New album ‘Stay Close To Music’ finds Mykki defying expectations once more. I understand why people consider me a pioneer.” “People talk about me like I’ve existed for 25 years! I understand because what I was doing and how I did it, and everything that was happening at this certain cultural acceleration point, it was all very serendipitous. “People have archived me before my time,” Mykki says. “I’m happy about my trajectory,” Mykki shrugs, before bringing up a tweet from friend and fellow rapper Cakes Da Killa which sums it up perfectly: “Imagine doing something that wasn’t considered cool for years to then have it become cool years later and people tell you NOW you have to play by the rules set by people who didn’t even pioneer the shit in the first place.” But I’m not in a studio risking it all to have a hit.” Would I love to have another ‘Wavvy’ moment? Sure. “I’ve consistently continued to give out quality and really good work. They describe themselves as in a “perpetual state of being discovered”, but a wish to change this clearly isn’t the driving force. “I know in the beginning of my career, I had songs that, if the world hadn’t been such a homophobic and transphobic place, probably would have been even bigger singles for me,” they note today, speaking to DIY as they make their way through customs at a US airport.
Yet despite their success and influence, Mykki is still constantly written into the underdog narrative. Hailed for their genre-splicing take on hip hop, Mykki has collaborated with a host of huge names, from Kanye West to Kathleen Hanna, all while asserting themselves as an out and proud queer artist in a historically closed-off industry. Did you not catch that?!’”įirst bursting onto the scene in 2012 with the fiery opening declaration of viral hit ‘Wavvy’ (“I’m the motherfuckin’ rookie of the year”), Mykki has spent the past decade establishing themselves as a trail-blazing figure. “What happens when, for your whole career, you search your name on Twitter and someone’s like, ‘Mykki Blanco doesn’t get enough recognition’? When this has happened for a decade, you’re like, ‘Wait, did you not see that thing I just did? That thing has half a million views. “Maybe I should talk to a therapist about this,” they laugh. For the boundary-blurring star, it’s a bittersweet sentiment. Every few months, Mykki Blanco will scroll through their Twitter notifications and see a tweet that reads “Mykki Blanco is so underrated,” or “The world never gave Mykki Blanco their flowers”.
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