American - Musician | February 12, 1988 -
I wanted to see if I could be happy without a lot of stuff. And what I found out was, yeah, I really could.
Mike Posner
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I've only had success when I'm not trying to. It's that weird thing where if you're trying to impress a girl, you're not going to impress her. But if you aren't trying to impress a girl, you'll probably impress her because you're not trying.
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I grew up a hip-hop kid doing mix-tapes.
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It's always hard for an artist from the U.K. to break into the United States. It's especially harder for a rapper because hip-hop is such an American art form.
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I co-produced 'Boyfriend' by Justin Bieber and worked on Labrinth's album, so I've been keeping busy.
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When I recorded 'Cooler Than Me', I had been singing for like, three months at the most. I was just a producer experimenting with my voice on tracks, and now I'm, like, a really good singer in a legit way.
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How can a song all about struggling with the afterglow of fame thrust someone into fame? How can a lyric like, 'I'm just a singer who already blew his shot,' give a singer another shot? I don't know... but it's funny.
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If they want to party and do all the things I say brought me sadness in my song, with my song as the soundtrack... so be it.
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I'm kind of like a rapper trapped in a singer's body.
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That's why I make mixtapes. That's why I work with Don Cannon; that's why i work with Big Sean. Even though I don't rap, I got love and acceptance in that community, and that's something that I really take seriously and hold close to my heart.
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It took me a long time to stumble upon a sound, and I figured out I wanted to kinda sing rapper's lyrics.
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People like me for my songwriting and production, not my singing.
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