I truly didnât feel Lauren was trying to âblameâ anyone. It felt to me she was more so explaining how everything felt contextually to her. Lauren was terrified of herself and her feelings. She was in a lot of intense denial which many of us can relate to. And all of this was magnified by being watched 24/7. I donât think she âflirtedâ with C in public. No more than she âflirtedâ with Normani. Sheâs an affectionate person. If she had a crush, she wasnât ready for the world to know.
Look, I love Lauren, but she literally went out of her way, to put DIRECT BLAME on her fans and especially Camren shippers. It became âourâ fault she couldnât be herself. âWeâ made her feel uncomfortable. âWeâ, and âour artâ, made her feel like a âpredatorâ. âWeâ became the reason for everything going wrong in her life. âWeâ, her âinvasive fansâ were the ultimate reason for her being âoutedâ. If her âinvasive fansâ hadnât found the picture, then Hilton wouldnât have seen it and âoutedâ her. She said Hilton âoutedâ her, but âweâ got the ultimate blame for it. (even though she was planning on coming out anyway)
Iâm just going to say it, and Iâm not going to sugar coat it...Lauren hates fame, and she blames us for it. She always has. She NEEDS US, but has a problem with US, at the same time. She wants her cake, and eat it too...but she donât want to deal with the consequences of getting what she wants.
Lauren just wants to make music. She just wants her fans to listen to her music, stream her music, and buy her music, and thatâs it. She donât want her fans to think about anything else, other than her music. She donât want to play the game, but she wants to be successful. She canât be successful, if she doesnât play the damn game. Instead of blaming the Industry tactics for gaining their artists success, she blames us, more. Why? Because WE are the ones who have to make a CONNECTION with her, to make her a success...or not. Itâs a CONTROL thing. She canât CONTROL her fans, and she hates it.
Lauren finds herself in one hell of a conundrum. She wanted to come out, but now that she has, she wishes sheâd stayed in the fucking glass closet. She told us why, in that podcast. She wanted to be her authentic self, but now, she finds herself pigeonholed. She said her sexuality is the only thing people want to talk about, and book her for. Thatâs why she was booked for that particular podcast, to discuss her sexuality and Latinx Pride. It had a definite purpose and goal, but she was still there because sheâs an out âqueerâ.
Laurenâs music hasnât been garnering media attention, so she has to do shit, she donât want to do, to garner that attention She hates it...and she blames US for it. WE are to blame for her coming out, because now she wishes she hadnât. WE are the reason sheâs pigeonholed, and instead of blaming herself for wanting to come out, she blames us for only caring about her sexuality. Itâs not true. WE care about her music, her mind, and her art, but we CONNECT with her, because sheâs one of US.
That is why, artists who are in a glass closet, stay in the glass closet. Especially female artists. Because they find themselves tied to their sexuality, and pigeonholed to the LGBTQ+ Community as their target audience. WE are a large audience, but we canât create successful hits, alone. If we could, we wouldnât be getting BLAMED for a damn thing. We would be appreciated, by artists and Industry alike. They need us to consume their music. They need us to produce and add to numbers. But, we arenât a big enough target audience to produce the numbers needed for Industry success....And we canât be blamed for that!!!











