Mnek Interview on Debut Album ‘Language’ & Beg a Black Gay Pop Star | Billboard – Billboard

Contents:

• MNEK TALKS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM ‘LANGUAGE’ AND CREATG A BLUEPRT FOR BLACK GAY POP STARS
• POP PRODIGY MNEK ON BEG A BLACK GAY ROLE MOL: 'THERE'S NOTHG WRONG WH BEG MYSELF'
• MNEK PENS EMOTNAL NOTE ABOUT BEG GAY AND BLACK FOR NATNAL COMG OUT DAY
• 30 GAY LOVE SONGS: MEN SGG ABOUT MEN
• IS MNEK GAY? AGE, HEIGHT, NET WORTH
• MNEK: I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW 'S OK TO BE BLACK AND GAY
• MNEK: 'A TALL BLACK GAY MAN SGG ABOUT THE RHYTHM ISN'T NVENTNAL'

MNEK TALKS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM ‘LANGUAGE’ AND CREATG A BLUEPRT FOR BLACK GAY POP STARS

Billboard talked to the risg artist about the eras that fluenced the sound of this album, why his most recent visuals are among his favore, and what ’s like to create a blueprt for black gay pop stars. Speakg of the wrg, I feel like this is really a narrative driven album and I’m wonrg are the your own stori or jt stori that might arise om beg a black gay man?

POP PRODIGY MNEK ON BEG A BLACK GAY ROLE MOL: 'THERE'S NOTHG WRONG WH BEG MYSELF'

The perspective that I e om when I sg, when I perform, is of who I am as a black gay man. When you’re thkg about gog to the stud or even workg wh your label, and as you said, not havg a black gay pop star blueprt, what is that like?

MNEK PENS EMOTNAL NOTE ABOUT BEG GAY AND BLACK FOR NATNAL COMG OUT DAY

I don’t want to blame anythg on racism or homophobia, but there’s a lot of segregatn that what I do wh. I’m not necsarily wholly weled by the UK black muny, dtry-wise, bee the root of that has a lot of homophobia .

30 GAY LOVE SONGS: MEN SGG ABOUT MEN

From the gay si of thgs, I’m a mory wh that — [different than] my whe unterparts — which is fe.

“The fact that someone like myself is workg wh someone like Hailee [Stefeld] is progrsive, bee you don’t always see — a black gay artist beg able to blend worlds that type of way, ” MNEK says while stg the Build London studs. “That was the first time, I gus, that I saw lots of msag om black gay kids sayg, ‘Thank you for dog that, ’ and ‘It’s helped me talk to my parents or talk to my iends about , ’ or ‘It’s been ol to see someone that I n relate to on that thg, ’” he rells. ”MNEK’s fay has also been supportive of him livg as an openly gay man, although he nfs that that has been a bumpier journey.

IS MNEK GAY? AGE, HEIGHT, NET WORTH

It’s him readg a newspaper and me beg like, ‘I want to be a black gay role mol. ”The risg artist adms that he’s “still figurg out” exactly how he wants to prent himself and what msag he wants to nvey, but he is forever thankful for the support he receiv om the young gay fans who look up to him. ’”Read more om Yahoo Entertament:The Dms’ Jonny Pierce talks love, loss, and growg up gay: ‘I want everythg to jt be OK’Adam Lambert remembers AMAs kiss: ‘People jt did not know what to do!

MNEK has wrten to fans on Natnal Comg Out Day (Picture: John Phillips/Getty Imag)MNEK has spoken out about g out as gay an emotnal Instagram post. The Never Fet You sger marked Natnal Comg Out Day by discsg his own experience of realisg he was gay and tellg his parents and iends. I me out as gay when I was 18.

MNEK: I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW 'S OK TO BE BLACK AND GAY

A year before, I went to my first gay club (Room Service, obvi) wh @amedigal, and cid amongst all the naked men and ee alhol that was the perfect time to let the good sis know “I’m bi, i like boys and girls” she go “ol, i knew but i love you all the same bb”.

MNEK: 'A TALL BLACK GAY MAN SGG ABOUT THE RHYTHM ISN'T NVENTNAL'

‘I also thk beg black and realisg you’re gay n be v dntg. ‘There’s also thgs like homophobia WITHIN the black muny (see: chichi man, batty boy beg regularly ed school)/relign (that vio of the prit chattg bout lickg the poo poo like sis relax)/ but… NT-way. ‘And beg gay beyond the realisatn of your attractn to the same sex – ’s also really a tt of unndnal love.