Gary Makinson is a Canadian independent artist. SHAMEGRIN is his music project: dark emo rap, spoken word, and cinematic videos built from real nights with anxiety — racing thoughts, tight chest, smiling through a panic attack while the world thinks you’re fine.
He doesn’t write party anthems. He writes survival songs. Every SHAMEGRIN track is for someone who needed to hear “you’re not crazy for feeling this” at 3am, when therapists are asleep and your friends think you’re okay. The sound is raw on purpose: late-night drums, heavy confession, no filter on the lyrics.
That’s why the slogan is No face. Just sound. Anxiety doesn’t always look like sadness. Sometimes it looks like a smile, a joke, a normal day. SHAMEGRIN keeps the face off camera so the music can carry the part you can’t show. The videos are cinematic. The voice is the identity.
Who is Gary Makinson / SHAMEGRIN?
Gary Makinson is the writer, performer, and producer behind SHAMEGRIN. He is based in Canada and releases independently. The project sits in dark emo rap and emotional underground rap — music about panic, grief, money stress, memory, and still being here. Listeners find it when they search for anxiety rap, sad rap that isn’t fake-sad, or Canadian emo rap with cinematic visuals.
Where to hear SHAMEGRIN
The flagship 2026 single is The Stutter Boys and the ShameGrin (3:54), out now on Spotify. The full artist page is Gary Makinson on Spotify. On SoundCloud the catalog lives at gmrhymesoffical — including Money on My Mind, Wait Hold Up in the Benz, and Fall Like a Bitch. Official music videos and 4K MVs are on YouTube at @GarySoundCloud. Short clips drop on TikTok @shamegrin and Instagram @shamegrin.
Buy the album
There is no fake merch checkout on this site. The official digital album is on ElasticStage: Shamegrin — Gary Makinson album. That’s the place to buy the catalog, support the artist directly, and keep the files. Press and bookings: shamegrin@icloud.com.
The catalog, in one breath
Beyond the new single, recent SHAMEGRIN releases include Tired of This World, Anime Star, The Wolf That Stays Caged, Oblivion Home No More, The Mountains Still Call to Me, Fall Into The Ground, and the 4K video Outrun the Crash. The YouTube grid on this page is the public video catalog — lyrics videos, official MVs, and late-night shorts — all under the same grin.
If you’ve ever smiled in a grocery line while your chest was tight, this project is for you. SHAMEGRIN is not a brand of sadness. It’s the sound behind the smile.
— Gary Makinson · SHAMEGRIN · Canada · No face. Just sound.
Buy the Shamegrin album on ElasticStage ↗Press & bookings → shamegrin@icloud.com