Ari Lennox is trying to start out a brand new chapter in her life, and so as to take action, she feels as if she must stroll away from social media.
On Friday (October 11), Lennox shared a prolonged message along with her Instagram followers detailing her plans to erase her footprint from social media on December 18, the anniversary marking her two-years of her sobriety.
Within the message she supplied to her followers and supporters, Lennox likened her relationship to social media to that of an dependancy and defined how she feels she gained’t be capable of “mature” whereas wrestling with the grips of it.
“Hey I’m engaged on a plan to transition off of social media for good,” Ari Lennox wrote partially.
“I don’t imagine I’ll ever mature and be completely happy so long as i’ve it. So my final day of socials will likely be December 18th, my 2 yr sobriety anniversary. I will likely be deleting my FB, IG and TikTok completely.”
She continued, “The concern of shedding model offers, music gross sales, n###as and betches will not hold me right here.”
“To all of my stunning followers, I’m simply not completely happy nor thriving right here. I’ve a really poisonous and codependent relationship with these apps. My happiness is value extra to me, than utilizing these platforms to advertise.”
Regardless of the usefulness of social media relating to selling music and her private model, Lennox stated she vows to suppose outdoors of the field and discover methods to unfold her message with out compromising her psychological well being.
“I actually imagine I can get artistic with advertising elsewhere,” she stated. “I’m so exhausted with my dependancy to the web and gossip and a focus and validation and craving to be in management and over sharing. I simply wish to be free and full.”
Although she’s utterly slicing social media out of her life, Lennox defined that she’s going to nonetheless proceed to make a dedication to sharing content material on platforms extra geared towards that particularly, slightly than social interplay.
“I want to provide different areas the place you could find me and that’s YouTube.com/arilennox and Arilennox.com and on the singing stage or outdoors,” she wrote.
“I ain’t gone entrance like this has been cute, it hasn’t. I like yall a lot. Please subscribe to my mailing listing on my web site to stay up to date on my 2025 album and tour or don’t (My single Smoke drops 10/18 ) additionally my unhealthy if my drama causes any distractions or insensitivity as I’m conscious of the fixed horror occurring on the planet. I simply want to offer my sweeties a heads up. I’ll be good and I’m excited for this journey. I’m an excessive particular person. It should endlessly be all or nothing with me. – Ari/Courtney”
Lennox’s announcement follows a wave of seemingly erratic conduct that the Dreamville vocalist has exhibited prior to now few months on her social media accounts. Along with revealing her dwelling was burglarized throughout a reside stream, Lennox additionally lately shared her expertise experimenting with same-sex relationship and informed her followers she was keen to do one thing unusual to assist acquire money movement to repay her debt to the IRS.
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