The scary thing is how much of the public disagrees about that last part, so many people think they're entitled to entertainers and being harassed in their personal downtime is something that they sign up for. People can be so self serving to such a damaging degree.
Yeah - it's a dangerous level of entitlement. This kind of fan mentality of 'WE MADE YOU! WITHOUT US YOU WOULDN'T EXIST' as if it completely erases the artists' own talent and ambition who also played a part in his/her success.
I'm all out for calling an artist who's rude to fans - but setting one's boundaries is NOT rude. Saying no to a picture is not rude. Etc.
It is astounding how the second people hand over any money at all for a product or service, they also think they've bought the human being that supplied it.
i think chappell has every right to feel the way she does about fan interactions. it just sucks cause there's really no way to stop it once you're that famous and i think she's going to give up and stop making music to escape it.
I can't imagine the shock to the system it must be for someone to get the level of fame that she has in such a short short synthesized period of time. I feel like fame is never easy on someone but it's usually more gradual and could at least be easier to transition into and get used to. Chappell only started being able to pay her rent with her career LAST YEAR, I imagine she isn't at the stage where she can afford security or anything yet. It's tough, I feel for her.
This photoshoot is great, love the Marlene Deitrich energy with the tophat photo.
Sucks her fans are being assholes. :/
Loved this line from the interview:
ROAN: Because sometimes people are like, “Oh, you’re gay and you’re going nowhere.” But if you’re gay and successful, maybe that is better than being gay.
YANG: I think if one thing was misaligned in my “journey” to this, like if I wasn’t doing okay, then me being queer would’ve been the evidence that I am not a fully realized or lovable person. That feels conditional, but we can never know, and maybe we don’t have to know. These are just things that we’ll work through with our respective families. But until then, you have the chosen ones.
I think the rate in which she blew up is the main factor here, I would be the joker if I had to adjust my ability to move through the world and be seen the way someone of her fame has in the last few months. Sure, that fame comes with money and adoration and validation but it also ruins peoples lives, so.
I remember Phoebe Bridgers saying “fans” were being cruel to her at the airport when she was on her way to her dads funeral. And even “Queen of public relations and always polite” Taylor swift looked like she wanted to crawl into a hole and die when Jack antonoff’s wedding rehearsal dinner got swarmed by her fans.
Anyways fans who overstep are just punishing themselves and will make her hide. I hope she protects herself and finds a balance.
Anyways fans who overstep are just punishing themselves and will make her hide.
And even if they don't, they may well put people off of working with her. I don't think the crazy stans ever consider that dealing with fandom bullshit (and especially their ability to cause a PR storm) is a cost/risk of doing business with the artist and not everyone generates such Taylor Swift levels of money that it will be handwaved as worth it.
I would simply quit if I received that level of attention, I can't believe how well she's managing it.
If I see a celebrity in public I just leave them alone. I'd maybe consider saying "I love your work" or something if I was passing by them and they truly didn't look busy, but in general I leave strangers alone unless they're keen to talk. If you ever would have to raise your voice to get their attention, you shouldn't.
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I'm all out for calling an artist who's rude to fans - but setting one's boundaries is NOT rude. Saying no to a picture is not rude. Etc.
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i saw a comment on fauxmoi that summed it up:
"Artists don't owe us shit, they already gave us the fucking art. We already consumed their end of the deal."
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Sucks her fans are being assholes. :/
Loved this line from the interview:
ROAN: Because sometimes people are like, “Oh, you’re gay and you’re going nowhere.” But if you’re gay and successful, maybe that is better than being gay.
YANG: I think if one thing was misaligned in my “journey” to this, like if I wasn’t doing okay, then me being queer would’ve been the evidence that I am not a fully realized or lovable person. That feels conditional, but we can never know, and maybe we don’t have to know. These are just things that we’ll work through with our respective families. But until then, you have the chosen ones.
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I remember Phoebe Bridgers saying “fans” were being cruel to her at the airport when she was on her way to her dads funeral. And even “Queen of public relations and always polite” Taylor swift looked like she wanted to crawl into a hole and die when Jack antonoff’s wedding rehearsal dinner got swarmed by her fans.
Anyways fans who overstep are just punishing themselves and will make her hide. I hope she protects herself and finds a balance.
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And even if they don't, they may well put people off of working with her. I don't think the crazy stans ever consider that dealing with fandom bullshit (and especially their ability to cause a PR storm) is a cost/risk of doing business with the artist and not everyone generates such Taylor Swift levels of money that it will be handwaved as worth it.
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If I see a celebrity in public I just leave them alone. I'd maybe consider saying "I love your work" or something if I was passing by them and they truly didn't look busy, but in general I leave strangers alone unless they're keen to talk. If you ever would have to raise your voice to get their attention, you shouldn't.
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