M.I.L.K.

Hailing from Denmark’s Bornholm island, producer and vocalist Emil Wilk issues bright rhythmic dance-pop under the alias M.I.L.K. Blending electronic melodies with live instrumentation, he shapes a nostalgic throwback aesthetic reminiscent of Jungle, Leisure, and Empire of the Sun. He first stepped into music casually, tinkering for amusement after friends encouraged him. Stepping inside a recording studio for the initial time, however, sparked an immediate passion. Raised on an R&B- and soul-heavy listening diet that included Curtis Mayfield and Prince among his top influences, Wilk channeled those same currents into his opening release, the laid-back tropical-tinged track “If We Want To.” Next came the Motown-funky “Everything You Know,” after which he unveiled his debut official single, “Following the Sun.” A collection of remixes for that song appeared shortly afterward. Late 2016 brought the infectious “U and Me,” an effort to fuse the energies of the Gap Band with Off the Wall-era Michael Jackson. His first EP, A Memory of a Memory of a Postcard, surfaced in 2017.