I’ve seen multiple takes on this fader article but this one absolutely nails it. So many companies within the music industry farm the mental health of artists, and then get defensive when we try to repair ourselves or ask for appropriate pay. It is so broken. https://twitter.com/nadineshah/status/1289472923904827394">https://twitter.com/nadinesha...

Also Daniel Ek has literally 0 right to tell any artist how they quickly they should be putting their art. The gall of thinking he does is staggering. My record label doesn’t even say this kind of shit https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷🏻‍♂️" title="Achselzuckender Mann (heller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Achselzuckender Mann (heller Hautton)">

You just cannot demand so much of artists and work them to exhaustion and then also tell them they aren’t outputting enough music to suit your business model. I took all the time I needed to make my second album. I’ll do it again and again if I need to.

I’m not a social media influencer. The ‘work’ I put in is the days I spend writing and recording, the weeks rehearsing and the months touring. That is literally my job, and I am really good at it. Artists shouldn’t have to be extroverts to be successful. Most of them AREN’T.

Also, it’s all well and good having ‘continuous engagement with my fans’ but that doesn’t mean anything when it comes to streaming numbers. Me having x amount of of followers doesn’t translate to that many streams or views. This is basic.

But what I hate the most, is that this way of talking promotes a barbaric and archaic way of conducting business in the music industry- if you play our game by our rules then you could win big, and if you don’t then we’ll make sure you lose and tell everyone that you deserved it.

fin.