MIA GLADSTONE

**Mia Gladstone**, stylized in all capitals as **MIA GLADSTONE**, is an American singer-songwriter and music producer. She gained popularity from multiple features on songs with artists such as Yung Gravy and bbno$. She released her debut single, "Close To You" on February 17th 2017. She continued on to release an album, LOOPY, and two extended plays, her debut EP, “GROW" and her sophomore EP, "CYCLE/S".

## Early Life

Mia Gladstone was born on August 23rd, 1999 in South Orange, New Jersey to Richard Gladstone, a sandalmaker, and Jennie Amias, a documentary producer. She has two brothers, Max Gladstone, a personal fitness trainer, and Sam Gladstone, a freerunner and drummer.

Gladstone did not attend college, as she chose to pursue music full-time post-high school.

## Career

### 2016 - 2017: Soundcloud, Debut

Gladstone started posting demos to Soundcloud in 2016, including DAZE, Number One, Ideal, and Favorite Thing. Her first studio performance was a feature on Trent the HOOLiGAN single “Purple People” on July 10th, 2016.

She was later featured on Yung Gravy’s “Mrs. Gravystone” on December 24th, 2016 and bbno$ “Thots” on February 2nd, 2017. She released her debut studio single “Close To You” shortly after on February 17th 2017.

On October 11th, 2017, Gladstone was featured on a track of Yung Gravy and bbno$’s collaborative EP, “Baby Gravy”. She continued on to release her second studio single “Hold It Down” on December 1st, 2017. Gladstone’s brother, Sam Gladstone, co-wrote and performed drums for the song.

### 2017 - 2019: GROW

Gladstone released her third studio single “Revolutionize” on February 6th, 2018. She then went on to release studio singles “Lavender,” which was previously available as a demo on SoundCloud, on March 15th, 2018 and “Don’t Look At Me!” on May 18th 2018.

On July 12th, 2018, Gladstone was featured in another bbno$ song, “pennies up”, for his debut studio album “bb steps”. She then continued on to release studio singles “Grow” on November 2nd, 2018 and “Love U” on February 22nd, 2019. Gladstone teased the music video for her 2017 single “Hold It Down” on March 27th, 2019, and the music video was released on April 3rd, 2019.

On March 8th, 2019, Gladstone released studio single “It’s Too Late”, a cover of Carole King’s song of the same name in her own style. She then released studio single “Baby Don’t Worry” on April 24th, 2019 along with a music video on May 8th, 2019. The song was co-produced with Alex Fitts of The Kickdrums. On May 31, 2019, Gladstone was featured in another Yung Gravy song, “Charlene”, for his debut studio album “Sensational”.

On May 30th, 2019, Gladstone teased a demo in an Instagram video called “Booty Getting Fatter!”. She stated that if she got five-hundred comments on the video that she would officially release the song. The video has gained over one-thousand comments, and Gladstone released a completed version of the song on June 19th, 2019. A music video was released on the same day.

On August 8th, 2019, Gladstone announced the release of her debut EP, “GROW” with a self-recorded live acoustic version of her song “LonelyAsFck”. “GROW” EP was released on August 21st, 2019. A music video for the lead single “Grow” was released on September 26th, 2019. A music video for “LonelyAsFck” was released on October 29th, 2019.

On November 20th, 2019, Gladstone released studio single “GEEKIN” with rapper Ciscero. A music video was released on April 15th, 2020.

### 2020 - 2022: CYCLE/S

On October 8th, 2020, Gladstone announced new single “CHANGE THE CHANNEL” which was released October 15th. A music video was released on the same day.

On October 21st, 2020, Gladstone was featured in Tobi Lou’s “Notice Me”. A music video was released on the same day. Gladstone received backlash due to wearing a Bindi, a bright dot applied in between the eyebrows in India and Southeast Asia which holds religious significance for Hindu, Buddhism, and Jainism, in the music video. Gladstone addressed this and apologized in an Instagram post.

On November 12th, 2020, Gladstone announced new single “FOOD” which she had teased once before on July 6th, 2019 on her Instagram. The song was released on November 19th, 2020 with a music video following shortly after on December 4th, 2020. On the same day, Gladstone teased her sophomore EP in her Instagram story.

Gladstone officially announced her sophomore, five-track EP, "CYCLE/S" on November 27th, 2020 and that it would be released on December 5th, 2020. A music video for song “GO” was released on February 10th, 2021.

On May 2nd, 2021, it was announced that Gladstone created the intro and outro music featured in podcast “Models That Eat” hosted by Phoebe Pojo. On May 14th, 2021 Gladstone’s song “CHANGE THE CHANNEL” was featured on Howard Stern’s Sirius XM radio show. Despite Stern criticizing the song, this was considered a ‘career milestone’ for her. In August of 2021, Gladstone performed a one hour set for WYBC Ante-Fling 2021 at Firehouse 12.

From September 26th to November 11th, Gladstone toured with artist Kiefer and Eli Navvy across the United States, which was her first ever tour. On October 2nd, 2021, Gladstone’s song “GEEKIN” featuring Ciscero was featured in a Boss x Russell Athletic commercial, considered as another milestone. This is the first of Gladstone’s music to be featured in a mainstream commercial.

On November 17th, 2021, Gladstone stated that she was having a dispute with another artist that she had previously collaborated with over refusing to pay her for a song she had been featured on. On January 20th, 2022, Gladstone revealed that the artist was Spazzy D (real name Ashton Mallory) and stated that the song “My Love” was in the process of being taken down from streaming services. The song had amassed 3.2 million streams on Spotify prior to being removed. Gladstone stated that she would like to reupload and/or recycle her vocals from the song under her own name in the future.

### 2022-present: LOOPY

From March 3rd to March 6th, 2022, Gladstone performed a forty-five minute set at the Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival in Sunshine Grove, Okeechobee, Florida. On April 29th, 2022, Gladstone announced new single “EMPATHY” which released May 6th after a one and a half-year hiatus, along with a music video made by William Alan Harris releasing on the same day. The song features Matt Martians.

From June 6th, 2022 to approximately June 27th, 2022, Gladstone toured the United Kingdom and Europe with artists Kiefer and Eli Navvy. On June 13th, 2022, Gladstone was featured on the This Is An Experiment podcast alongside producer Danny Shyman. She confirmed that she had a full-length album in the works, which she called a ‘producer project’, and talked about her experiences as a singer-songwriter and producer. She also confirmed that her next project would be fully self-produced. On June 28th, 2022, Gladstone’s song “I FEEL FINE” was featured in an Apple Watch Series 7 advertisement. Gladstone posted about the ad on her Twitter on July 2nd, 2022.

On August 9th, Gladstone’s song “GEEKIN” was used in a Prose styling gel ad. Gladstone’s new single “TALKING ONLINE”, which featured Belis, was released on August 17th. A music video made by William Alan Harris was released on the same day. On September 10th, Gladstone released single “SOCIAL MEDIA” featuring Trent the HOOLiGAN on September 14th. The album’s final single “OPEN LETTER” featuring Teezo Touchdown was released on October 12th.

Gladstone released her first studio LP and third studio project overall “LOOPY” on October 14th, 2022. The album featured eleven tracks, with all but two featuring other artists.

On April 27th, 2023, Gladstone released 2011 with LIFEOFTHOM. It was later revealed to be a track made for LOOPY that didn’t make the final cut.

## Personal Life

Gladstone is an outspoken activist for body positivity, veganism, and spirituality. She struggled with body dysmorphia as a teenager. She identifies as genderfluid, part of the LGBTQ+ community, and is polyamorous. She is of Jewish religion. She uses marijuana and frequently references it in her music. She has three cats named Spidey, Nunu, and Dolly.

On November 27th, 2018, Gladstone revamped her second Instagram account, dedicating the space to bringing awareness to female and non-binary music producers. Some artists that have been featured on the page are Maddie Jay, DJ Perly, and Blu DeTiger.

In 2021, Gladstone moved from South Orange, New Jersey to Charlotte, North Carolina.

## Trivia

* Gladstone is 5’3 ft/160 cm
* Gladstone has 369k monthly listeners on Spotify as of May 2022.
* Gladstone’s fanbase calls themselves “Gladstoners.”
* Gladstone frequently teases snippets of her unreleased music on her social media.
* Gladstone has an OnlyFans account. She frequently criticizes those who are anti-sex work.
* Gladstone wrote her first song for her second-grade talent show.
* Gladstone was the lead of her school’s musical in 8th grade.
* Gladstone is a huge fan of Amy Winehouse and frequently references her in inspiration for her own music. She also likes Madlib, David Bowie, and Flying Lotus.
* Gladstone says she would be working on an organic farm if she hadn’t chosen a career in music.
* Gladstone’s biggest pet peeve is when men “mansplain” music terms to her.

## Note

Gladstone uses she/her and they/them pronouns. This article, as well as all articles on the wiki, uses she/her pronouns for consistency.

## References

1. ↑ Cools Magazine Interview, 2019 https://cools.com/mia-gladstone-music-interview/amp
2. ↑ Gladstone’s Soundcloud https://m.soundcloud.com/miagladstone
3. ↑ “Purple People” Trent the HOOLiGAN ft. Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/track/2Z6f4FlMr7KssvXbNMEI55
4. ↑ “Mrs. Gravystone” Yung Gravy ft. Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/track/0LbnnN004xylojHTZtvsTy?autoplay=true&source\_application=google\_assistant
5. ↑ “Thots” bbno$ ft. Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/album/5NUhCdFwRq19a5TXYhmxs7
6. ↑ “Close To You” Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/track/5b3ggbYVTjvDDBzWZXOx90
7. ↑ “Gold” Yung Gravy & bbno$ ft. Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/track/2DEZ9PTkEkAoJSOaz6B2SI
8. ↑ “Hold It Down” Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/track/669yrjH89yBQgTHR4i1VfB
9. ↑ "Revolutionize" Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/track/5ZRskCjLCZcdI3FjbZNpAb
10. ↑ "Lavender" Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/album/3yCiCnx5xAgIS6zS2MHp1i
11. ↑ "Don't Look At Me" Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/track/29Azp5RddOGrHDKbbM5LtV
12. ↑ "pennies up" bbno$ ft. Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/track/6yfOyFlHFqFRaVFmFyowgf
13. ↑ "Grow (song)" Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/album/6kg9OkJwHvt0JeM5umLYEx
14. ↑ "Love U' Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/track/1C5iE0QwEkde74wgSRLy9I
15. ↑ "It's Too Late" Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/track/3WaoNjaJhj1LlPMXcUkA2W
16. ↑ "Baby Don't Worry" Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/track/18wl9EZLc5itIf8YR74kdm
17. ↑ "Charlene" Yung Gravy ft. Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/track/2BfyXyivg20NJ5dgqJfKfL
18. ↑ Gladstone teases “Booty Getting Fatter!” on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/ByG4xPClk2Y/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
19. ↑ "Booty Getting Fatter!" Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/track/11HVJXNgiIv5LAExfC6GRP
20. ↑ "Grow (EP)" Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/album/7akj4ATnCnOCL1GwKVSy5z
21. ↑ "GEEKIN" Mia Gladstone ft. Ciscero https://open.spotify.com/track/3JwkBFkc65p4cMpXXWSnmh
22. ↑ "CHANGE THE CHANNEL" Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/track/7jCwlREfUpw0NCIU23hMhx
23. ↑ "Notice Me" tobi lou ft. Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/album/4LYOhB4O7qq3mtPYKPG38S
24. ↑ Gladstone addresses “Notice Me” Bindi on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CGk-zWtni00/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
25. ↑ "FOOD" Mia Gladstone https://open.spotify.com/album/0FS1f3ZouJx2uMKsrHpu6W
26. ↑ "CYCLE/S" Mia Gladstone http://open.spotify.com/album/10O6gdA0uhYKbwW7F7BuAG
27. ↑ Mia Gladstone on “Models That Eat” on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/COYsy5yHHtQ/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
28. ↑ Mia Gladstone addresses Howard Stern radio feature on Instagram and TikTok https://www.instagram.com/p/CO3UX00HX5z/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
29. ↑ Kiefer “When There’s Love Around” Tour https://www.instagram.com/p/CT4\_rmYJAF9/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
30. ↑ Boss x Russell Athletic Commercial https://www.instagram.com/p/CUiXNIFF-OF/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
31. ↑ Mia Gladstone addresses not being paid for her work on Twitter https://twitter.com/miagladstone/status/1461122248652247045?s=21&t=FUk2owfbXv7q7J78Aj9AIQ
32. ↑ Mia Gladstone addresses “My Love” Ashton Mallory controversy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CY9w2uRvxbZ/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
33. ↑ “EMPATHY” Mia Gladstone ft. Matt Martians https://open.spotify.com/track/1DazfftT2hCHbeYJdRw1qo?autoplay=true&source\_application=google\_assistant
34. ↑ Kiefer “When There’s Love Around” Tour 2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdon8wjPvSH/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
35. ↑ Mia Gladstone on the This Is An Experiment podcast https://youtu.be/9384eLq2qyA
36. ↑ Apple Watch Series 7 Ad featuring I FEEL FINE by MIA GLADSTONE https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRUNGMjx/?k=1
37. ↑ MIA GLADSTONE on Twitter https://twitter.com/miagladstone/status/1543327733509390336?s=21&t=buRr10nsWdWj7tx1tNm3UQ
38. ↑ producerswhoproduce on Instagram https://instagram.com/producerswhoproduce?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=