I'M TOTALLY OBSESSED WITH HIM

It’s with great pride and joy that I finally get to share with you my new video for “I’m Totally Obsessed With Him”.

It's a song about crushing, fanboying and obsession! It's about hot, sexy man-ness! It's about pure, unadulterated joy! It's about L.O.❤️.E.!

When I was planning the video, it was of the utmost importance to me to bring together and work with a diverse range of awesome and talented artists and crew members from across the LGBTQ+ communities, as well as people from all different backgrounds and walks of life. I believe passionately in diversity, inclusivity and equality and so I wanted to ensure this was represented both on screen and off.

This video is a celebration of queerness, togetherness, fun and pride. As an independent artist, for me this project stands as a real testament to what can be achieved when a bunch of incredibly talented, dedicated and beautiful people come together to create something special, with a very small budget but with a huge amount of planning, commitment and hard work. The goal was to represent and to produce something magical and fun; I feel like we pulled it off successfully and I’m super proud of the results.

Full credits and thanks can be seen underneath the video, below.

I’ve been beside myself with excitement for you to see this vid! I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do.

Matt x

**CREDITS**

A Superfishel Bates Production

BEHIND THE SCENES:

Executive Producers - Matt Fishel & Joe Bates
Creative Direction & Directorial Realness - Matt Fishel & Joe Bates
Associate Director/Choreographer - Jennifer Irons
Assistant Director/Choreographer - Joe Bates
Art Direction & Styling - Claire Campbell
Director of Photography, Camera, Lighting & Technical Wizardry - John-Martin White
Hair & Make-up - Claire Campbell, Justyna Kruszka, Sarah-Hope Smith
Additional Styling - Zarif
Production Assistant - Siân Gilling
Technical Assistant & Runner - Elliot Jokinen
Camera Assistant & Runner - Sophie Ramischwili
Assistant to Matt Fishel - Zarif
Editing - John-Martin White, Matt Fishel, Joe Bates

ON SCREEN:

Lip-synching for his Life:
Matt Fishel

Core Dancers/Additional Choreography:
Tina Omotosho (Dance Captain), Sadiq Ali, Joe Garcia, Rhys Hollis, Andrew Graham, Elisa Chou, Laure Bachelot

Additional Dancers/Choir:
Annie Hanauer, Sarah Blanc, Emmanuella Idris, Yen-Ching Lin

Sax-tastic Bathroom Squad:
Sax God - Matt Fishel
Fierce Queen - Rhys Hollis
Naughty Nun - Sarah Blanc
Sexy Policeman - Christopher Owen
Rubber Boy - Joe Garcia
Lipstick Lady - Zarif
Horny Giraffes - Andrew Ellerby & Joe Bates

Band:
Musical Supervision/Sax - Mike Lesirge
Guitar - Diana-Maria Diehl, Christopher Owen
Bass - Sarah Bates
Drums - Guillaume Jambel
Keys - Lou Hartman
Trumpet - Elisa Chou
Backing Vocals - Siri Steinmo, Zarif, Amalia Economos
Fierce Diva - Emmanuella Idris
Choir – Savannah Fishel, Charlotte Thornton, Rosie Richards, Hannah Sless
Additional Finale Performers - Andrew Ellerby, Steven Clatworthy

Filmed on location throughout the stunning spaces of Shoreditch Town Hall, London, UK

HUGE thanks, infinite gratitude and bucket-loads of love to each and every one of the beautiful and sickeningly talented people listed above!
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PLUS...Extra special thanks and huge hugs to the wonderful:
James Pidgeon, Joanne Williams, Ian Moore, Alex Hick, Zena Sayers and the technical team at Shoreditch Town Hall; Daniel Pitt and Chisenhale Dance Space; Frances Morris and the costume department of London Contemporary Dance School (The Place); Georgia and everyone at Mad World, London West End; Nick Connaughton, Vicky Malin, Andy Overton and Susanna Recchia.

M/F

O-M/F-G you guys!!

It’s with overwhelming excitement that I finally get to bring you my new baby M/F! I’ve put my heart, my soul, my blood, sweat and tears and every other possible cliché into creating this album - from writing and recording the music to sourcing, designing and laying out all the artwork and producing the physical products. It's been a true labour of love and I'm so excited to finally get to share it with you!

Thematically, there’s a lot of stuff on M/F about life from my perspective as an out, proud and happy gay guy, working things out as I go along; politically passionate; in a beautiful relationship; embracing and exploring many aspects of LGBT+ life whilst on my journey. I have a lot to say with this album and a lot of commentary on society and the world around me as I perceive it, and I think you’ll find it’s overwhelmingly positive, upbeat and celebratory, with a little touch of melancholy thrown into the mix every now and then. But the overall tone is definitely one of joy and the songs are filled with positive energy and celebration.

I'm beyond thrilled to finally share these songs with you in full, along with all of the beautiful pieces of artwork and the gorgeous physical products that I’ve put together for you. The 12-minute ‘sampler’ video below contains extracts from every one of the album’s 12 songs, showcasing many of the artwork images and giving a quick tour of the physical & digital products available.

M/F is available NOW on:
Limited Edition double 180g transparent Vinyl
6-panel CD Digipak and
iTunes download
Each of these 3 packages comes with booklets containing all lyrics, album photography and liner notes. Physical copies are strictly limited (and rather beautiful!) so click on the links above or head over to my web store now to get yours while stocks last. Go on, treat yourself! ;)

You can also download and/or stream the album on all major platforms, including, Spotify,  MUSIC, Amazon, Tidal, etc

And so, the time has finally come to hand it over to you guys. I hope you love it as much as I do. Enjoy! 

Matt x

SOLDIERS

2015 was a difficult year for me, with the loss of several loved ones and family members. This third single from “M/F” is by far the saddest song on the new album and it undeniably captures the spirit of those beautiful family members who passed away, but it's most specifically a tribute to my childhood friend/ex boyfriend who tragically and unexpectedly died during the same year. It hit me hard, for several reasons, and I wanted to take all my feelings of sadness and grief and turn them into a positive, uplifting 'power anthem' (with some political commentary and anger thrown in for good measure, of course!) I'm so proud of this song. I hope you love it like I do. It will always be deeply personal to me but now, finally, I can hand it over to you, to whom it now belongs. And so, with no big frills or fanfares, I give you: "SOLDIERS" 💔🥀 M x

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LGBTQIA (A New Generation)

Hey everyone! Below you can hear and watch the official video for my new single "LGBTQIA (A New Generation)", which I'm crazy excited to finally share with you! For a long time, I felt a deep need inside of me to write and record this, so thought I'd just say a few words about my inspiration behind the song.

Firstly, it's a dedication to today's generation of fabulous youth around the world: increasingly open-minded, loving, caring and understanding of one another's differences and similarities. I've seen so many incredible, free-thinking, community-orientated, liberal young individuals in the comment sections of my videos over the last few years, and it's been massively heartwarming and inspiring to witness. Kids full of pride, who celebrate difference, unafraid to experiment and unashamed of labels; a generation able to flourish and find their voices in radically changed societies; people able to experience and enjoy their own identities from a young(er) age, under the protection of (new) law(s) and without fear of criminal persecution.

But at the same time, it's so important not to become complacent and to continue to call out those politicians, world leaders, governments and global institutions who, through misguided morals and often with malicious intent, actively stand in the way of equality being achieved. Those folks still lost in the past, on the wrong side of history, stuck in a war of ignorance. The ones who want to see this new generation's liberties quashed at every opportunity!

And yet mostly, this song is my heartfelt thank you to the hundreds of thousands who came before us; to the ones who paved the way and broke down the walls; to the generations who sacrificed and suffered through inequality and gross injustice, but who nonetheless challenged their systems and authorities and fought tirelessly to bring about the kinds of changes we're seeing today, so that people like me could experience the freedoms, happiness and, eventually, legal protections that so many of us now enjoy in our societies. This is for the ones who made it possible for folk like me to upload songs like this onto a global platform without fear of persecution or repercussion.

Tragically, this is still not always the case and the fight continues in many parts of the world even now. So we must never take our equality for granted, especially whilst so many of our brothers and sisters around the world still experience so much prejudice and, in many cases, physical danger. Those of us who are able to live freely and authentically within our own societies - we must carry on doing whatever we can so that everyone can enjoy these freedoms in the future. And we must never forget those who relentlessly gave everything (and still do) to make this “better world” a reality for everyone.

This song stands as my tribute to those trailblazers, pioneers, freedom fighters, activists and everyday people who gave their lives to fight for global equality. Hope you enjoy it! M x

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