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Sky Ferreira and Charli XCX have responded to claims they're major label puppets etc etc

  • December 31, 2012
  • Brad O'Mance

skyeverythingSky Ferreira and Charli XCX have 'taken to' Facebook and Tumblr respect­ively to defend their 'artistry' against accus­a­tions of being 'pop puppets' and such like.

Basically, a young man who goes by the name Elite Gymnastics said some things on a blog post about Sky and Charli XCX not really being the future of "DIY" pop given that they're both signed to a major label and work with producers. He also said Charli's music was "a mangled, grotesque approx­im­a­tion" of Grimes', which is a bit harsh.

Charli XCX then responded to it all here in quite a well-argued post which boils down to 'oh fuck off'.

Sky then responded on Facebook, adding: "Collaborating with people is MY choice! Throwing bags of money at people didn't get me to where I am & I didn't record songs BY people. I made songs WITH people. There is a difference."

So there you go.

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