Rebecca Ferguson has bravely spoken out concerning bullying, blackmailing and misconduct from music bosses during her career through a series of tweets, and promises that she will not stay silent about her experiences anymore.
The 34-year-old singer-songwriter has used her Twitter platform to convey how she was mistreated by various music bosses within the music industry.
I am not even being silent anymore, You forced me to sign contracts, blackmailed me, bullied me, robbed me, I am not even being scared anymore I have looked back and I am disgusted in how you all treated an innocent young woman! who just wanted to sing! shame on you!
— Rebecca Ferguson (@RebeccaFMusic) March 6, 2021
She continued to add how due to an incident with a certain individual, the singer was blocked from initially finding success in the US, which is extremely hurtful to any artist’s career “Up until 3 years ago, my music was blocked In the U.S because I offended a music boss!! what type of man would bully a young innocent girl? I had to request for the ban to be lifted!”
Ferguson continued to post tweets about her experience within the music industry, leading the singer to apologise for her Tweets whilst reflecting on her career during her younger years “Sorry for the rant, I am in a good place now thankfully! I was looking back tonight at my old videos and it brought up so many emotions and it broke my heart seeing how crushed I was and what they did to me, and I can’t believe people stood back and allowed that to happen.”
She also gave thanks for her life now as well as her support system.
On a final positive note, I have a great and loving team around me now and I have found happiness which I am really proud of, I overcame and I survived it! and I am proud of myself for that and thankful to my fans and the people that supported me throughout. x
— Rebecca Ferguson (@RebeccaFMusic) March 6, 2021
Rebecca Ferguson started her career as the first female runner up of the British talent show, ‘X Factor’ losing the competition to Matt Cardle who won the seventh series in 2010. Her debut album ‘Heaven’ was released in December 2011 and peaked at Number three in the charts. The singer’s debut went platinum twice in the UK and at the time of release was the fastest selling debut album from a solo artist from the years of 2007-2017. The singer won the nation over quickly and became an audience favourite on show. She famously blew the judges away with her final performance with a cover of Duffy song, ‘Distant Dreamer’. Her most recent release was the single, ‘No Words Needed‘, which saw the songstress reunite with Nile Rodgers, Legendary Chic co-founder, whom she has worked with prior.
In response to Ferguson’s experience the singer has started a petition for a regulatory body whose aim is to protect artists, namely young or inexperienced artists whom would otherwise get taken advantage of or mistreated just how Ferguson was. Many artists have come to the support of the petition, particularly Lily Allen who retweeted the singer’s post urging for signatures.
With Ferguson’s fearless attitude gaining more likes and comments as the days unfold, inspiration will no doubt spark more victims of such abuse to come forward.
Click here to sign the petition.
