The Parasocial Relationships Of It All.. 

and they all hated doja when she said she wasnt our friend. did she lie lol?

This is why an artist like Beyoncé is important. People always complain about how she doesn’t talk to us, or show us any love, like as if that’s her job. Artists are here to make music, not be our parasocial best friends. To get to know Beyoncé, you have to use her art, which is the point of being an artist. Now look at y’all favs getting sued 5 million dollars for joking around with y’all 😂

It’s mostly social media. You have access to celebrities in a different way than when you only saw/ heard from them through magazine or tv interviews. Celebrities should be able to use social media like the rest of us without the entitlement that’s forced upon a them.

fan is short for fanatic and that type of crazy behavior comes with it

I think we’ll never be as close as we are to celebs right now and I think it will eventually change because so many have abused it like you said.

It’s very weird how stans will talk about these women, bringing up their kids, their bodies, their pasts. I’ve seen people wish disgusting things on literal children over a stan war! There’s also a huge problem with gay men (not all, of course) being disgustingly misogynistic to whoever they don’t like. It’s weird and I wish people didn’t get so caught up in this sort of thing.

World going to hell for celebrity worship smh

Being a fan of your favorite artist is one thing. Ok you support their music your show love online and stuff ,ok. But then there is the extra level of fans ..and to me are the barbs …they do WAY too much. Maybe it’s me and internet wasn’t as big when the beehive was doing things but I don’t remember it being as bad as the barbs

These gay dudes be stannin these Female artists, but these girls don't rock with them like that and think they weirdos.

Promoting an album as a fan is crazy. Like dont you know that there is people getting paid to do that?

I'm 17, I've never felt so close to a celebrity to this extent or at ALL really. Like sure, I'm tapped in on their latest project, album, whatever they premiered in via the news (perhaps it's the way I was raised). I feel like social media has really made these celebrities, in a way, very accessible to them. Even the ones that don't be on social media (ex: Beyoncé) can have fans like these. I don't believe celebs should just not interact with their fanbase (i.e., they say Bey is a robot bc she doesn't do this besides her concerts and scripted videos) but I do believe at some point, it's best to leave your fanbase alone for a good while since it would lead to stuff like this, in Nicki's case.

Suggesting an OF for the baby???…

He's definitely not going to get any money from this at all,but I feel like the public is glazing over the Kenneth assault allegation

The beyhive is way at one point no one was as vocal as the beyhive and now every other artist fan base mimic us

It’s social media + celebs + Society as it stands. It’s a perfect storm. People need parasocial relationships for comfort and emotional regulation. Plus a lot of Gen z have grown up on social media and don’t know how to act right. I started using instagram when it came out in 2013 when I was 10/11. (21 almost 22 now). However, The celebs def play into it. Miss swift comes to mind immediately. Nicki def nurtures her relationship w her fans bc it deeply benefits her. A lot of these celebs wouldn’t be nothing without their fans. But they also don’t owe anything to their fans. Chapell is 100% valid in feeling uncomfortable because of stalking. Every celeb has a stalker. Small celebs do! It’s just part of being famous. Stan twitter is a cesspool of insanity and disgusting fanatic behaviour. I try to seperate myself from parasocial relationships as a whole. But I have them with my fav small creators. It’s inescapable.

I love your calming a voice, I can watch your videos any time of night ☺️

I hope Nicki is doing ok ❤

Nicki never, ever checks her fans. And everyone knows barbz are the most most unhinged fandom. It’s all about balance. Give your fans some love and validation to keep them supporting you. But also, make sure to keep them in check and don’t indulge all their crazy worshiping of you and evil antics towards other artists/fan bases. Nicki is definitely not interested in the latter. In fact, she has egged a lot of craziness on in order to suit her interests.

But Nicki olays into her fans delusions over her all the time for her own advantage and she's always making them bully and attack people and never tells them to chill when they are bullying new rap girls

While you should definitely have boundaries when it comes to stuff like this, don’t just straight up disrespect your fans. Some “fans” are insane and that’s why we need boundaries.

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I think it’s a mixture of everything I think certain celebs play into it other don’t some fans def take it way to far others don’t and social media def fuels a lot of it cause everyone wants instant gratification I think people need to worry about they own shit rent due

Good evening: Stan culture is very very crazy. So crazy 😜 ppl get so obsessed, with their fave artists. Relax it ain't that serious. It's fine to love your favorite celebrity, but getting so extremely close like yall family is odd. Alot of these celebrities, don't like you like think they do. And don't care for you at all. Sometimes it's a portrayal. Basically a act. Stan culture is getting wayyyyy outta hand. It didn't used to be this way back then. Good lawd...!!

It's all three in my opinion. Also I feel like the stans that hold other stans (that aren't from other fanbases) accountable almost always do it when it's convenient. They're hardly around when someone is being disrespectful and downright hateful and it gets tons of likes and positive support despite how negative the message is, but when they make the news they all of a sudden want to start separating them from the main fanbase.

Im sorry but i dont feel sorry for Nicki because this is what happens when you constantly interact with yours and encourage them to behave as if they actually know you! Give it a few years and it'll be studied how weird Nicki's relationship is with her fans she is the prime example of a celebrity that encourages her fans to be more and more parasocial and to carry out this almost cult like behavior! Honestly its pretty disturbing in my opinion

"No Caresha please"😂

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Celebrities make themselves to accessible 🤔 and seem like if you actually are a stan you get extra attention 😮 celebs need to quit making themselves seem like every day regular ppl that you can easily get in touch with them my opinion 🤷

lollll

It’s very weird how stans will talk about these women, bringing up their kids, their bodies, their pasts. I’ve seen people wish disgusting things on literal children over a stan war! There’s also a huge problem with gay men (not all, of course) being disgustingly misogynistic to whoever they don’t like. It’s weird and I wish people didn’t get so caught up in this sort of thing.