Mars Argo

Brittany Alexandria Sheets, known by her stage name Mars Argo, is an American singer, songwriter, actress and internet personality.

Sheets is prominently known for her portrayal of a fictionalized stage persona of herself on YouTube. She became the lead singer of an indie rock band named after the Mars Argo persona. The band released their only album, Technology Is a Dead Bird, in 2009, and then released two extended plays in 2010 and 2011. In a 2013 Vice article, the band stated that they were working on their own TV show along with a second album,

On April 25, 2022, Sheets released her debut solo single "Angry", and a subsequent audio video was uploaded onto the channel. On March 15, 2023, she released another single titled "I Can Only Be Me". On June 24, 2024, Sheets released the I Can Only Be Me EP, containing a new song: "Lick It Like A Kitten".

Also in 2022, a website to go along with new title of Sheets' YouTube channel (shouldicleanmyroom) was found to be now owned by Sheets, SICMR.COM. Although it didn't have anything much on it until about early 2023. Nowadays, SICMR is a website where Sheets sells merchandise (Including, Patches, T-Shirts, Baby Tees and Hoodies), Offers a membership plan for the "SICMR Members Only" where multiple services, including an audio library with access to most of the music released within the "Mars Argo" Band, The website also has links to her Music and Social media accounts whether you have a membership or not (More specifically, Spotify, YouTube, The SICMR Membership Exclusive Audio Library, Instagram, Twitter and a Japanese music service(?).

Early life Brittany Alexandria Sheets was born in Saginaw, Michigan. Growing up, she played piano and sang in her church choir. She has stated that her mother never allowed her to play video games as a child, believing that they were a distraction from her studies. Before launching the YouTube project grocerybagdottv, Sheets attended university and was pursuing a major in biology.

Career 2009–2011: Career beginnings, Technology Is a Dead Bird, and Computer Show After meeting Corey Michael Mixter (P.K.A. Titanic Sinclair) on Myspace, they cameoed and worked on the YouTube channel titled digitalfuntown. Sheets and Mixter later formed the alternative pop band Mars Argo. They also co-operated a YouTube channel under the title Grocerybagdottv (stylized in all lowercase), where they uploaded music-related content and a series of social commentary videos, initially dubbed Video Blog and later renamed Computer Show. Their most popular non-music video is a 2014 episode of this series, titled "Delete Your Facebook", mocking social media usage and the website of the same name. The music video for "Using You", the most well known single from the project, already counts more than 25 million views on the channel.

The band released their debut album, Technology Is a Dead Bird, on November 6, 2009. It was followed up with an acoustic EP, Internet Sessions, in 2010, and another EP, Linden Place, in 2011. They began working on an eventually scrapped and heavily delayed second album with Chicago-based producer, Johnny K, soon after Technology Is a Dead Bird was released. before going on a hiatus, being briefly revived in December of the same year, although permanently splitting up sometime in March 2015. According to a 2018 lawsuit filed by Sheets, the dissolvement of both the relationship and band was due to Mixter's incessant verbal abuse and physical violence.

Sheets resurfaced in April 2018, by addressing her absence, and promising new music in the future to her fans.

2020–present: Dinner in America, Angry and future projects Sheets portrayed Sissy in the film Dinner in America alongside Kyle Gallner, Emily Skeggs, Pat Healy, Griffin Gluck, Lea Thompson, and Mary Lynn Rajskub. The film was filmed in Detroit, Michigan and was selected to premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. On April 25, 2022, Sheets released her debut solo single independently, titled "Angry". The single was released onto streaming services and uploaded onto the now-renamed shouldicleanmyroom YouTube channel.

On November 13, 2023, Sheets released her most popular single, "Using You", on Spotify, over nine years after its initial release. The track is the original studio recording of the song, however Sinclair's backing vocals have been removed.

Lawsuit against Sinclair and Poppy

On April 17, 2018, Sheets filed a 44-page lawsuit against Corey Mixter and his then-collaborator Poppy (real name Moriah Rose Pereira) alleging copyright infringement, stalking, and emotional and physical abuse being inflicted upon her by the former. That same day, Sheets posted a message on her social media pages addressing the lawsuit, thanking fans for their support and confirming new music to come. On May 7, Poppy put forth a public statement about the "frivolous" lawsuit, stating that Sheets was attempting to manipulate her psychologically. She called the suit a "publicity campaign" and a "desperate grab for fame".

The lawsuit was dismissed on September 14, having been settled outside of court with agreements that Mixter and Pereira would not be in contact with Sheets, and with Sheets gaining all rights, title and interest to the Mars Argo music and brand. Pereira later publicly split with Mixter in December 2019, and alleged that she was a victim of "manipulative patterns" by him. However, Pereira has never publicly retracted her initial statements regarding the lawsuit and said that she was not controlled by Mixter. All parties agreed to not contact each other directly and to only do so via their legal counsel.

Discography Studio albums Title Details Technology Is a Dead Bird Released: March 23, 2012 Label: Grocerybag Media Format: CD

Extended plays Title Details Internet Sessions Released: June 24, 2024 Label: SICMR Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles +List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Love in Black and White" 2011 Linden Place "Pls Don't Forget Me" 2012 "Runaway Runaway" Mars Argo "Using You" 2014 "Angry" 2023

Guest appearances + List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released, other artist featured, and album name Title Year Other artist Album "Limousine Machine" 2012 Titanic Sinclair Thick Jello

Music videos Title Year Other artist Director(s) "Tired Today" 2009 Titanic Sinclair "The Singularity Is Near" "Monsters Under My Bed" "Mrs. Stadler" 2010 Matthew Franklin, Tony Katai "Love in Black and White" 2011 "Beauty Is Empty" 2012 Titanic Sinclair "Limousine Machine" Titanic Sinclair "Runaway Runaway" 2013 Tony Katai "Using You" 2014 Ryan Wehner "I Can Only Be Me" 2023

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2020 Dinner in America Sissy Cameo

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