Interview with Logan Lynn
We had the pleasure of interviewing Logan Lynn over Zoom video!
Logan Lynn is a songwriter, producer, filmmaker, television personality and activist who Billboard writes "has made a career out of crafting catchy, disorderly songs that almost all...
Logan Lynn is a songwriter, producer, filmmaker, television personality and activist who Billboard writes "has made a career out of crafting catchy, disorderly songs that almost all include big beats, fun melodies and cheeky lyrics".
He has been producing and releasing music for the past two decades, and has albums and singles on Caroline Records, EMI Records, The Dandy Warhols' Beat The World Records, Greyday Records, Mohr Media, Banana Stand Records, his own label imprint Logan Lynn Music, and now (finally!), Kill Rock Stars.
In 2018 Alternative Rockers Portugal. The Man partnered with Logan Lynn on infusing advocacy into their summer tour, engaging the crowds around music and mental health at each sold-out show. The following year it was announced that Lynn had officially joined the Portugal. The Man team in the role of PTM Foundation Director to help build the band's charitable foundation, which he launched in partnership with Portugal. The Man in 2019.
Lynn also joined forces with tech company Top Level Design in 2019 to bring the .gay platform to market alongside George Takei, GLAAD, CenterLink, PFLAG National, Adam Lambert, Roxane Gay and other queer luminaries. That same year, he collaborated with Belgian Producer and Glitch Pop Godfather Styrofoam for Name Your Trouble, which appeared on the series finale of Emmy Award-winning series, EastSiders TV on Netflix — one of five Logan Lynn songs featured on the EastSiders Soundtrack.
Lynn released his first live EP titled Unpeeled in 2020, on Portland's Banana Stand Records. He announced that he had been working on a new album with Producer Gino Mari during quarantine, and a new single titled "Rich and Beautiful" was released in October 2020 alongside a cover of Liz Phair's "Fuck and Run". That same month, "The Library" — a new web series starring Lynn — premiered alongside the global launch of the .gay platform.
Logan signed with Kill Rock Stars in 2021, released a collaboration with fellow KRS artist Bitch as part of the label's 30th Anniversary singles club, and was named one of the OUT100 in the Performers of the Year category by Out Magazine. His 10th studio album, and first full-length release for the label, is titled "New Money" and comes out January 21st, 2022 on vinyl, CD, digital, and streaming.
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