Titanic Sinclair

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Titanic Sinclair
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Mixter during the Poppy.Computer Tour at The Cedar Cultural Center in 2018
Born
Corey Michael Mixter

(1987-02-12) February 12, 1987 (age 36)
Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.
Occupations
  • Director
  • musician
Years active2006–present
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2009–present
Subscribers119.00 thousand [1]
Total views12.11 million [1]
(February 2, 2019)
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2017
Last updated: 10 Jul 2022

Corey Michael Mixter (born February 12, 1987 [2] ) known professionally under his pseudonym Titanic Sinclair, is an American director, producer, singer-songwriter and internet personality. He was previously one-half of the indie pop duo Mars Argo and a creative collaborator of American singer and YouTube personality Poppy. [3]

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Collaborations

From 2009 to 2014, Sinclair directed and wrote the video content for the Mars Argo internet series Computer Show on YouTube. Sinclair also wrote and produced the duo's musical albums they released independently.

In 2010, Sinclair directed the music video for Stepdad's song "My Leather, My Fur, My Nails".

Sinclair was commissioned to create an acoustic video series for singer/musician Børns. One video featured LA singer/songwriter Zella Day. The videos featured music from Børns' first EP titled Candy which Sinclair also provided the EP artwork for.

After moving to Los Angeles in 2013 to pursue a musical career, Poppy collaborated with Sinclair [4] on a long series of abstract performance art, music, and promotional videos on YouTube which presented Poppy as a mysterious, not-quite-human internet-created character. Sinclair and Poppy then worked together on writing songs, creating albums, a concert tour, a YouTube Red internet show, and their continuing series of several hundred YouTube videos. In June 2018, the pair launched Poppy.Church, an interactive fan site.

In August 2016, Sinclair directed the music video for the Knox Hamilton song titled "Washed Up Together".

In June 2019, Sinclair directed the music video for rapper Vic Mensa's song "Camp America".

Controversies and abuse allegations

Mars Argo lawsuit

On April 17, 2018, Sinclair's former collaborator and partner Mars Argo filed a lawsuit in federal court against Sinclair and Poppy alleging copyright infringement, stating that Sinclair based Poppy's online persona on hers, as well as emotional and physical abuse Sinclair had allegedly subjected her to in the period after their separation and the subsequent abandonment of the project. [5] On May 7, Poppy made a public statement about the "frivolous" lawsuit, saying Argo was attempting to manipulate her psychologically and that Mars was working with a person who had allegedly abused Poppy in the past, Josh Moran. She called the suit a "publicity campaign" and a "desperate grab for fame". [6] It was settled out of court on September 14 "with no money exchanging hands". [7] [8] Argo released a statement in January 2019 that all rights to Mars Argo had been assigned to her as part of the settlement. [9]

Poppy

On December 29, 2019, Poppy released a statement on Twitter announcing that she parted ways with Sinclair, claiming that he "glamorizes suicide" and used it as a way to manipulate her. [10] An example of this behavior is an instance in which Poppy alleges Sinclair was going to hang himself with one of her personal belongings and had also messaged fans details about his suicidal attempts for attention. She said that Sinclair "lives an illusion that he is a gift to this Earth" and that she was "trapped in a mess that [she] needed to dig [her]self out of." [11] [12] Prior to the statement, Sinclair's directorial credits were removed from recent videos on Poppy's YouTube channel, with his songwriting credits later being removed from several songs on streaming platforms.

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums
TitleDetails
Thick Jello [13]
I Have Teeth [14]
Texas Dream

EPs

List of studio albums
TitleDetails
Christmas Singalong

Singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum
"Trust Fund" [15] 2015Non-album singles
"Fucking on Fire" [16]
"Losing My Mind" [17] 2016
"Broken Boy" [18] 2020
"Scorpio" [19]
"Texas Dream" [20] Texas Dream
"We Danced All Night"2021
"Señorita"
"I Want to Fuck You"2022Non-album singles
"It's a Boy"
"I Can't Tell"
"Your Horoscope"

Songwriting credits

SongYearArtist(s)Album
"The Singularity is Near"2009 Mars Argo Technology is a Dead Bird
"Suicide Birds"
"Mrs. Stadler"
"Machine"
"Monsters Under My Bed"
"Technology Is a Dead Bird"
"Sideways and Sideways"
"You Don't Know Me Anymore"
"Feeling Welcome in a Time Warp"
"Tired Today"
"Electric Car"2010Internet Sessions
"Everything Turns to Gold"
"A-Okay"2011Linden Place
"Formal Girl"
"Beauty is Empty"
"Using You"
"Love in Black and White"
"Nothing Without You"Mars Argo
"Pls Don't Forget Me"Non-album single
"Runaway Runaway"2012Runaway Runaway – Single
"Stuck on You"
"Won't Change"2014501, Protohype, RasCrystallize
"Dopamine"2015 BØRNS Dopamine (Børns album)
"Overnight Sensation"
"Everybody Wants to Be Poppy" Poppy Non-album single
"Money" Bubblebath
"American Kids"2016
"I'm Poppy"2017 Poppy.Computer
"Let's Make a Video"
"Bleach Blonde Baby"
"My Style"
"Interweb"
"Software Upgrade"
"Pop Music"
"Immature Couture"2018Non-album single
"Fashion After All" Am I a Girl?
"Iconic"
"Chic Chick"
"Time is Up"
"Aristocrat"
"Hard Feelings"
"Girls in Bikinis"
"The Rapture Ball"
"Am I a Girl?"
"X"
"Choke"2019Choke
"Voicemail"
"Scary Mask"
"Meat"
"The Holy Mountain"
"Concrete" I Disagree
"I Disagree"
"Bloodmoney"
"Fill The Crown"
"Anything Like Me"2020
"Sit/Stay"
"Bite Your Teeth"
"Sick of the Sun"
"Don't Go Outside"

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References

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  2. ↑ "Corey Mixter Mugshot | 08/12/10 Michigan Arrest". michigan.arrests.org. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  3. ↑ Hess, Amanda (February 4, 2018). "The Rise of the Social Media Fembot". The New York Times .
  4. ↑ "Corey Michael Mixter". Genius. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  5. ↑ "YouTube Feud: Mars Sues Titanic and ThatPoppy: You Jacked My Identity!!!". TMZ . Retrieved April 17, 2018.[ verification needed ]
  6. ↑ "Poppy Responds to Mars Argo Copyright Suit, Calls It 'Desperate Grab for Fame'". Billboard . Retrieved May 7, 2018.[ verification needed ]
  7. ↑ "Poppy and collaborator Titanic Sinclair settle lawsuit with Mars Argo". NME. Retrieved January 8, 2019.[ verification needed ]
  8. ↑ "Lawsuit against YouTube personality Poppy dismissed". The Daily Dot. September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.[ verification needed ]
  9. ↑ @marsargo (January 9, 2019). ""Brittany Sheets is pleased to have settled the litigation with Corey Mixter, aka Titanic Sinclair, and Moriah 'Poppy' Pereira. All rights in Mars Argo have been assigned to Ms. Sheets. Brittany is deeply grateful for the outpouring of support she has received throughout this painful process. She is happy with this resolution and is excited to move forward both professionally and personally." – Matthew Umhofer" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ↑ "Poppy Parts with Creative Partner Titanic Sinclair". PAPER. December 29, 2019.
  11. ↑ @poppy (December 28, 2019). "To whom it may concern, ..." (Tweet). Archived from the original on December 31, 2019 – via Twitter.
  12. ↑ Childers, Chad (December 29, 2019). "Poppy Splits With Creative Partner Titanic Sinclair". Loudwire.
  13. ↑ Titanic Sinclair (December 5, 2012). "Spotify – Thick Jello". open.spotify.com.
  14. ↑ Titanic Sinclair (June 28, 2014). "Spotify – I Have Teeth". open.spotify.com.
  15. ↑ Titanic Sinclair (May 7, 2015). "Trust Fund (single) | Titanic Sinclair". titanicsinclair.bandcamp.com.
  16. ↑ Titanic Sinclair (June 17, 2015). "Spotify – Fucking On Fire". open.spotify.com.
  17. ↑ Titanic Sinclair (January 15, 2016). "Spotify – Losing My Mind". open.spotify.com.
  18. ↑ Titanic Sinclair (April 30, 2020). "Spotify – Broken Boy". open.spotify.com.
  19. ↑ Titanic Sinclair (June 23, 2020). "Spotify – Scorpio". open.spotify.com.
  20. ↑ "Texas Dream – Single by Titanic Sinclair on Apple Music". music.apple.com. October 14, 2020.
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