Kim Petras Reacts to Being Accused of Selling Out, Reveals Why She Did It

Kim Petras is opening up about “selling out.”

The 33-year-old singer has been accused of doing so with some of her collaborations, including with Nicki Minaj and David Guetta.

In a new interview, Kim talks about how being upset by it all has fueled her new music and why she made the music she has, when being accused of selling out.

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“I did a few albums that felt like I was doing what people in the music industry wanted from me, and then I got punished for that as an artist,” she told People.

“I’m like, ‘Everybody would do a Nicki Minaj feature if they got the chance to do it. Why, when I ‘sell out,’ is it the worst thing in the world? Because I’m a trans artist and I’m supposed to be better for the community?’” she continued. “I wanted to make a David Guetta song and a Nicki Minaj song, and I wanted it to be tacky, and I love tacky pop music, and I don’t feel apologetic for that. And I do feel like I need to defend music that people think is tacky. That’s my favorite music.”

She says she felt like “people really just roped me off and were like, ‘You’re over, b–ch. You sold out.’ I have a lot of bones to pick.”

Kim is taking all of this and putting it into her next album, and reveals why she did “sell out.”

“On this one, I just am pulling the curtain back and being like, ‘I know you think that I completely sold out, but I did it only so I could have creative freedom completely on a project like this and write it completely with friends and really be brave and do things that might not be digestible,’” she shared. “And I’m down to get punished by my label and get no budget and work my ass off to make the visuals and do all of that for making music that I care about. And that was always my plan.”

Earlier this fall, Kim debuted her latest single “I Like Ur Look.”