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But now she's able to give advice to other young female artists who may be in a similar position.

\"Anybody who puts anything out into the world, if it has a bit of success, now that comes with scrutiny,\" she shared. \"And that's something that I tell a lot of new artists and a lot of people who I ended up talking to, who are like, 'Hey, so you've been through a lot of things. I'm freaking out, I'm getting my first wave of bad press, what do I do?'\"

\"And I'm like, 'Do not let anything stop you from making art,'\" she added. \"Just make things.\"

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