The CDC reported that 75% of youth report adverse mental health impacts due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and 1 in 4 have contemplated suicide. The need to build awareness around mental health has never been as crucial as it is today.
In partnership with National Alliance on Mental Illness and Billboard, Unmasked is a series of short-form video portraits exploring mental health issues through the lens of artists sharing their own personal journey. The series features artists across genres sharing experiences related to a diverse array of mental health issues – including substance abuse, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and more.
Unmasked shows us that we are bound by our shared humanity. If we are willing to unmask our inner worlds, together we can foster that promotes empathy and understanding around mental health.
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UNMASKED WILL RELEASE ONE ARTIST MENTAL HEALTH VIDEO PORTRAIT EACH MONTH
UMI shares how she experiences and manages anxiety, and how her EP, ‘Talking to the Wind,” is meant to help you move through your feelings.
Taylor Bennett opens up about the mental health implications of coming out & how his latest album, "Coming of Age," is an expression of him embracing acceptance and positivity.
Matty Mullins opens up about panic disorder, sharing how he was hospitalized for one of his first panic attacks and how he learned to cope during and after those first 2 hard years.
Alec Benjamin opens up about obsessive compulsive disorder, how he manages it and how it led him to create music.
Elohim opens up about dissociation, how she learned she had it, how it feels like and how she’s learned to cope.
Chelsea Cutler opens up about depression, delving into one particularly difficult episode she experienced on tour in 2019 and the skills she’s learned to cope.
Circa Survive's Anthony Green opens up about managing bipolar disorder and his mental health.
Erick the Architect of Flatbush Zombies opens up about the loss of his mother and other close relatives and how writing one of his songs helped him through the grief.
Grace Gaustad discusses overcoming high school bullying about her sexual identity and navigating her mental health through therapy and music.
Underoath’s Aaron Gillespie shares how generalized anxiety disorder manifests for him and opens up about a difficult episode that provoked him to better manage his mental health.
Multi-platinum artist SHAED opens up about coping with anxiety in their lives and during the pandemic.
Chadwick Stokes of Dispatch opens up about navigating depression and his mental health.
Pharoahe Monch opens up about navigating his mental health and overcoming stigma.
Bully opens up about overcoming substance abuse and managing her mental health.
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