Kate Nash angry over article claiming she 'doesn't exist'
'I still exist you twat, alongside all the other artists on this list'
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Your support makes all the difference.Kate Nash has slammed an article that joked she no longer exists. Titled ’33 Singers That Only Exist In The Memories Of British Millennials’, the piece appeared on Buzzfeed, making light of those artists who were popular in the noughties.
“She was the cute vintage-dress-wearing girl we all wanted to be back in 2007,” the article said of the singer. “Presumably these days she’s wearing baggy jumpers and DMs but who knows?”
Nash — who recently appeared in GLOW, the Jenji Kohan-produced Netflix series that has been widely praised by critics — used Twitter to address the article.
“The media have talked about me this way my entire career, since I was 20 years old,” she wrote.
“I think this media tone needs to end. It says a lot about what people are being told to value. But it’s very old fashioned. Plus it is not a real reflection of how millennials think, nor my career.
“I just think this media tone is actually very dangerous. The media keep telling us what the facts are. Not only is it rude, it doesn’t reflect the truth and seems irrelevant and out of touch. The media really need to get a grip.” Read the messages below.
Speaking to The Independent earlier this year while promoting GLOW, Nash spoke candidly about struggling with being a woman in the public eye and fighting to be an independent artist.
There’s been many times I thought I should stop because this sucks,” she said. “But always for me the music was worth it. I live for that, and now I’ve managed to break through into the next stage of my music career.” Read the full interview here.
GLOW is currently available on Netflix, a second season coming next year.
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