Blue May (born 1986) is a British music producer, songwriter, musician, mixing engineer, programmer and creative director. Based in Los Angeles, he has collaborated with artists including Lily Allen, Kano, Joy Crookes, Suki Waterhouse, and Jorja Smith.
May was born in Wales and raised in London. He was exposed to a wide range of music as a child and grew up listening to David Bowie, Gipsy Kings, Al GreenJimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, Nirvana, and Prince, among others. He began playing the guitar when he was 10.[1][2] He attended the BRIT School, where he played with Tawiah and Jodi Milliner, who later became frequent collaborators.[3][4]
Career
May began his career in production in his early 20s and produced his first major label artist in 2009. In a 2025 interview with Variety he said "I didn’t know how to hold the pressure of A&R people and the manager and still represent the artist. it was a complete failure."[5] He subsequently discovered the importance of "shutting out the noise of the music industry"[6] and in part designed XXVII, his first large studio, to do so. He won the MOBO Award for Best Album and received four Mercury Prize nominations between 2016 and 2024.[7]
May first worked with Lily Allen as the creative director for her 2018 tour. In December 2024, Allen and May began working on Allen's fifth album, West End Girl, with a team of writers, producers, and players that May and co-executive producer Kito put together.[6][8] It was written and recorded in 16 days at his home studio in the Hollywood Hills. May co-executive produced, produced, mixed and co-wrote all of West End Girl's 14 songs. Released in October 2025, the album, which documents the collapse of Allen's marriage, received widespread critical acclaim. [9][10]A five-star review by Hannah Ewens in TheIndependent was headlined ''West End Girl: A Brutal, Tell-all Masterpiece"; [11]Chris Willman described it as "deliriously brilliant pop" in Variety;[5] and The Guardian'sAlexis Petridis praised "the striking prettiness of its tunes" and the "boldness and quality of its songwriting." [12]
Personal life
May lives in the Hollywood Hills. He has a pitbull, Moobi. [1]
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