The songwriter and producer on the secret life of Mariah Carey, Korean fried chicken and being creative on Zoom
Born in Catford, south
London in 1994, Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike, AKA MNEK, is a Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer. He began his career at 16, working with the Saturdays and the Wanted at pop production house Xenomania; in the next few years, he went on to work with Kylie Minogue,
Madonna and
Beyoncé. After top 10 hits with Zara Larrson, Gorgon City and Stormzy, he achieved his first No 1 this summer, Head & Heart, with Joel Corry (it stayed there for six weeks). His new track, More Than Words, with emerging artist Sleepwalkrs, is out now.