Justin Bieber (photo by Lisa O'Connor / AFP) / Mk.gee (photo by Will Shaw)
In a seemingly unlikely pairing, Mk.gee (aka Michael Gordon) has been recruited by Justin Bieber to write and record new music.
The rising indie rocker opened up about hitting the studio with Bieber in a new interview with The New York Times . “He’s searching,” Mk.gee said. “Anything that comes out of his mouth: That’s pop music. You can really do pretty wild stuff behind that, just because it represents something.”
Mk.gee continued by explaining that he’s not necessarily chasing a pop sound, but rather “the promise of pop music” while carving out his own path. “Experimentalism has no meaning unless it’s done on the grandest scale,” he said. “I just don’t want to join somebody else’s citadel. I want to build my own thing, my own castle with my friends, because that’s what needed. And if people want to come, they can come.”
The news of Mk.gee and Bieber working together doesn’t come completely out of left field. Reddit speculated about a potential collaboration a few months back, and there’s a TikTok clip of Bieber listening to Dijon’s “Many Times,” which Mk.gee co-wrote.
In addition, Mk.gee has collaborated with pop-leaning artists like Omar Apollo and The Kid Laroi in the past. Read the full New York Times profile here .
Mk.gee is currently on a fall North American tour in support of his debut album, Two Star & the Dream Police , which will be followed by dates in the UK, Europe, and Australia. See the full schedule below, and get tickets here .
Meanwhile, Bieber’s last album, Justice , was released in 2021. He was forced to cancel a world tour the following year after dealing with partial paralysis caused by Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome.
Mk.gee 2024 Tour Dates: 09/06 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater 09/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium 09/08 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium 09/09 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park 09/11 – Denver, CO @ Summit 09/13 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall 09/14 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s Austin 09/15 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues Dallas 09/18 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle 09/19 – Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom 09/20 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works 09/21 – Newport, KY @ MegaCorp Pavilion 09/23 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore 09/24 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place 09/25 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 09/26 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues Boston 09/28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall 09/29 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount 10/01 – Toronto, ON @ History 10/02 – Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew’s Hall 10/03 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre 10/05 – Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater 10/29 – London, UK @ Electric Brixton 10/30 – London, UK @ Electric Brixton 10/31 – London, UK @ Electric Brixton 11/02 – Paris, FR @ Élysée-Montmartre 11/04 – Berlin, DE @ Betonhalle 11/05 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso 12/03 – Brisbane, AU @ The Triffid 12/05 – Sydney, AU @ Enmore Theatre 12/06 – Meredith, AU @ Meredith Music Festival 12/07 – Melbourne, AU @ Max Watt’s 12/08 – Melbourne, AU @ Forum Theatre
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