Jonathan MannionElla Mai is up for two American Music Awards next week, and she says her dream collaboration would be with one of the artists she’s competing against in the Favorite Soul/R&B Song category.
Her breakout hit “Boo’d Up” is up against “Finesse” by Bruno Mars and Cardi B, and “Young, Dumb & Broke” by the man she’d love to record with: Khalid.
“I would love to collab with Khalid,” Mai tells The Recording Academy in a video interview. “Khalid is one of the first people I met when I first moved to L.A. and I think he just moved from L.A. from El Paso as well,