Singer Iyah May has emerged as the new darling of the political right after her latest track, "Karmageddon," became a viral hit on social media. The Australian musician, whose stage name is usually stylized in lowercase, has garnered a wave of attention after stating in Instagram posts that her management dropped her because she refused to change certain lyrics in the song. In the song, May rails against "big pharma," a "man-made virus," "cancel culture," and a war that she brands "genocide.
" 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." The track has caught the attention of those on the right, with Ryan Fournier, a political activist and chair of Students for Trump, this week sharing a clip of the song on X, formerly Twitter . "Meet Iyah May," he captioned the video.
"She is an Australian based singer who just lost a contract with her ma.
