MarÍa Becerra introduced a break from social media on July 30 amid the European run of her world tour. Regardless of positioning herself on the forefront of Latin pop over the previous 12 months — together with scoring her first two No. 1s on the Billboard Argentina Sizzling 100 and promoting out River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in file time — the 24-year-old concurrently wanted a hiatus from the scrutiny that she, and plenty of of her friends, face on-line day-after-day.
“I perceive that social media is critical for our careers,” she says. “However the restrict is reached once they begin taking away my pleasure.”
Why did you resolve to take a social media break?
It was doing me fallacious to learn a lot hate — I used to be actually affected by feedback that solely had the intention to hurt [me]. The assault on girls’s our bodies who’re a part of the [music] scene is fixed: If I’m too skinny, if I’ve had a boob job, if I prepare an excessive amount of, how I do my make-up, how I costume… We battle internally making an attempt to please everybody with out dropping our personal identification. Have you learnt how draining that’s? Then, I mentioned, “Sufficient. I’m drained, this hurts.” As a substitute of having fun with a tour that I dreamed a lot about, I used to be struggling due to somebody who writes from behind a display.
What recommendation would you give to artists who really feel equally?
I’m at present within the strategy of studying to handle myself. Going to remedy is useful for me; it helps me to consider what my limits are, what I need to share about my non-public life and what I need to hold for myself. I’m a public determine, and people who hearken to my music count on to learn about me and see me past the exhibits. With my staff, we search a stability in order that this ecosystem capabilities.
How might the leisure trade higher help artists?
I don’t know if [the problem] is the music trade. Every thing I mentioned earlier than about what’s anticipated of feminine artists impacts our vanity and places an overexertion [on us] that in the end generates a really giant emotional imbalance. However the social media phenomenon has produced one thing the place everybody wants to offer their opinions. Folks specific no matter they need, each time they need, and whereas I enormously respect freedom of speech, this has become each a private and social compulsion.
What might be achieved to create extra open discussions on this matter within the trade?
The issue will not be about speaking; it’s what we do about it. How will we increase consciousness of what’s going on? What instruments do folks should ask for assist? I’ve the privilege of with the ability to pay for a psychologist, a well being plan. However what about younger people who find themselves victims of cyberbullying and have nobody to show to? Who helps them? Speaking about this within the media with accountability could possibly be a begin, however I don’t have the method. I’m simply now studying to handle myself and defend myself, and all of that may be a lengthy course of.
This story seems within the Sept. 28, 2024, problem of Billboard.
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