MKSM LIVE @ ZDF (2024)
READY – a pop EP full of multi-faceted QUEER STORIES
Relationships don’t always have to break up overly dramatically. READY shows the spectrum of feelings that can be expressed honestly – in an inner monologue or in an actual conversation with your ex-partner.
In the music video, MKSM and the queer comedian and actor Philipp Leinenbach show a sincere farewell to a relationship. The rustic Berlin pub GOLDENER LÖFFEL and an old television that shows the autumnal Halensee with the two protagonists form the backdrop.
READY for self-love, like in LOVING MYSELF – the track that has been named the PRIDE anthem of the year by many queer media (SCHWULISSIMO, queer BILD). In the empowering music video, queer activists like Jochen Schropp and Brix Schaumburg talk about their path to themselves.
READY for your own needs – as in the hyper-pop influenced tracks BREAKING MY RULES and USED TO DO.
READY for unconditional love, as in the acoustic LAST ONE – a GAY LOVE SONG that celebrates gay love and tells of the ups and downs of the search for it. For the music video he gets support from queer activists and influencers, like Maxi Pichlmeier and ‘Papas im Glück’, who show us their love and their lives.
The queer singer, songwriter, violinist and activist MKSM, who was born in Russia, grew up in Ukraine and lived in London, tells honest and unambiguous queer stories on his third EP. And these are just as diverse as the people who shape them.
MKSM @ hr QUEERTOPIA (2023)
PART OF ME
For International Stammering Awareness Day in October, MKSM speaks about his own story – PART OF ME is an uplifting pop anthem that describes MKSM’s journey and his dealing with stuttering.
He himself has stammered since the age of 4 – his growing up was marked by continuous visits to logopedics, doctors and speech therapists – and even today the topic of stuttering still occasionally visits him. The artist found his language again only when he accepted stuttering as PART OF ME – part of himself. Today, he is open about the topic and uses his voice to show others that they are not alone in their story and that it is worth taking the seemingly long road to self-acceptance. With a canvas format buildup, PART OF ME shows how this breakthrough can sound. MKSM’s soft voice runs over crystal-clearly produced beats that start static and gloomy in the verses and fuel-up on hope in the chorus – MKSM refers to himself as LITTLE BOY and embraces his insecure past self.
Since 1998, October 22 is the „International Stammering Awareness Day” and Germany is among the countries using the International Stammering Awareness Day to create awareness for what life is like for people who stutter.
SHARED ROOM
MKSM is releasing ‘Shared Room’ on May 6th – a groovy love song in the style of Lauv highlighted by rhythmic guitars, MKSM’s violin and smooth synth sounds. Here, MKSM paints an autobiographical love story that flourishes in spite of society’s norms and established rules.
The music video is in Super 8 format and was filmed with a warm, nostalgic look that suits the sound. It consists of documentary-style scenes of a long-term queer relationship and shows MKSM with his husband and their young puppy for the very first time. What began with TWO BOYS IN ONE ROOM has now become two men in an old apartment in Berlin, who after the new same-sex marriage law of 2017 are happily married
After he had the honour to perform on the European Highlight Stage at the virtual GLOBAL PRIDE in 2020, two EPs followed. DEEZER described the singer as one of the most interesting newcomers in Germany and ARD, rbb and hr have also reported on the artist.
In 2023 and 2024, MKSM was Germany’s most booked PRIDE ACT and released a third EP with the title ‘READY’. His self-love track ‘LOVING MYSELF’ was called the ‘pride anthem of the year’ by many media outlets – in May 2024, the artist performed this song live on German television (ZDF).
The singer is currently preparing for the release of his new EP: “The new tracks tell my story as a queer late repatriate unambiguously and without detours.”
MORE 2025 DATES – TBA
21.06.2025 – CSD OLDENBURG
28.06.2025 – BASEL TICKT BUNT
05.07.2025 – CSD REGENSBURG
05.07.2025 – CSD REGENSBURG CLOSING PARTY
19.07.2025 – CSD CHEMNITZ OPENING
20.07.2025 – LGBTIQ* CITY FESTIVAL – BERLIN
26.07.2025 – CSD BERLIN
02.08.2025 – BEETHOVENS BUNTE – BONN
30.01.2025 – QUEERMENTOR ROLE MODEL AWARD – MÜNCHEN
15.02.2025 – WINTER CSD – BERLIN
15.02.2025 – TAG DER DEMOKRATIE – BERLIN
22.02.2025 – DEMO FÜR DIE UKRAINE – BRANDENBURGER TOR, BERLIN
05.03.2025 – SÜSS UND DEFTIG – BERLIN
26.04.2025 – VDK / AKTION MENSCH – OFFENBACH
03.05.2025 – KIRCHENTAG – HANNOVER
21.05.2025 – QUEER SLAM – BERLIN, SO36
24.05.2025 – CSD MKK – SCHLÜCHTERN
31.05.2025 – CSD OSNABRÜCK
01.06.2025 – ACOUSTIC PRIDE – BERLIN, BKA-THEATER
07.06.2025 – CSD SAARLORLUX – SAARBRÜCKEN
14.06.2025 – CSD PINNEBERG
20.06.2025 – CSD DÜSSELDORF
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