We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Brodie Mullin a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Brodie, appreciate you joining us today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

Right now I’m working with Relay for Life Teams. My math teacher knew I was a singer/songwriter so she asked me to write a song using NSYNC’s Bye Bye Bye song for my high school’s Relay for Life team. The song honors survivors and caregivers. I have performed the song at two Relay for Life fundraisers and a Breast Cancer Awareness fundraiser. Helping to raise money for a great cause is meaningful to me.

Brodie, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I am a typical 16-year-old teenager. I play video games, I hang out with my friends, and I’m typically looking for an adventure all the time. The industry calls me a triple threat because I am an actor, dancer, and singer.

I was cast in “Winning Feathers,” an educational Web series that teaches soft skills. I played Eli, in “Es Alergico,” one of Litnerd’s book videos. Most recently, I was in a ZipString commercial. I play PJ in “A Toxic Relationship” which is a short film that will be out in the spring.

As a dancer, I have performed at Knock Music House, for the Atlanta Dream Basketball Team, and for the Tower of Talent which is a fundraiser for the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Last year, I took 5th place overall at a hip-hop competition.

I have four songs streaming on social media platforms. My first song is called, “Headshot” which is inspired by Fortnite. My next song, “Warrior” is about being kind to everyone even if we don’t look like them or have the same views and beliefs. I sing about being an upstander and if you are a victim of bullying, to follow your dreams and not let anyone keep you from your destiny. I hope the song inspires victims and allies. “Warrior” won Song of the Year at the Atlanta Kidz Choice Awardz. The next song is called, “Tell Me” which is about a girl who likes a boy and he likes her too, but they are too shy to say anything. My last song is called, “Bulldog Nation.” It’s a hype song for my high school, the North Gwinnett Bulldogs, and for the University of Georiga football team. I have asked the UGA radio stations to play the song and other stations that televise the games, but I cannot get a response. I have also tried to get the song to the team. Hopefully, they will hear the song some day.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

My first passion is dancing. I started performing at a young age and auditioned for a music video. Instead of dancing in the video, I acted. I found I liked acting so I started taking acting classes and got an agent. She wanted me to audition for a singing role, but I was not a singer so I started taking voice lessons. I continued with the lessons and wrote my first song which is inspired by Fortnite. We filmed a music video for it and posted it on YouTube. Kids and adults wrote horrible comments. I could not understand why someone would try to purposely tear someone else down. It would have been easy for me to give up and not put myself out there again. I knew I was not the only kid to ever get bullied and I would not be the last. I had support from my family, but I know not everyone has that. I researched why people bully others and I found that it is because they are hurting and in a bad place and that we should show empathy and compassion to them. That is how “Warrior” came about. I turned this negative bullying situation into something positive that hopefully helps others.

I even opened a Warrior merchandise store.

What else should we know about how you took your side hustle and scaled it up into what it is today?

I took the Warrior concept and opened a nonprofit called the Warrior Kindness Initiative which benefits teachers, counselors, and administrators. They can apply for grants to implement anti-bullying curriculum and kindness incentives in school.

CB Station based in Lawrenceville, Georgia has supported Warrior Kindness and we have had one fundraiser so far. Chipotle worked with us and 33% of the sales went to Warrior Kindness. I am also working with a local Dojo to schedule a free self-defense class. When participants purchase a board to break, the money goes straight to Warrior Kindness. Altered State, a girls’ clothing store, has also expressed interest in supporting the Warrior Kindness Initiative with their Mission Mondays. Trying to find businesses to work with Warrior Kindness takes up a lot of time. It is a tax write-off so if anyone is interested in supporting us that would be great. 100% of the money goes to the teachers.

The deadline to apply for the grant is coming up. So, in the next couple of months, we will be giving teachers their grant money. I cannot wait to see how they use it in the classrooms and schools to support kindness.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://sites.google.com/view/brodie-mullin/home
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brodiemullin92/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrodieMullinOfficial
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@brodiemullin/featured
• Other: The Warrior Kindness Initiative – https://warriorkindness.org/
  Warrior Merchandise Store – https://brodie-mullin-merch.myspreadshop.com/

Image Credits
Michael Justice, Hollywood Headshots