Review Fix Exclusive: Mandy Jiroux Talks Upcoming EP and More

November 8, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with singer and dancer Mandy Jiroux, who discusses her YouTube show with Miley Cyrus, as well as her music career and goals for the future.

About Mandy Jiroux:

Mandy got her start by choreographing and dancing behind her best friend Miley Cyrus, and the partnership eventually led to the launch of the groundbreaking YouTube channel, “The Miley & Mandy Show.”  An immediate sensation, the channel helped solidify the standard vlogging format on YouTube. Their friendly dance competitions led to online battles between their M&M Cru and “Step Up!” director Jon Chu and Adam Sevani’s ACDC dance troupe, creating “The Biggest Online Dance Battle,” always with a who’s who of special guests.

Review Fix: How hard is it to juggle all of your responsibilities? 

Mandy Jiroux: I don’t find it hard because I truly live for what I do.  I love to be able to wake up everyday and do what I love.  I never take it for granted. 

Review Fix: If you had to pick one thing to focus on, what would it be? 

Jiroux: I would focus on music.  With music, I can also include all of my other passions including dancing, choreographing and performing. 

Review Fix: Who inspires you as a vocalist? 

Jiroux: Elie Goulding, Tove Lo, Bebe Rexha, Rihanna, Ariana Grande 

Review Fix: How important is your work on YouTube to you?

Jiroux: It’s really important to me. I have so much fun doing it and that’s what it’s mostly about.  It doesn’t even feel like work. 

Review Fix: How does your friendship with Miley Cyrus affect your music? 

Jiroux: Miley is the one who inspired me to start singing, so I can’t thank her enough for that.

Review Fix: What are your goals musically? 

Jiroux: I hope that when people hear my music, they love it and are inspired by it. I also want to be heard worldwide on every radio station.  Touring and performing my music around the world would come shortly after that. 

Review Fix: When can we expect an album or EP from you? 

Jiroux: I’ll be releasing my next single at the top of the year and another single or an EP will follow that.  I have a few great features coming out earlier in the year, as well. 

Review Fix: What’s next? 

Jiroux: I have the next few months lined up with rehearsals, different shoots, and studio time. I’m traveling quite a bit also. My next trip is to Amsterdam to finish up my songs with producers out there.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13871 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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