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wavesoutbeingtossed · 4 months

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I’m not defending Billie in the least or anything, and she is an adult and is responsible for her words and actions, but I’m just saying… She was a child star whose family’s entire existence revolves around her career and has since she was a young teenager. Which can be lovely for support, sure, but could also lead to limited outside guidance or perspective on her career. (Look, I know little about her family other than watching her documentary on Apple a few years ago.) I’m just saying there could be an echo chamber of influence in her circle leading to people enabling short-term resentment and pettiness instead of calculating how to play the long game. The fact that her own management was obtuse enough to be liking unsavoury tweets about another high profile artist on a public account is evidence enough that her larger team’s judgment is perhaps not the best to put it mildly.

Obviously it’s not a great look to vocally criticize *checks notes* selling more physical copies of albums, selling special digital editions of albums, releasing long form content and putting on an intricate show for fans when that’s the industry standard that you have to aspire to, and more importantly, even worse to make it seem you’re above it all while actively pursuing some of those things. Eventually she (along with any other artist coming up) is going to have to find that you do in fact have to show you care to have the kind of longevity that the big names have. She might just skate through this one because her fanbase is young and will support her, but eventually, she will have to have the product to back this all up.

I don’t know what I’m really saying here other than who you surround yourself with absolutely matters.

#like i know there are parallels because Taylor also became her family’s entire focus #but the difference i think is that due to their socioeconomic status #there was less… idk… breadwinning aspect to Taylor’s child stardom #like her brother could have gone off and worked anywhere else if he’d wanted #Billie’s relationship with hers is i think quite different #and imo she’s been enabled in a lot of things — good and less good — and been told ‘no’ far less #I’m not saying she’s spoiled #but i do think there’s maybe an echo chamber situation happening #added with the ‘not like other girls’ persona #that i feel may be informing some of this resentment if that is what is fueling this #also tbh i got stage parent vibes from her fam but tht’s based on nothing so that’s unfair of me to say I know #like — Billie doesn’t need to be starting beef with industry veterans #she’s a Grammy and oscar winner! she’s got a huge career ahead of her!#and i saw her on Colbert yesterday — she’s charming and articulate and passionate about her music and is a true student of music #she doesn’t need to be chipping away at that goodwill by coming for other artists (and if it isn’t Taylor it’ll be someone else)

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