Mingxuan Gao on SoundBetter

Music producer, songwriter, and artist with 13+ million stream on Spotify (2023). Work with the collaborator of Billboard and Rolling Stone-featured Vardaan Arora, RuPaul's Drag Race UK’s Tia Kofi, and Produce 101 China season 3 contestant Curley G.

Against all odds, this Toronto-based first-generation immigrant has made a splash in both the Canadian and international music scene. His musical journey began at age 8, with classical piano training. At age 12, he began writing and producing songs, eventually attending Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology. The multi-hyphenate released his first solo tracks as a singer under Kennen in 2020. Described as a pop auteur, his beat-forward, lovelorn songs—including quintessential indie-pop "1 2 365 4 Me”—amassed 4 million plus streams on Spotify as of 2023; landing editorial playlists such as NMF Canada, Daily Lift, Fresh Finds, GLOW, it’s a bop, Jasmine, and more. He’s landed sync placements, including Maybelline’s Cushion Matte Commercial starring ITZY, and CBC’s The Strays (2021). Over 9 million plus streams are under his belt as a genre-fluid producer, including his work for artists such as Billboard and Rolling Stone-featured Vardaan Arora, RuPaul's Drag Race UK’s Tia Kofi, and and Produce 101 China season 3 contestant Curley G. Additional collaborators include Lyle Kam, Bryn McCutcheon and Kirstyn Johnson of Good Grief, Alex Porat, Gabe Reali and more. He is offers music production, toplining, songwriting, mixing and mastering services.

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