MkX

MkX releases a new single today, called “Ghost,” the follow-up to his hit song “The Look,” which garnered 100,000 streams on Spotify and over 180,000 views on YouTube. MkX will be the featured entertainment at the Las Vegas Fashion Show Mall’s fashion presentation at the beginning of November. Prior to his solo career, MkX toured with Ariana Grande, Christina Perri and the British pop/rock band Rixton.

Regarding his distinctive name, MkX says, “The ‘X’ in my name represents confidence and self-expression through art. I used to be very self-conscious of what people thought of me. It affected how I acted, wrote music, and lived my life. I decided to create a character that embodied everything I wanted to be as a person. From auditory/visual art and fashion to attitude and confidence, I developed a persona that represented the best version of myself.”

MkX amalgamates electronic, hip hop, future bass and trap elements into a unique sound he calls “feel-good music.”

“Ghost” starts off with pulsing keyboards and light whirling synth sound effects. The entry of the bass and drums establishes a potent rhythm reverberating with power. The muscular pop melody exudes strong flavors of R&B and hip hop, giving the tune a textured energy that’s provocatively dynamic and rife with a risky feel. Swirling, twirling synths add filaments of sonic colors juxtaposed against the thrumming assertion of the subterranean bassline. Hip hop-like vocal ejaculations and resonant background vocal harmonies complement MkX’s tight, passionate tenor.

The lyrics of “Ghost” foam with the energy of good love gone bad, as MkX attempts to understand the motivations of the femme fatale who broke his heart.

“Shoulda seen it comin’ like a slow motion / Gasoline and flames burnin’ emotion / You were in it just for the quick thrill (hey) / But my lovin’ ain’t got a free bill / Gave you shots like a bartender / Gave my sig like a lover letter / Say to rub it make it all better / Makin’ profit you’re a love seller / (You) owe me closure need a confirmation / An explanation / Why ya disappearin’ like a Ghost / Had me thinkin’ I was close / You stopped pullin’ in the rope / Can’t just grab and then let go / Why ya disappearin’ like a Ghost / What did I do / Was it somethin’ I did was it you / 12 hours later you found you someone new / But that s**t ain’t a good enough excuse, no, (no) / Did I say somethin’ do somethin’ (hey) / To make you move, break the mood something.”

“Ghost” is definitely not your run-of-the-mill pop song. The rhythmic element is enormously assertive, plunging into your viscera with the unavoidable force of the hands of the gods. It grabs you and moves you, as the surging music takes control of your body, mind and soul. To quote the Borg, “resistance is futile.” “Ghost” should skyrocket MkX to the top of the charts. It’s that good. - Huffington Post

MkX drops a new music video today, called "One Sided Love." Coming hot on the heels of his previous singles, "The Look" and "Ghost," the track was written and produced by MkX, and remixed with DJ Mike D.
"One Sided Love," a smoldering trap-pop tune about the emotional turbulence of unrequited love, taps into MkX's up close and personal familiarity with the ache of one-sided passion.

"I wanted to write a song that reflected what I was going through and that I know everyone who listens has gone through at one point or another," says MkX. "As a longtime pop super fan myself, I know how important it is as a listener to be able to connect with what the artist is saying. Lyrically, the song is like an inner-monologue of overanalyzing and being a bit paranoid."

Performing live since the age of nine, MkX toured with Ariana Grande, Christina Perri, and the British pop/rock band Rixton. By the time he stepped into the limelight as a solo artist, the energy around him was a swirling vortex. Both "The Look" and "Ghost" clipped the 500,000 mark on Spotify, rounded out by his featured performance at Las Vegas' Fashion Show Mall's live show.

Opening with gleaming synths, flowing into a resonant trap groove, "One Sided Love" throbs with potent, dark, sensual energy. MkX's voice starts off with husky, sighing tones ascending to gorgeous, nastily tight colors, imbuing the tune with stinging atomic muscle. Smooth, radiant vocal harmonies suffuse the music with lustrous textures, lush and intense.

The lyrics speak to the heartache prompted by love that's not returned.

"I try and try / Your truth disguised / Save me the pain / And forfeit the game / Slam the brakes / So my heart don't break / This is a one-sided love / Just say no / Cuz now I know / This is a one-sided love."

The video, directed by Matt Alonzo, is a stylish work of visual art, full of phantasmagoric colors, avant-garde tessellations, and polished dance moves. MkX projects a magnetic presence.

"One Sided Love" brims with pulses of sub-bass layered oomph and infectious surges of seductive hues. MkX's voice infuses the tune with electrifying frisson and sizzling heat. "One Sided Love" is off the chain. - Popdust

There is transcendence in MkX’s music. It shares mutuality with The Weeknd and August Alsina. DJ Khalid dances around the flames, but MkX has the fire. His lyrics reek of excessive confidence and bold expression, just as he claims that the X represent these qualities. While I read the lyrics of his song, ‘The Look,’ I figured that this singer has a poet in him. Perfectly strewed lines that are pregnant with meaning and depth, The Look is of MkX creations that represents him well.

As an artist, MkX aims to give expression to his audience. He got mine as I listened and calmly waited for the breaking point.

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The Look begins with a very skeptical verse about moving:

“I don’t wanna jump the gun like I usually do
Only wanna make a move if you want me to
Sick of all the failed attempts to find the one
But ya got me thinkin’ that I’m what you want”

Sometimes, men are always torn between the reality found between these lines. To say or not to say, to tell or just walk away, some miss out of the fun because they lack the expression and because they do not understand the place of timing.

I believe MkX is a different artist because of the way he writes his lyrics. There is an intricacy that is found hiding between the very everyday words and yet they paint just the needed emotions right into your ear. He is very good at creating imagery with his lyrics, and this makes him a more valid artist

I fell in between his lyrics and remembered “Dave Simon.” The looks he gave me and the way I blushed away. The look was a communication, as I presumed, asking me if he could come and ask me out on a date and my blush, as he figured was the reply that you are taking too much time to ask.

Every art should heal. During a panel discussion about writing, we reached a consensus that art that does not heal is lacking. This makes MkX’s The Look a much more valid song. He plants himself like a savior into his music and gives every bit of his strength to broken people, people looking for validation.

“You could be a long shot
You could think I’m hot hot
You could have a plot plot
To turn me on”

MkX is a typical person who has gone through the process of loving. The details in ‘The Look’ is apt and on point. See this pre-chorus –

“Maybe I’m just dead wrong
Maybe I’m just spot on
Baby I can’t wait long
So come in close”

The Look is a loud conversation about love, timing, waiting and desires. I remember the songs of a Nigerian artist, Brymo, I heard some time ago, his lyrics are just as valid as MkX’s. The duo takes their audience through the depth of the themes they explore.

The musical backup of MkX’s ‘The Look’ is strong. The keyboard rose sonorously and hit notes as it scampered around the 4mins bar of gold. Something more desirable about the song is the grand entrance that gave way to MkX’s voice. His voice fell into the right places, as he ran melodious scales in between to flex his vocal muscles.

This is a great one from MkX, and I hope his creativity will rise above The Look in the next release.

I am giving him a wink, and I hope he will understand ‘The Look.’ - Skope Magazine