Naye Ayla is soul-based artist, singer, songwriter and producer from Johannesburg, South Africa, who believes genres are limitations and music is spaceless. Naye is her second name which she opted to use as her stage name. Her stage name "Naye Ayla" is inspired by her love for and connection to the moon. It translates directly to "she too is the might of the moon". For Naye, her love for the arts manifested as a child. Writing, she says, “really gave home to the need to express anything bubbling inside me.” Growing up, and to this day, Naye uses writing to make sense of her thoughts, to articulate emotions and make people feel.