About The Crane Wives:
Born out of the 2010s folk boom and now comfortably settled into their rock-and-roll era, The Crane Wives embody the evolving landscape of indie folk. Known for high-energy live performances “charged with emotion and technical skill” (Blurred Culture LA), the band pairs harmony-dense melodies with deeply resonant lyrics that explore both the vulnerable and the uncomfortable sides of the human experience.
The Crane Wives have built a devoted global following, with over 1.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify and more than 150 million streams across their most popular songs. Their audience spans far beyond the U.S., reaching listeners in the U.K., Australia, Germany, Brazil, Poland, Mexico, and the Philippines. The band has been featured by Michigan Radio and NPR’s All Songs Considered.
In September 2024, The Crane Wives released their sixth full-length studio album, Beyond Beyond Beyond, to widespread acclaim. Glasse Factory praised the record as “a testament to the band’s ability to turn personal struggles into universally relatable anthems,” while Niner Times described it as “angsty, haunting, and gritty,” noting its departure from the band’s earlier, more traditional folk sound. Since its release, Beyond Beyond Beyond has accumulated over 24 million streams on Spotify.
The band’s driving pulse comes from Ben Zito (bass) and Dan Rickabus (drums), creating a dynamic foundation beneath co-leads Emilee Petersmark and Kate Pillsbury, whose electric guitars engage in expansive, gritty conversation. A web of three-part harmony softens the emotional weight of their songwriting, balancing intensity with warmth and cohesion.
With six full-length albums under their belts, The Crane Wives have performed more than 600 shows across the United States, sharing stages with artists such as The Avett Brothers, Lake Street Dive, Rusted Root, The Dead South, Joseph, and many more.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
About MICO:
Long before he had his first Canadian radio hit, MICO was a star in his own home. Born and raised in Toronto, he was the fourth of five siblings. His father filled the house with ’80s pop hits by Michael Jackson and The Police, and when guests came over, the family encouraged 6-year-old MICO to hop on the karaoke — he didn’t object. “I never thought about doing anything else in my life, because singing was the thing that was most fun to me,” he says. As a tween, he dove into the brazenly emotional music that would shape his path most — era-defining acts like 5 Seconds of Summer, Fall Out Boy, and The All-American Rejects. When he got his hands on a guitar, he taught himself the chords to their hits by watching their finger placements in music videos.
The screen became a two-way conduit as a teenage MICO worked his way into “Discord’s Got Talent” events, hopping between servers and performing cover songs to online communities. As he cultivated a loyal following, MICO pivoted to writing and self-releasing originals, starting with 2019’s “who do you love,” a striking mix of personal vulnerability and musical confidence. After graduating high school in 2020, he used a gap year to start posting songs on TikTok. It was time wisely spent — today, MICO has nearly 1 million loyal “amicos” on the platform. Over a series of EPs leading to his aptly titled Internet hometown hero, which got a 2025 deluxe reissue, MICO found his own path back to his influences, forging an original, pop-infused alternative sound.
As MICO’s creativity carried him from URL spaces to IRL stages, his work also grew increasingly personal. Viral bops like 2022’s “cut my hair” found him struggling with maintaining his identity amid romantic ruin, while 2024’s streaming hit “HOMESICK” sets the scene for the disconnect that fuels When the lights turn on. On new song “Like you mean it,” he pleads with a partner to face the facts of their uneven love: “You can’t call it healing, running from a feeling / I can’t be the only good thing that you’ve got / So love me like you mean it, not like you need it.” But on the next track, “Do it all again,” he’s the one chasing a connection that’s doomed to fail.
