Doja Cat Just Told Music Stans To Touch Grass And Stop Obsessing Over Streams, And The Internet Is Having A Mini-Meltdown

You cognize Doja Cat.

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The Grammy-Award-winning rapper and vocalist seemingly called retired fandoms obsessed with charts and streaming numbers, and it's caused rather a disturbance connected the internet.

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In a now-deleted X station connected May 2, Doja wrote, "the magnitude of streams connected a opus isn't indicative of the prime oregon effort enactment into it."

The "Kiss Me More" vocalist said, "If you disagree with this you could beryllium having and occurrence and should question emotion from the outside. Go for a run."

"Take a look successful the reflector and inquire yourself successful the information of your caput if you are arrogant of that idiosyncratic oregon if you adjacent similar what you see. Next, bash not punish yourself," she continued.

Doja urged radical not to "sabotage" themselves but "Rather instrumentality it arsenic an accidental to go an adjacent amended mentation of who you erstwhile were. Look astatine it arsenic the opening of a fulfilling life."

"You merit an adventure. You merit to consciousness the prima connected your skin. Don't commercialized that for being connected this app with the blinds drawn. You merit more," she finished.

Indeed, the fandoms (who weren't specifically named) took this connection well, right? Not quite. The net was beauteous divided successful their effect to Doja Cat, who fundamentally told everyone to spell extracurricular and interaction the grass.

Here are immoderate of the champion responses that weren't highly inappropriate oregon riddled with mindless negativity:

One idiosyncratic responded, "This is the hypocrisy I speech about, erstwhile your opus bangs and everyone is bragging astir the stats online, you ne'er accidental crap similar this to fto them cognize it doesn't substance to you. You saying this erstwhile you're flopping is counterintuitive and honestly shameful."

Another idiosyncratic said, "Doja keeping it existent arsenic always. She's close though—music is astir look and connection, not conscionable numbers. A bully reminder to measurement backmost and interaction immoderate grass."

"Unforunatley your fans (Kittens) on with the remainder of stan twitter has spent the past 5 years comparing debut spotify streams, regular streams, & planetary peaks to different pistillate rappers and their respective songs/albums. I hold that sales, numbers and charts are not the extremity each beryllium each of Popular Music, but you are a mainstream creator & your numbers oregon deficiency determination of, are ever going to beryllium isolated of the conversation," different X idiosyncratic wrote.

In a lengthy response, different X idiosyncratic wrote, "the magnitude of words successful a tweet isn’t indicative of clarity oregon wisdom. if you deliberation it is, you mightiness beryllium projecting and should see touching immoderate existent grass. log out. hydrate. inquire yourself successful soundlessness wherefore your validation depends connected downplaying others. next, defy the impulse to overtalk. you don’t person to beryllium the main quality each scroll. sometimes the champion mentation of you is the 1 who said less. instrumentality this arsenic a accidental to go idiosyncratic radical don’t rotation their eyes at. you merit that peace. you merit caller air. you merit the state of not tweeting similar a motivational villain. you truly do."

Finally, this idiosyncratic wrote, "She enactment everyone successful their spot without being mean. This is what kindess looks similar adjacent erstwhile you are trying to beryllium an important point."

Doja did respond to respective of the X posts, expressing that she offered her "respect" due to the fact that immoderate radical defended their lifestyle. She expressed to different X idiosyncratic that mightiness beryllium projecting their fear, and she understands but can't clasp their anger.

I privation to perceive your thoughts. Who are your favourite artists, and bash you deliberation charts and streaming numbers genuinely substance successful respect to their success?