Australian indie pop star, Eves Karydas, has faced many obstacles in trying to break into the music industry but she says there was one that almost caused her to leave the cutthroat scene.
Karydas revealed to the Daily Telegraph, that she was one of many female artists who received the controversial advice to promote her body before her music on social media platforms.
The artist went offline earlier this year before returning to her socials stating that she did what the industry wanted but needed to take some time away.
“I need time away from pretending like everything is awesome for the purposes of social media,” Karydas wrote on social media.
“I’ve posted thirst traps, marketed myself as a ‘hot girl’, obsessively checked likes, read comments, puked at the gross misogyny it incites but also secretly craved the attention.
“And for what? All because I was told that was how to get ahead in this industry? Because I was constantly told I’d have to readjust my expectations of success if I did any differently?”
Karydas said that the pressure was enough to make her consider quitting her music career.
“I felt I needed to quit and just do something else, so I shelved music for a bit. I went and did a woodworking course,” she concluded.
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