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[–] Lennard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I remember when Billie Eilish got big with her album at age 17 and I felt so crappy still making bat shit music at 18

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Our environment has a lot to do with it too, like what we're born into. Billie Eilish's parents were both actors with a very limited amount of success. She's not a nepo-baby by any definition of the word but she had parents who supported her passion and a have few connections. I don't know what your situation growing up was like but I can take a guess and say that your parents said to you what my parents said to me when I said I wanted to be a rockstar. "You can certainly try, but most people who do don't get very far." They were right of course. You can cut yourself a little slack, life is hard.

[–] Lennard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

Thanks for your kind words, but I have grown in the last few years ;) Today I would never ever want to get famous fast. I think it's very tough to find any meaning and contentment for people that got famous "over night"