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Capitol Records releases Language, the debut album from MNEK. The 23-year-old U.K. artist already has one billion streams to his name, between his early material and wider collaborations. After writing and producing for such artists as Beyoncé, Dua Lipa, Little Mix, Madonna, Diplo, MØ, Rudimental, to name a few, MNEK now puts his formidable talent in the service of his own artistic vision. Download / stream Language HERE.

His new single, "Colour" featuring singer/actress Hailee Steinfeld, reached a massive 25 global New Music Friday playlists and streams have surpassed 50 million. The FADER said, "It's brimful of rainbow metaphors and positivity and everything you probably need more of." Streams of the album's first single, "Tongue," now exceed eight million.

"Correct" – another track released in the leadup to the release of Language – also won widespread praise. Billboard observed, "'Correct' busts out an array of MNEK's flows for a swaggering, hyperactive display of his songwriting chops, his smooth voice hopscotching over a skittering beat." PAPER Magazine hailed the song as "a call-to-arms for queer people the world over to command the respect we deserve, not to mention a catchy, grimy, island-riddim bop if there ever was one."

"This album for me is not just about making records,' MNEK explains. "It's not just about having hit singles. I think it's really about rectifying that thing which, for me, I just never had someone to look up to."

He points out that the brilliant white gay pop stars at pop's top table today had a brace of icons to walk in the footfall of – from Elton John and Freddie Mercury through Pet Shop Boys, Boy George and George Michael.

"Then you get to Luther Vandross. Amazing. So talented. But he never came out because of fear of religion and his mum," says MNEK. "I saw that and I thought I don't want to be like that. The black experience is a different one. I needed someone to hear my truth from."

Language is an album that subverts all preconceptions, cleverly playing on its own extensive pop knowledge and reframing it as something brand new. When the familiar sample from Ultra Nate's "Free" is chopped and screwed through "Paradise," two tracks later MNEK presents his own utopian song called "Free." These little touches are its making.

MNEK signed his first publishing deal at age 14. "Never Forget You," his duet with Zara Larsson, topped Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart and has been certified 3x Platinum in the U.S. He featured on Duke Dumont's "Need You (100%)," which earned a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Dance Recording. The list of artists MNEK has written and produced for includes Beyoncé, Dua Lipa, Little Mix, Madonna, Diplo, MØ, Rudimental, Julia Michaels and Stormzy, to name but a few.

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