๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜! ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—๐—๐—’ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—‰๐—Ž๐–ป๐—…๐—‚๐–ผ ๐—‚๐—Œ ๐–ฟ๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐—Ž๐—‰ ๐—๐—‚๐—๐— ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‚๐—‹ ๐–บ๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—๐—‹๐–พ๐–บ๐—๐—†๐–พ๐—‡๐— ๐—๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ๐—‹๐–ฝ๐—Œ ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‚๐—‹ ๐–บ๐—‹๐—๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐—Œ.
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— !๐—  ?

M!M is a London-based artist management company formed in 2003 by Richard Griffiths and Harry Magee. Their artists include One Direction, Five Seconds of Summer and Little Mix among other artists and groups.
๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

M!M is most known for their rough affiliation with 1D. When the group signed with Syco Music, Simon Cowell appointed M!M as 1Dโ€™s primary management. While under their contracts 1D were misbranded, mistreated, controlled etc.
๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

M!M had access to all the members social medias and would tweet from their accs pretending to be them. This wouldnโ€™t be an issue in the case of promo but M!M would stage conversations and say things as if they were the members
๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

During live performances, Niallโ€™s mic would CONSTANTLY be turned down or turned off completely. Louis would often hold his own mic up to Nialls mouth while Niall acted as if it wasnโ€™t a big deal to him.
๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

M!M had a terrible contribution to 1Dโ€™s mental health. Zayn talked about how he had developed an eating disorder in the band b/c he felt so out of control that the one thing in his life he COULD control was his eating/weight
๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

(mental health cont.) Zayn also talked about struggling with anxiety in the band alongside Liam. Liam has also opened about about a struggle with alcoholism aswell.
๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

M!M put stereotypical labels on the members. A lot of these labels were very unrealistic given their personalities. Harry Styles has preached respecting women for YEARS yet is still labeled as a โ€œwomanizerโ€ due to M!Ms doing.
I could honestly go on and on about One Direction but for the sake of your time (and mine) iโ€™m going to move onto Little Mix.
๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜… ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

Little Mix share an extremely similar upbringing to 1D. They became affiliated with Simon and M!M. Youโ€™d think with the LOADS of promo 1D got, LM would have the same treatment, right? fucking crickets.
๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜… ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

LMโ€™s โ€œpromoโ€ was embarrassing. One Direction recieved extensive promo GLOBALLY meanwhile LM has barely cracked the US when it comes to recognition. Fans have been fed up with this issue since the beginning of the groups career.
๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜… ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

Fans became so agitated about the obvious mistreatment that they payed for promo with their OWN money.

LM is BEYOND talented. Four extremely professional women with beautiful voices and what do they get paid? dust.
Now letโ€™s explore M!Mโ€™s controversial affiliation with Australian band, 5 Seconds of Summer. (tw// sexual assault)
๐Ÿฑ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

Unlike 1D and LM, 5sos werent manufactured by Simon Cowell. However they signed with M!M pretty early on into their career. Since then M!M has had a large amount of control over the bands personal and professional life.
๐Ÿฑ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

5SOS faced a lot of the same things 1D did, but nowhere near to the same extent. However a recent altercation between the band and team has ignited an anger in the fans who have gotten 5SOS trending with their retaliation hashtag: #fuckmodest
๐Ÿฑ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

In the early days of June, multiple people had came forward accusing 5SOS of sexual assault. While the claims were proven either untrue or misinterpreted, fans still held the band to a high standard and demanded a statement.
๐Ÿฑ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

It wasnโ€™t until two weeks later of silence from the bandโ€™s social media that M!M came onto the band acc to announce post-poned tour dates due to covid-19. This outraged fans because it depicted the band as people who chose to ignore the issue.
๐Ÿฑ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

5SOS, fed up, went against their team and came online. They gave the fans a statement despite being told to stay silent by their team. M!M wanted 5SOS to simply โ€œignoreโ€ sexual assault as if it wasnโ€™t important enough for their words.
๐—˜๐—ซ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”:

A while ago, soul singer Rebecca Ferguson called M!M out on their blatant disregard for the physical and mental health of their clients. Not too long after she was sued my M!M for โ€œunlawfully ending her contractโ€
As shown throughout this thread M!M is an embarrassment of a management company. Theyโ€™ve ruined the people that theyโ€™re supposed to be promoting and it shouldnโ€™t be excused any longer.

So to wrap it all up, #fuckmodest !
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