My (27F) husband (27M) is trying to make it in the music industry. He’s had labels look at him before, but apparently having his significant on his social media was something that was viewed negatively.
He’s been viewed by labels recently and told that he should take down posts of us, which ultimately would make him look single. I am torn about this. I want him to succeed but feel a little yucky about him appearing single which will eventually bring unwanted attention. He doesn’t want to be a sex symbol, it’s about music…but ultimately I believe if labels care then they’re marketing for that…it’s to draw fans by them being attracted to you and wishing they could be with you. I could be wrong, of course, but I am just now sure about the whole thing. He respects my opinion and ultimately wouldn’t do anything without my permission, but this is his dream career that he’s worked so hard for.
I’m not sure if I’m overreacting or overthinking…just want some advice & opinions.
So…If you are a musician or other type of influencer trying to make it, should you post your significant other, whether dating or married, to your social media? Or would it be better to appear as if you’re not taken in order to gain a bigger following? Do labels (for music) and brands care? How would doing this generally affect a partner?
TLDR; husband is becoming famous & we’re considering keeping us private to gain fans
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Why wouldn’t he make a professional account where he only posts his music stuff, and keeps his personnal account prívate for family and close friends ?
For the fans? Yeah ok
No offence dude, but if he wants to remove you from socials its for groupies, not fans
If I were him, I’d tell a label that wants me to distance myself from my spouse, to go pound salt. Their version of success is insincere.
If he needs social media for a public facing job, he needs to start a 2nd social media specifically for that purpose and keep a private family+friends profile.
Is this something HE told you, or did you actually hear somebody say this to him?
What genre of music is this? I’ve heard of this being a thing for K-pop idols, but not for other genres.
This one is tough. My bestie I married to a famous athlete he didn’t post much of her until he was well into the fame. Now he posts her here and there. Have girls thrown themselves at him? Yes. Has he thrown his whole life away for them – absolutely not. It sucks and only you two can make the decision, I am only sharing to show you it is possible. Sucky but possible.
Are you sure they’re not saying that he needs to make his socials less personalized in general and focus on the music/profession?
Definitely just make a new account or turn the old one into the business account if you don’t want to lose the followers and make a new private account. I personally wouldn’t care unless/until he gave me a reason to.
No this doesn’t seem right. This sounds like something they would have done decades ago (keeping martial status a secret) now anyone with 5 mins and internet can learn almost everything about you
This is either a case of a shady label or a shady husband
Hi, my husband works in music distribution, runs a label and is in a band. They have a record in pressing now, release date is October.
The way they and most other professional musicians run social media is to have it completely separate from their personal social media. Being a musician is a business, he needs to run it like a business. All his SM should be linked to each other and also to a streaming platform. He should have a public social media for his music and a locked down private social media for himself. He networks from the professional account, never from the personal account. No random fan should be able to discover what your name is, what you look like, or where you live from his professional page.
Can’t he just have a professional account and also a personal one he keeps private? Pretending not to have a partner is a separate thing and if ppl are telling him that’s what he needs to do, I question their “industry” expertise
If he does become famous then you probably don’t want fans to have easy access to you either. If he’s not a cheater, he is not going to cheat. Fans can become fixated and think they can reach him through you.
He should make a professional account. On there, he wouldn’t ever need to post his spouse or family.
Have you actually seen the messages telling him to do this? Because I would bet money what they actually said was “clean up your socials and make them more public-facing” and he’s just decided to erase you.
I happen to have a friend who is a very well known musician. He has one account which is public, and one under a slightly different name for his personal friends.
I’ve met some influencers from travels, and friends who use it for business and here’s my understanding.
It’s about his brand and who he is, not about you. It’s not about cutting you out. It’s not about looking single for fans to creep. Whether he is or not there will still be fans who creep. It’s just how he handles those boundaries, can’t control what others do
Part of it is also for your protection to not have you posted all over. Same with kids or other family members to keep them out of it. They also want to see him, not other people no matter who they are. Even if it’s his parents, it has nothing to do with his work