Lauren Pritchard-Cobb Instagram – Do you ever see pics of yourself from the past and think “why was I so hard on myself then?!”…. when I see pictures of myself from 5-10 years ago (or earlier) the first thing I think about is how much I would beat myself up about my physical appearance. Trying to exercise and be healthy but also throwing up my food, withholding food from myself, always slipping back into my unhealthy mindset that the thinner I was the more beautiful I would appear to people. All the while, I know people who were close to me would say encouraging things to me but the culture towards women in the entertainment business has always been TRASH. I experienced things that are so “normal” in the music industry but I wish it wasn’t… signed to a record label that told me to lose weight when I was literally at my fittest (I was deep into CrossFit at the time). Shelling out thousands of dollars to “reshape my body” to a more “womanly tone”-whatever the fuck that means. That’s why a song like “Ordinary Girl”, from my most recent album ‘lauren’, is still hard to sing sometimes. Cause sometimes I wish I could have just had more fun instead of being inundated with all this other BS alongside some of the most exciting moments of my life!
I’m happy to be where I am today, 148 lbs of living, breathing human who sometimes eats pizza and sometimes eats salad and tries not to overthink things. I’m also so happy to be in my role at my label, @noreverserecords, where I can work alongside all of our new artists not only producing beautiful music with them but also creating an environment where they can be whatever they want to be and look however they want to look.
Lastly, thanks @zackcloudhall for sending me this throwback pic this week! Working with and sharing the stage with @brendonurie & @panicatthedisco has been one of the most fulfilling things I’ve gotten to be a part of and seeing this memory made me smile. I also want to know if I’ll ever figure out what happened to my tiny harmonica necklace!!!! 🫶🏻✨🫶🏻
#selflovesaturday | Posted on 30/Apr/2023 05:06:13
