Why Iggy Azalea Is QUITTING MUSIC
Why Iggy Azalea Is QUITTING MUSIC
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00:00 I always felt that, you know, I had other creative things
00:04 that I really wanted to kind of get to.
00:06 And it's hard to get to them when you're a recording artist
00:09 because so much of recording is going on tour after the fact.
00:13 Iggy Azalea pressing pause on her music career.
00:16 Legislator's a no-brainer.
00:18 The rapper announcing on X that she's scrapping
00:20 that would-be fourth album
00:22 and making a bit of a career pivot in the process,
00:25 seemingly pursuing work as a creative director for others.
00:28 It's good to give yourself a refresh mentally.
00:31 Sometimes I think people forget
00:33 that doing something repetitively over and over again,
00:37 it can get very monotonous.
00:39 Iggy tells her fans she knew it was time to step away
00:41 from recording after not feeling the urge
00:43 to finish the project,
00:45 adding that she feels really happy and passionate
00:48 in her day-to-day life
00:49 and wants to stick to what's undeniably best for her.
00:52 Can't wait to start sharing some of the things
00:54 I've been involved in creating
00:56 and hoping you'll see my quirk and humor in anything I touch.
00:59 I've got so many things happening
01:01 that I've been working on creatively.
01:03 Iggy's decision to leave music behind
01:05 and explore other ventures isn't exactly a shock.
01:08 When I'm thinking about things from a musical perspective,
01:12 there's only so far I can go with that.
01:14 All of the ideas that I have
01:15 don't necessarily lend themselves to music
01:17 or my story as a person.
01:20 So it's been fun to do other projects
01:22 where I can play a different character or a different role.
01:25 Back in 2021, she told ET that her then-upcoming third album,
01:29 "The End of an Era," might in fact be the end of an era.
01:33 I am a Gemini, so I never like to say things
01:35 super definitively, but this is my last album
01:40 on my distribution deal,
01:42 so I don't have an obligation to make any more.
01:46 But this is an "I'll control that" contractual obligation,
01:49 putting out this album.
01:50 This was so important to me,
01:51 and I really took my time with it
01:53 because I'm like, "This may be the last one,"
01:55 and I'm pretty sure it will be,
01:57 so I just really wanted to make it something
02:00 that I was so happy with
02:01 and that I can live with loving the cover,
02:04 loving every song,
02:05 and for me, it's a no-skip album for me.
02:08 At the time, Iggy said her newborn son, Onyx,
02:11 had her re-evaluating her priorities.
02:14 Really, at this point, truly 95% of it
02:17 is about the fact that I just don't feel
02:20 that I am comfortable being that level open to the public.
02:25 Partially because I have a son now
02:28 and I feel that maternal instinct
02:30 to want to really protect him
02:33 and have that safe space,
02:36 and I don't really want to invite strangers
02:39 to have an opinion about my life so much anymore,
02:42 and so there is that instinctual thing for me
02:44 where I feel like I just really want to protect that.
02:46 I really don't want to tour anymore
02:48 because I have my son,
02:49 so I want to try to just shift my focus
02:51 onto things that can mesh better
02:54 with where I'm at in my life.
02:57 And since then, Iggy's stuck true to her word,
02:59 releasing only one single, "Money Come," last summer.
03:03 ♪ Shout out all the haters going cuckoo ♪
03:05 ♪ 'Cause I'm on that money train like choo-choo ♪
03:07 While we wait to see what's next,
03:09 we know Iggy's got plenty to keep her busy.
03:11 Between raking in the cash on OnlyFans,
03:13 she reportedly earns millions a year.
03:16 Like all my chatting I do on Twitter,
03:18 now I just do it on (beep)
03:20 And raising her now three-year-old boy.
03:22 He's amazing, he's great.
03:24 He's got his own little personality right now
03:27 and he runs around.
03:28 (upbeat music)
03:31 (upbeat music)
03:33 (upbeat music)
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