Meet the faceless musician taking over TikTok (interview)

Get Karat Business banking at https://link.trykarat.com/marino ‪@MarinoMakesMusic‬ makes music from his bedroom wearing a bag over his head. Now he's a music superstar with over 100M plays, 8M Spotify listeners, and #14 on Billboard. Today he shares *everything*. Note: this was recorded at Marino's home in November 2025. ------------ Watch at Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Sev... Follow Karat at   / trykarat   Follow Eric at   / erictway   Follow Marino at ‪@MarinoMakesMusic‬ https://www.instagram.com/iluvmarino/... https://open.spotify.com/artist/3HedF... ------------ 0:00 – Intro 1:13 – how's it feel to be a star 1:26 – why wear a mask 2:47 – does Marino like himself? 3:33 – how he designed the mask 5:27 – why he does music 7:16 – why he wants people to know who Marino is 8:00 – is Marino an industry plant? 9:36 – the origin of his first hit song "I'm Doing Fine" 11:18 – are you AI? 11:53 - why Spotify censored him 13:30 –Live performance of "Devil in Disguise" 16:48 – the origin of "Devil in Disguise" 19:51 – how he feels about BoyWithUke 21:26 – how many people know his identity 22:06 – the origin of "Lust" 24:50 – Marino loves anime 25:51 – Building the Marino universe 29:09 – Marino HATES AI 30:05 – Marino on going on tour and his label 34:15 – Marino's new UNRELEASED song 36:03 – Will Marino take off his mask??