Maya Delilah was sitting at home when she got the email. For the sixth year in a row, Fender had named a group of artists meant to represent the future of guitar, and Delilah had just found out she was a part of the Fender Next Class of 2024.
For a musician who had been slowly building an audience over the past half decade, but had been honing her craft since childhood, it was the realization of a lifelong dream.
