Max Rae and Jeff Retro’s add retro breaks to Janet Jackson’s ‘If’

Vegas-bred pop provocateur Max Rae isn’t just climbing the industry ladder – she’s taking the express elevator. Fresh off setting UK venues ablaze supporting BLUE’s sold-out Greatest Hits tour (where The Sun dubbed her “Glasto-worthy” in those signature sequin catsuits), she’s now crashing the EDM party with Hakkasan resident DJ Jeff Retro on a thunderous remake of Janet Jackson’s “If.”

The collab makes perfect sense – Retro’s been sharing deck space with Calvin Harris and Martin Garrix at Vegas’s holy trinity (Omnia, Hakkasan, WET Republic), while Rae’s been busy collecting scalps on both sides of the Atlantic. Between strutting runways at London Fashion Week, igniting Pride stages with Amber Riley, and going viral on TikTok, she’s engineered a takeover that feels both calculated and chaotic in the best way.

Now, with Aston Merrygold tour dates looming and a Montell Jordan-blessed flip of “This Is How We Do It” locked for early 2025, Rae’s positioned herself as pop’s next not-so-secret weapon. The Daily Mail called her “the perfect hype boost,” but that feels like an understatement – she’s not boosting the hype, she’s manufacturing it. And judging by those Yorkshire Post “stunning vocals” and that “infectious energy,” we’re all buying what she’s selling.

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