Pink Sweat$ Wants To Take You To Pink Planet

By Mark Braboy


If the answer to the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded the nation of anything, it’s that love still makes a difference. It’s what West Philadelphia’s own Pink Sweat$ has been demonstrating while residing in the capital of nation music, Nashville.


Since 2020, the “At My Worst” singer has been giving back to his native city by donating over $30,000 to local businesses that supply food for the homeless. And by his account, segment of what motivated him was going through those hard times himself.


“At one point, I got evicted from my residence. I have been through a lot, dealing with the music industry, so it's habitually thinking, like, why were things any time As soon as I was in those positions that I required? And attempting to do that,” he tells MTV News.


While working on his dreamy and sentimental debut album, Pink Planet, out today (February 12), the man place on Earth David Bowden still sees himself because same because the everyday people affected the most by the pandemic. As a way of paying it forward, he and his partner even pay for the groceries of clientele beyond them while out shopping. “When I used to be in lines and I used to have like $3 in my account, I used to be hoping like, dang, hoping for this person to turn around and be like, 'Yo, you want me to get that for you?'”


That kind of inclusive love is what Pink Sweat$ looks to musically redeveloped on Pink Planet: a global for all people, without consideration of age, gender, background, and sexuality. “I'm making this world for people who don't fit in on earth,” he explains.


MTV News joined Pink Sweat$ throughout a busy day in Nashville as he discussed to us through the Zoom en route to his condo. He spoken about his new album, how he became segment of a heartwarming proposal around Christmastime, why music about love still matters, and more.


MTV News: You sang at somebody's proposal back in December. Can you tell me the story of how that came about?


Pink Sweat$: There was a man who was working with an artist that I was working with, and I guess his girl, she was listening to my song a lot. And we had never met. However the artist, he noticed out that she was working with me, and he's like, "Yo, I'm about to suggest to my girl. Lose been listening to this song daily, and this can't be a coincidence." And he was just like, "Bro, could you please help me surprise my girl? I want to recommend and he sort of broke down the setup.


And at first, I was sort of on edge because of COVID and everything. Then, it sort of touched my heart, and I'm like, you know what, that's my whole thing. I'm all about love. And at the end of the day, I want to be a piece of somebody's memory, and what better time to do it than now? He chose to recommend now in chaos in the world. To me, that meant something special.


MTV News: Do you visualize yourself, I guess down the line, getting wedded to that somebody one day, and do you visualize yourself settling in Nashville?


Pink Sweat$: Yeah, for sure. And do I visualize myself settling in Nashville? I don't know. My mentality has habitually been... I like to travel, so I could visualize myself getting a home somewhere, however I don't think I'll be there that much. I sort of aspire to be able to see as much of the world as can. I want to move to different countries, rally at one point still Once I don't have kids, you know what I mean?


MTV News: Where would you aspire to move?


Pink Sweat$: I would aspire to move to Thailand for each year or so, just to be able to see what it's like to stay in another nation, and I got a big fan base in Asia, so I want to sort of just visualize what places are like, even if it's just for like five, six months or something. And then just move from place to place, you know what I mean? Plus, I never went to college either. Some of my companions, if they went to college, they got to study abroad and things like that, so this is my version of research abroad.


MTV News: Last year, you performed "At Your Worst" for Lion's Den, and considering how you couldn't tour normally, what did that mean to you?


Pink Sweat$: Just performing overall for an intimate setting, it took me back to While I first stepped onstage as Pink Sweat$. It was butterflies, yet it seemed like a sense of belonging. I felt like I noticed my place in all of this: music and everything. It just all began to prepare sense. It routinely just takes me back to that moment where it's like, yo, this is cool. I have a voice. I routinely wanted a voice. I routinely felt like I had a lot to mention and music gave me a platform to mention it.


MTV News: Another place we desire to get to travel this year is Pink Planet. What's the meaning in back of the title?


Pink Sweat$: It’s me tapping into my childhood and also a lot of the things, like growing up in the inner city, feeling like you don't have a voice, and just having a broad imagination, and partly, it's escapism. Some days the world that we reside in isn't routinely so pretty. It isn't routinely so friendly. It isn't habitually so accepting. So, it's like, I wanted to make build a place mentally, through the your ears, where you could go there and feel like, "Yo, I'm somewhere else. I just hopped on a flight to the Pink Planet and I feel accepted here. I feel loved. I feel understood."


MTV News: How is this world going to sound compared to what you did on The Prelude tape that you came up with?


Pink Sweat$: The way I explain it is: the entire album with each other is the journey and the destination. The Prelude was just the journey. You hop on a flight, right? Let's mention you've never been to Bora Bora. You hop on a plane to get there. So, the plane ride is The Prelude, yet the complete album, Pink Planet, that's the arrival. You get to experience the food, the culture, you get to feel like, "Yo, what is Pink Planet about?" You're like, "Oh man, it seems like it's about love. It's about acceptance. It's about big, big dreams. It's about taking that leap of faith, whichever it is in your life and yet that connects to you.”


You need love. You affection. You have to feel those things day to day, both males and ladies, and nonbinary people. That's what makes people happy. And even for Black males, it's like, our society, we don't really bask in the idea of love, and it's like happiness doing damage to people. The portrayal, at least. That's not the reality though. Happiness is seeing somebody doing their thing and you're like, "Dang, man. That's so cool. I can't wait til one day I may do that. Or if I do not get to do that, I'm happy for you." And I feel like Pink Planet is just all-encompassing.


MTV News: What are your plans for Valentine's Day?


Pink Sweat$: Probably working, man. I never really celebrated my birthday, honestly. As an adult, at least. As soon as you are a kid, it's beautiful. Ladies give you little sweethearts and cards. However as an adult, my birthday gift is a success. It's like, I want have the ability to do more things for people, like have the ability to do stuff for my family member. I could take a trip though, yet it won't be all my birthday. Probably be like the month right after due to the album.


MTV News: Why does music about love and romance matter, while in the pandemic?


Pink Sweat$: It's critical. I think for a throughout our climate, we've sort of run away from it, where it's like it's all about the coolness. It's all about the swag. Those are stories, and it's a segment of something, yet at the end of the day, all the dealers, they cuddled up with a shorty. They in love with somebody. No matter what they mention in the song, there's some girl out there, they caught up. No matter your mother, your father, somehow you got here. At the end of the day, whoever you're with, it's essential for them to feel a certain way.