WHAT IT IS: NYC-born pop-soul singer/actor/dancer has made waves since being signed to Pete Wentz’s DCD2 Records. The 23-year-old amassed more than 400k SEA for “Gibberish,” his first release on DCD2/Crush, which accrued 50m+ streams worldwide. MAX also starred in the Brian Wilson biopic, Love & Mercy, as Van Dyke Parks and modeled for a Dolce & Gabbana campaign featuring Madonna. Currently, he’s promoting his album Hell’s Kitchen Angel, which spawned his single, “Lights Down Low”—a riveting song featuring gnash, which is clocking 5m+ streams per week.
ALBUM: Hell’s Kitchen Angel
RELEASE DATE: 2016
SINGLE: “Lights Down Low” f/gnash
TV: NBC’s Today
LIVE: Spring/summer 2017 international tour with gnash; sold-out shows throughout the U.S; confirmed Lollapalooza performance this fall
INTERNET: 75m streams WW; official video has 6m+ streams; featured on Spotify’s Today’s Top Hits for 90 days and counting; #1 in Hawaii on Shazam for 5 straight weeks
RADIO: Major airplay on Sirius XM Hits 1, Sirius XM Venus; early airplay on Radio Disney, WNCI, WSMX, WNFN, WWHT; major feature on iHeartMedia’s nationally syndicated John Jay & Rich Show, among many others; named KISS-FM’s Artist of the Week
PRESS: Teen Vogue, Elvis Duran, MTV
BOOKING: Ira Goldenring, Evan Hancock, Devin Landau/Paradigm
PUBLISHING: Second Minor Ent./Kobalt
MANAGEMENT: Jonathan Daniel, Bob McLynn, Ian Planet/Crush Music