Tara Isabella Burton

financial and emotional and physical toll of that in so many instances, especially if anybody got sick and shows were canceled. And there just wasn't an easy way to recover from that. We're five years out, but I think we're still significantly dealing with the aftermath of that as well.

financial and emotional and physical toll of that in so many instances, especially if anybody got sick and shows were canceled. And there just wasn't an easy way to recover from that. We're five years out, but I think we're still significantly dealing with the aftermath of that as well.

Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I think that's the big question, because like you mentioned, like we're seeing Taylor Swift and Beyonce and Coldplay and all these really big artists. Set records sometimes. Yes. They're breaking box office records. So clearly the demand is there. Like fans want to come see live music. Fans want to support artists.

Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I think that's the big question, because like you mentioned, like we're seeing Taylor Swift and Beyonce and Coldplay and all these really big artists. Set records sometimes. Yes. They're breaking box office records. So clearly the demand is there. Like fans want to come see live music. Fans want to support artists.

Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I think that's the big question, because like you mentioned, like we're seeing Taylor Swift and Beyonce and Coldplay and all these really big artists. Set records sometimes. Yes. They're breaking box office records. So clearly the demand is there. Like fans want to come see live music. Fans want to support artists.

And fans are maybe spending more than they ever have to do so. But I think the thing is, it's becoming less and less popular.

And fans are maybe spending more than they ever have to do so. But I think the thing is, it's becoming less and less popular.

And fans are maybe spending more than they ever have to do so. But I think the thing is, it's becoming less and less popular.

feasible for middle class artists to sort of you know strike a middle ground where it's like if you're not a Taylor Swift if you're not a Beyonce if you're just trying to play small clubs and theaters and you know be able to come back home and work on an album that's becoming less and less possible so I think we're seeing a larger financial discrepancy within the music industry and

feasible for middle class artists to sort of you know strike a middle ground where it's like if you're not a Taylor Swift if you're not a Beyonce if you're just trying to play small clubs and theaters and you know be able to come back home and work on an album that's becoming less and less possible so I think we're seeing a larger financial discrepancy within the music industry and

feasible for middle class artists to sort of you know strike a middle ground where it's like if you're not a Taylor Swift if you're not a Beyonce if you're just trying to play small clubs and theaters and you know be able to come back home and work on an album that's becoming less and less possible so I think we're seeing a larger financial discrepancy within the music industry and

And it's becoming harder and harder for middle class artists, especially those who don't have a financial safety net. And again, I think this was one of the big things we saw during COVID.

And it's becoming harder and harder for middle class artists, especially those who don't have a financial safety net. And again, I think this was one of the big things we saw during COVID.

And it's becoming harder and harder for middle class artists, especially those who don't have a financial safety net. And again, I think this was one of the big things we saw during COVID.

You know, one of the musicians that I interviewed, Lizzy Ngo, who's now on OnlyFans, she told me during COVID she was going to medical trials as a way to pay her bills because like some of her friends in the music industry, she didn't have family money or she didn't have like, you know, a cabin upstate where she could just go hang out and write music while she was writing out the pandemic.

You know, one of the musicians that I interviewed, Lizzy Ngo, who's now on OnlyFans, she told me during COVID she was going to medical trials as a way to pay her bills because like some of her friends in the music industry, she didn't have family money or she didn't have like, you know, a cabin upstate where she could just go hang out and write music while she was writing out the pandemic.

You know, one of the musicians that I interviewed, Lizzy Ngo, who's now on OnlyFans, she told me during COVID she was going to medical trials as a way to pay her bills because like some of her friends in the music industry, she didn't have family money or she didn't have like, you know, a cabin upstate where she could just go hang out and write music while she was writing out the pandemic.

So I think these inequities in the music industry are are becoming more and more stark.

So I think these inequities in the music industry are are becoming more and more stark.

So I think these inequities in the music industry are are becoming more and more stark.