#mnek

[cuntylestat]

everybody listen to mnek turn straight men gay NOW ‼️

[the-wanderer]

Hailee Steinfeld

[audiojunkyard]

[captainchaoticmess]

HAPPY FUCKING PRIDE!! 🤎🌈✨

[1000-year-old-virgin]

MNEK - REVERSE!!

[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.

[underachievers-please-try-harder]

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

[basicjetsetter]