I did an open mic and was walking back to my dorm and I was like, ‘Damn.’ It was this instantaneous thing when I was a freshman, and then I wanted to pursue music. I was just being a huge nerd and trying to get to college, but once I got to college, I was unenthused by all of it. I was always a musician because my parents had me in music classes as a young kid, but I was pretty much on a straight and narrow path in high school. When did you realise you wanted to be a musician? In celebration of the release of his whimsical pop anthem, Jonesing (out today on iTunes and streaming services), we caught up Myylo to discuss his music, the LGBTQ community and the disadvantages of streaming as a new artist. “I kind of want artists to just say it, to me it’s important to use ‘he’ and ‘him’ in songs.” “It was definitely something that when I was 19 or 20 that I was negotiating with myself, but as I put out more and more music, I think it’s important to be honest,” he explains. The singer-songwriter – who hails from Nashville, Tennessee – tells Gay Times that he’s passionate about male artists expressing emotion in their music and queer artists using the correct pronouns, rather the use of ‘you’ in order to appeal to a wider audience.
Myylo is an LGBTQ performer who isn’t afraid to – as cliché as it sounds – speak his mind, especially when it comes to representation within the music industry and breaking down stereotypes of masculinity.
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