Jumex (musician)

Mark Kiessling (born February 14, 2000), better known as Jumex (stylized as JUMEX, formerly Lil Jumex), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and guitarist from Chicago.

Jumex
Also known as
  • Lil Jumex
  • LoveJumex
  • goodnightm4rk
Born (2000-02-14) February 14, 2000
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active2017–present
LabelsCOR/TAN RECORDS
Associated acts
Websitelovejumex.com

Early life

Born in Brookfield, Illinois and raised in the countryside, he grew up listening to punk bands like Black Flag and Operation Ivy as well as blues, grunge, psychedelic rock, and emo. He attended Lyons Township high school until his untimely departure, due to medical reasons, involving minor drug use. He cites David Bowie, Just Surrender, The Summer Set, Yung Lean, and Nirvana as his influences.[2] He now lives in Los Angeles.

Career

Jumex began making music while in high school, where he joined a punk band called No Signal.[3] He took his stage name from the Mexican drink Jumex, a favorite of his and his friends' because it was the only thing they "could afford when he was 12 years old."[4] Visually he cultivates an anime aesthetic.[5] He is a member of the collective Sad Boy Suffer together with sadcrod and idkconundrum.

He released his first single, "Trapped," in late 2018.[6] It went viral with three million streams and eight million views of the music video. His first EP, Loner, was released on June 7, 2019 and included the single "Loner" which netted eight million streams and 7.5 million views in six months. Later in the same year, he released the videos for "Wish Me Death", "Alive In My Coffin" and "Billie Eilish" dedicated to the singer.[7]

Later in 2019, he toured Japan, invited by Japanese metalcore band Crossfaith to share the stage with them as well as Vein and Injury Reserve. In September, he opened for Yungblud at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles,[8] and in November performed at the Day N Vegas Festival.[9]

The Joker-inspired video for his song "Spraypaint," released in early October 2019, featured Blink-182's Travis Barker.[1] Jumex's second EP, Lover, was released on November 15, 2019 followed by the videos for "Drugs" in early December and "City In The Snow" on Christmas day.

On February 14, 2020, he released the single "XOXO" which featured American rapper Lil Xan. On the same day, Jumex performed live at The Subterranean in Chicago. The following month he released the experimental EP Nightmares under the name goodnightm4rk; he later re-released it with only 4 tracks titled starnightbabynotalone.

Discography

Unreleased Songs

No.TitleLength
1."Bleach it"2:50
2."Emotionz"1:53
3."Killjoy"3:02
4."Love"2:16
5."Show me"2:30
6."Never listen"2:11
7."Stay tonight"3:10
8."Sorry"1:53
9."Dammit"1:56
10."Sleep"1:35
11."Care"2:25
12."Finesse"1:35
13."F*ck up"1:50
14."Cocaine"2:39
15."Emergency"2:19
16."Break The Pain"2:52
17."Don't know how to feel (unsure title, song performed live in Chicago)"1:27


EPs

  • luvburnz (Unreleased Date)
No.TitleLength
1."luvburnz"1:41
2."h666t"3:16
3."c u in h3ll"2:16
4."numb"1:42


  • LONER (June 2019)
No.TitleLength
1."INTRO (POPI SCOVILLE)"0:23
2."R U DOWN"2:16
3."TRAPPED"1:51
4."LONER"2:58
5."WISH ME DEATH"2:02
6."ALIVE IN MY COFFIN"3:27
7."BILLIE EILISH"2:17


  • LOVER (November 2019)
No.TitleLength
1."DAYLIGHT"2:30
2."SPRAYPAINT (feat. Travis Barker)"2:09
3."THIS DAY"3:04
4."FALL IN LOVE"2:24
5."DRUGS"3:15
6."CITY IN THE SNOW"3:00


Singles

Music videos
Year Song title Director
2018 TRAPPED TRAVIS 'TACO' BENNETT
2019 LONER JUMEX & KYLE KOGAN
WISH ME DEATH JUMEX & KYLE KOGAN
ALIVE IN MY COFFIN JUMEX & KYLE KOGAN
BILLIE EILISH JUMEX & KYLE KOGAN
SPRAYPAINT (Feat. Travis Barker) JUMEX & JASON LESTER
DRUGS TRISTAN ZAMMIT
CITY IN THE SNOW VITAL FILMS
gollark: Skirts are entirely reasonable, if bad, clothing.
gollark: Well, just die once, and do it 26 more times?
gollark: I don't see why you don't just issue yourself infinitely many citizenships.
gollark: Maybe the contingency systems were a bit useless.
gollark: This is a fair point, actually. Via the anthropic principle, I cannot actually die.

References
  1. Schaffner, Lauryn (8 October 2019). "Watch Jumex's New Joker-Inspired Video Featuring Blink-182's Travis Barker". Loudwire. Retrieved 17 December 2019. alt-emo artist Jumex
  2. Mills, Travis (17 June 2019). "Jumex talks about his "Loner" EP and his song "Alive in My Coffin"". Apple Music. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. Dotiyal, Marvin (3 July 2019). "JUMEX JOURNEYS THROUGH JAPAN, ANIME INSPO AND HIS DEBUT EP". AltPress. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. "Jumex". Genius. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. Dotiyal, Marvin (3 July 2019). "JUMEX JOURNEYS THROUGH JAPAN, ANIME INSPO AND HIS DEBUT EP". AltPress. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  6. Washington, Daquan (17 December 2018). "NEWS18-year-old Rapper JUMEX Debuts With Intense "Trapped" Videoclip". Drillking. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  7. Servantes, Ian (29 July 2019). "Jumex Professes Love for Billie Eilish in Stunning Music Video Named for Her". Highsnobiety. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  8. "Calendar: Yungblud". LA Weekly. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  9. "2019 Lineup & Schedule". Day N Vegas. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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