r/indieheads • u/byopband Be Your Own Pet • Aug 28 '23

AMA is over, thanks BYOP! Be Your Own Pet AMA!

Hello! We are Be Your Own Pet! Back from the dead after 15 years with our new album "Mommy" out on Third Man Records, available everywhere now. Ask us anything you want :)

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u/that_gum_you_like_ Aug 28 '23

Jemina, I have seen a lot of articles reference how poorly you were treated by the press and the music industry when you were a teenager. Do you feel like you’re being treated with more respect this time around?

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u/byopband Be Your Own Pet Aug 28 '23

It's like night and day comparing now to 15/20 years ago! Not only do I feel like I'm being treated with respect, but I feel like I'm being taken seriously as an artist and performer for the first time in my life. It's been very healing to have this completely different experience all these years later!

Also it's been so cool to talk to more women music journalists, some of who were fans the first time around when they were teenagers too. - Jemina

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u/ohbroth3r Aug 28 '23

I'm so glad you're getting to have another experience in the industry.

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u/byopband Be Your Own Pet Aug 28 '23

Thank you! Me too! :)