main character in the latest installment of video game Life is Strange. We caught up with Maia to find out ‘more’

Words: Sam Taylor. Photos: Blythe Thomas.

Mxmtoon is pretty much always working on something interesting, it seems, and her latest project is unlike anything she’s done before. Maia’s taken on the singing voice for Alex Chen, the central character in the fifth instalment of the graphic adventure video game Life Is Strange. Set in the fictional Haven Springs, the goal is to solve a dramatic small-town mystery by helping characters deal with their emotional trauma.

Hello Maia! How are you doing? Everything okay in mxmtoon-world at the moment? Aw, thank you for asking! Personally, I’m doing okay, and so is mxmtoon-world. As everything is, some days are more hectic, and emotions go up and down, but all things considered, I’m doing fairly well!

How did the Life Is Strange: True Colors collaboration come about? I was really lucky that the game team reached out to me to see if I would be interested in trying to sing for Alex! As a long time fan of Life is Strange, I was over the moon at the opportunity to try it out, and when I sent them an audio clip, I guess they really liked it because I ended up being her official singing voice.

Have you ever worked on a video game before? I haven’t worked on any video game projects beyond this one previously, so it was a very new experience. I would love to get the chance to do more of it in the future!