Tones and I has opened up about enduring ‘body-shaming’ in the music industry at the beginning of her career.
The Australian singer shared a candid post to Instagram on Wednesday admitting she had encountered a lot of setbacks in her career as she announced the release of her new album.
Tones, born Toni Watson, revealed how people in the music industry and members of the public had told her she’d never make it because she wasn’t pretty enough.
She shared a snippet while filming her new video clip and wrote: ‘POV: You used to wear prosthetics to hide your face when the world told you that you weren’t pretty enough for the industry.’
‘Now realising that doesn’t help anyone. Not you or the queens that need you.’
Tones and I has opened up about enduring ‘body-shaming’ in the music industry at the beginning of her career
In the caption, she also explained how she had to ‘grind my way tooth and nail into a position’ she wanted to achieve.
‘I never really open up or go into detail on how this industry (including the public) beat me down, so far down whilst I continued to grind my way tooth and nail into a position that statistically I deserved but from face value was always under attack,’ she wrote.
‘I kept my cool amidst the hate, threats, body shaming and continued to keep my head down and find my happiness in human interactions.
Tones, born Toni Watson, revealed how people in the industry and members of the public had told her she’d never make it because she wasn’t pretty enough
‘I sing about dreaming but never added any insight into how to achieve yours. That’s my fault and truthfully it was purely based on my lack of confidence in the weight my words would carry,’ she continued.
‘I was a “song” not a person for a long time and to a lot of people I still am. I’m ok with that but for the people who care, I have more to give I always have, you just didn’t care to see it.’
Tones ended: ‘So my Name is Tones my album is called beautifully ordinary, it’s out August 2nd! it’s nice to meet you.. again.’
‘I was a “song” not a person for a long time and to a lot of people I still am. I’m ok with that but for the people who care, I have more to give I always have, you just didn’t care to see it,’ she wrote.
It comes after Tones stunned her followers and celebrity friends with her remarkable weight loss last month.
The Australian singer shared a series of images to Instagram in which she flaunted her new figure.
She was inundated with praise, with a number of her A-list pals heaping compliments on the pop star.
‘Hot, talented, beautiful, gorg etc etc’ wrote Aussie singer Thelma Plum in the comments, while American rapper Macklemore added heart and fire emojis.
Radio star Brittany Hockley chimed in: ‘Girllllll it’s because of YOU. Incredible’ while American reality star Chrishell Stause added heart emojis.
‘Wowowowowow’ said Married At First Sight’s Martha Kalifatidis while Australian singer Amy Shark said, ‘Get em’.
The singer, whose weight loss has been making headlines in recent months, sported a noticeably more slender frame as she danced up a storm with her band.
