10 Things I Hate About You ft. Martin Magner

New York-based Martin is the International Pop Sensation and CCO at SϴUNDS⁕ℲUN and has an impressive resume to boot: Grand Prix winning GCD, Adweek Creative 100, Business Insider Rising Star #28, The Drum 100 Best CDs on the Planet, Cannes Jury ‘23, Drum Jury ‘23, D&AD #15 ranking CD 2023, etc. etc. etc.  We could go on about Martin’s achievements all week but instead we’ll let him describe himself in his own words:

“International Pop Sensation
Creative Agency Founder
Sensationalised tunnel vision - It’s all world building, I’ll do it for the plot
Misguided Life Coach Energy - I did my Yoga Teacher Training in 2014, trust me
Selective Hearing for Criticism - Love that for you, but this is how I feel
Audaciously optimistic - I will be on TV by Q4
Reality TV expert - Cried my eyes out to an autism episode in the 48th season of Survivor
Flirtatious with Fate - Every coincidence as a cosmic sign
I’m a Scorpio - Actively looking for a Cancer man
A natural blonde
Always authentic.”

Don’t let all of this perfection distract you from the fact that Martin is extremely allergic to almost anything and everything. He is basically the Bubble Boy of your dreams.

Martin’s thoughts:

1. Something you’re into right now

Crying

2. Something you’re not into right now

Social media ruining things I love

3. Your first ever concert, age and location

MTN Gladiators, 8 years old, Carnival City.

4. Conspiracy theory you believe in or bad take you have

Reality TV is a genius form of pop education, disguising cultural anthropology as entertainment while teaching us how humans perform identity, power, and belonging in real time

5. Go-to recipe

Double Crunch, no garnish, white sauce, not red

6. What perfume/cologne do you wear?

Currently rotating between TLY 5755, Luca EDP and Terre D’hermes

7. What’s your favourite plant?

I love a Blue Thistle - they’re angry, but fluffy. Sexy but cute - secute

8. Space or Atlantis

Atlantis, the sparkling underwater city, NOT the place near Cape Town.

9. What’s your favourite soup?

I really struggle with liquid savoury food, so I’m gonna say mashed potato, and that’s gonna have to count

10. What’s your death row meal?

Hectic. I’d spice things up and order a Deluxe flat white, a bowl of salted nuts, give them a show and call it a day