To My Fans.. HD

An open letter to my fans, It is nearly impossible to express my unending gratitude and appreciation for those who have supported me and my journey throughout the past couple years. Words cannot come close to truly explaining the love I have for you all. I wanted to write an open letter to my fans to explain all the things I was never able to disclose before. For those who don’t know, a year and a half ago I signed a record deal with a major label. The struggles Lauren and I faced shortly after are too great to accurately recall, and if we could; you would all have a hard time believing it. We put up with constant and continual bullying, lies, unfair compromises, underhanded politics, name-calling, blame games and much more, all at the hands of grown men who saw two young girls and thought they could control us. They wanted me to change the way that I looked, the way that I acted, the way I sang, the words I wrote, who I was as an artist, but also who I was as a person. And I couldn’t do that. The creation of my EP under these circumstances was a strenuous and very difficult task. My label wanted to take away my creative control and identity, and exercised their plan relentlessly, until finally, I had no choice but to compromise. And in turn, I was forced to put out a project that I wasn’t even proud of. My label wanted me to sit down, shut up, play a part, and play it well. I told Lauren that I would rather die than to sacrifice who I am, I wouldn’t be their mannequin, I wouldn’t play by their rules, and she stood by me. In order to maintain my wishes, we had to distance ourselves from our label, which led to them ignoring us, for months. If you wondered why I am taking so long to come out with my new music, it is because we had to start over from scratch. Because I would not bend to the label’s liking, I was punished and ostracized. Even though it was extremely challenging, we did not run back to them and beg for help. We started over from nothing with no ones help, and started to rebuild, so that we could create a foundation that we were proud of. One that was not poisoned by outside forces. I know that people think of me as a joke, an instagram model, etc., and it killed me that I couldn’t explain myself or the struggles that were slowing us down. My label refused to promote me or my music because I did not act accordingly. They “punished” me by ignoring me, and my EP. My only way of self-promotion was through social media, so I used it to my advantage. People attack me everyday for exposing my body, calling me disgusting names, hurtful remarks. So much, in fact, that I contemplated if I should be in this business anymore. I was receiving criticism from every direction, everyone said we were doing it wrong. The people who were supposed to be on "my team" tried to tear me and Lauren apart and replace her with a manager of their choice, hoping to control me more. Then one day, Lauren and I had the honor of meeting with someone we both ido