Phoebe Bridgers proves fans can bully their own idols

How could a fan bully his own idol? Phoebe Bridgers showed that this is possible, as she herself has been the target of intimidation by people who claim to admire her work.

In an interview with Them, the artist reflected on the experience, experienced precisely in one of the most delicate periods of her life: the death of her father, which occurred at the end of last year. And it wasn’t a case of the internet: phoebe had the unpleasant experience at an airport while traveling to the funeral.

The reason for this lies in the singer’s love life. As a negative consequence of its popularitybridgers has her privacy made public by paparazzi, journalists and even fans who chase her around. Part of her admirer base lends itself to criticizing whoever is in a relationship with the artist, which makes her very upset.

“I feel it in my body as I say this, but people with my picture as their Twitter photo, who claim to like my music, bullied me at the airport on the way to my father’s funeral.”

In the view of Phoebe, many of the people who do this may simply be young people who are clueless about their actions. Still, it hurt her so that she decided to speak about it publicly.

“If you’re a kid and the internet has somehow taught you that this is a good thing to do, then I hate capitalism and everything that has led you to believe that it’s okay to do this. I, at one of the lowest points in my life, saw people who claim to love me simply dehumanize, shame and intimidate me on the way to my father’s wake.”

Phoebe Bridgers outburst

Right away, Phoebe Bridgers made it clear that there was no misinformation on the part of the bullies. Her father’s death had already been disclosed through social networks-the artist herself spoke out on the subject.

“It’s not like they didn’t know my dad had just died. Many of the top comments cited this.”

The artist even left a message for this specific slice of fans:

“If you keep harassing me with a profile picture of me, I fucking hate you and I hope you just grow up and mature.”

Despite the virtual manifestations of hatred, phoebe has received support from many other people – including Lucy Dacus and Julien Bakeryour colleagues Boygenius. The band released their debut studio album, The Record, last Friday (31).

bridgers he also made it clear that fan harassment shouldn’t be part of a famous artist’s job. It’s not a matter of “you’re famous because of your fans, so quietly accept whatever they can do to you”.

“I have to say that most of the people I talk to brighten my life and remind me of what I love about my job. I don’t have to be grateful that this happened and that’s part of my job. It doesn’t have to be. It wasn’t part of my job 5 years ago. So I admire the fact that I can look at these two people here and think, ‘this is abuse, this is inhumane, this is horrible shit’.”