Coi Leray Claims Old Label Pressured Her To Make Pop Music: 'They Wanted Taylor Swift'

[Street Knowledge]

Coi Leray wants to be seen for who she is as as artist, which is something she claims her former label had no intention of honoring.

The “Players” rapper reflected on her relationship with Republic Records during a livestream on Tuesday (April 23), revealing that its executives kept pushing her to be more like Taylor Swift.

“I’m not on Republic Records no more, I’m on Island [Records],” she began. “When I dropped Blue Moon, Republic — they wanted pop shyt. They wanted some Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande shyt, which I can do, but I still like to work on my own pace and my own time, and I’m still, like, developing and learning and my own sound and shyt …

“The Blue Moon shyt they didn’t like. I wouldn’t say that they didn’t like, but it was something that they felt they didn’t want to put no money into. So when I gotta come out my pocket and put my own money into my own music, you gotta make real-life decisions.”

She also reflected on how not all people like “every Coi in the pond,” referring to her versatility and her ability to sing, rap and switch up her style.

Coi Leray Claims Old Label Pressured Her To Make Pop Music: 'They Wanted Taylor Swift'

Coi Leray has claimed that her old label, Republic Records, pressured her to make pop music in the same vein as other superstars like Taylor Swift.

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[Awesome Wells]

It's wild that even in this day and age, labels are still pressuring artists to be "more like" other people.

They still haven't learned that that doesn't usually end well.

Record labels are their own worst enemies.

 

[DanielAlfredsson]

They probably wanted some pop shyt because they took a bath on her last album just based on how much those samples must've cost.

 

[rabbid]

 

[Travellin' Man]

Labels are shameless

What part of Coi Leray even seems like taylor swift?

All labels see is a process that works for one somebody and they think it’s a one size fits all

Stupid motherfukkers

 

[Art Barr]

Label is stoopid as fukk.

As coi does not have the talent level.
to be a black Taylor swift.
For them to even ask or anticipate that. Shows they are inept.

Art Barr

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Coi career does seem mishandled. But at the same time she doesn't have the versatility and charisma of a Doja Cat to succeed in the pop lane

 

[Art Barr]

Coi career does seem mishandled. But at the same time she doesn't have the versatility and charisma of a Doja Cat to succeed in the pop lane

Coi is a no talent nepotism baby.



Art Barr

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

“Let me say my label was trying to market me like the biggest artist in the world so I can look like something”

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

A label is a business trying to keep the lights on no different than a flower shop. Why wouldn’t they try to replicate proven commodities?

 

[Tookalossfellbackcameback]

Her label was just desperately trying to find her a lane because she's losing them massive amounts of money.


If you go back to when she first got on she's tried every style and can't sell records or resonate enough to have a real, loyal fan base.

 

[Art Barr]

A label is a business trying to keep the lights on no different than a flower shop. Why wouldn’t they try to replicate proven commoditiesunhappy.

At that flower shop.
They can not sell pieces of bark.
as a bundle of roses.
That is what you have a disconnect to.

The people running these companies.
are nepotism no talent execs with extreme disconnect.

as coi leray in every possible way.

EPMD : so what'chu saying.

Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

Her label was just desperately trying to find her a lane because she's losing them massive amounts of money.


If you go back to when she first got on she's tried every style and can't sell records or resonate enough to have a real, loyal fan base.

They would have never took a loss and fell Back.
if they were not no talent losers.
at evaluating talent in the first place.



Art Barr

 

[Piff Perkins]

Yea let her go back to being an "artist" by...rapping over obvious samples and remakes of hits.


Slow realization that this shyt not going to work for her.

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

The dyke can't sing so humor me.. how is she supposed to make Taylor Swift/Grande type shyt?