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[the-wanderer]

Hailee Steinfeld

[audiojunkyard]

[underachievers-please-try-harder]

Track of the day // Danny L Harle - Crystallise My Tears ft. Oklou and MNEK

[persimmonlions]

‘Men explicitly loving men is so threatening to the status quo’: why are gay male pop stars being shut out of the music industry?

Not long ago, artists such as Lil Nas X and Olly Alexander were ruling pop. But success has stalled as acts face industry obstacles and risi

“I was working with this well-known songwriter and was so close to this dream of a huge deal,” says Vincint. “Two days before, the writer said: ‘I don’t see a place for you. I don’t know how I can make this work.’” Now an independent artist, Vincint has about 102,000 monthly Spotify listeners: a pretty decent number, but one that pales next to an average major label star with a big marketing budget.

Such are the opportunity costs and material consequences that come with being an out male pop star. This pushes some artists into behind-the-scenes roles as writers and producers, such as MNEK, who says: “Major labels aren’t searching for an openly gay pop star. They are searching for something that sells and is palatable for families and middle England.” He now “mostly works with women”, producing the kind of pop hits that gay male acts would struggle to sell.

[basicjetsetter]

[visionsofgideontheninth]

I love MNEK. currently obsessed with two songs he wrote: FLO's Walk Like This and TXT's I'll See You There Tomorrow. he and Zara Larsson had the hit Never Forget You, he worked a ton with Little Mix (Touch, Sweet Melody, Love Sweet Love, plus he produced Wings back when he was like 18), a song of his ended up becoming Paradise by BTS, and of course he wrote on Hold Up by Beyoncé

he's just written so many songs that I love and I had to give him a shout out

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Here's the list of the mixes I used: MNEK - If Truth Be Told (Dimitri Tikovoi Club Mix) MNEK - Every Little Word (Joe Goddard Club Mix) Gorgon City Feat. MNEK - Ready For Your Love (Florian Paetzold Remix) MNEK - Wrote A Song About You [TIEKS Remix] MNEK - The Rhythm (XO Remix) MNEK, Zara Larsson - Never Forget You (MNEK VIP remix) MNEK - At Night (I Think About You) [Steve Smart Club Mix] Jax Jones - House Work (Mele Remix) ft. Mike Dunn, MNEK Riton, MNEK, The House Gospel Choir - Deeper (Dub Mix) MNEK, Hailee Steinfeld - Colour (DJ Grind & Toy Armada Club Anthem Mix) Joel Corry x MNEK - Head & Heart (Extended Mix) Sleepwalkrs - More Than Words (feat. MNEK) (Sleepwalkrs VIP) Galantis, David Guetta & MNEK - Damn (You’ve Got Me Saying) [Extended Mix] Jax Jones feat. MNEK - Where Did You Go? (Extended Mix) Sigala, MNEK - Radio (Extended Mix) Paul Woolford x Lewis Thompson x MNEK - 16 Again (Extended Mix)

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