Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry said that she believes criticism of young women in the present music business “is so stifling to creativity.”
During the height of Blondie’s fame in the 1970s and 1980s, Harry spoke fighting sexism in an interview with Dan Cairns of The Sunday Times.
After a 15-year absence, Blondie is presently touring the US, according to the outlet.
Harry remarked that since young women in music now face so much criticism, she is grateful that Blondie became well-known before social media.
According to her, the scrutiny, which is so detrimental to creativity and the discovery of anything inside oneself, would irritate her more than objectification.
The singer said that since they were bringing in a new age of music in the late 20th century, female singers had to be extra tenacious.
“We had more grit back then. We had a strong feeling of purpose since we were leaving behind the “good old boys” era “explained Harry.
“Any of the females from that time had a lot of attitude, if you looked at them. I’ve always felt more at ease having to struggle for anything.”
Blondie may not have been famous because of the internet, but she said that the period she lived in New York City beginning in the late 1960s was very much like the internet.
“It was so immediate what was happening in New York. Because of how small the city was, it was almost like having our own little internet. We all kind of picked up on things fast “She went on.
“That had a significant role in how the events in New York were received. The region was so compact that you could visit every club in a single evening.”
Even though Harry wouldn’t want to be a young, female musician in 2022, she had to deal with difficulties in her early professional life.
According to The Sunday Times, the artist stated in her 2019 autobiography “Face It” that she had been sexually assaulted at gunpoint during a burglary while being bound next to her then-boyfriend and future Blondie bandmate Chris Stein.
Harry said that her life’s challenges moulded her work and her character.
“I do believe that many individuals refuse to let bad things happen to them. In a sense, I was on a quest.
Although it seems foolish, I wanted to experience things in my life “She spoke to the Times. “Knowing who I was was crucial to me because of my fairly strict upbringing.”
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