Grammy-winning singer Nelly Furtado announces she is stepping away from performing amid online body-shaming as she marks 25 years since her debut album.
Nelly Furtado is pressing pause on her music performance career.
The Grammy-winning singer revealed on social media that she’s stepping away from the concert stage amid a wave of online body-shaming.
„I have decided to step away from performance for the foreseeable future and pursue some other creative and personal endeavors that I feel would better suit this next phase of my life“, Furtado wrote in an Instagram post marking the 25th anniversary of her debut album, „Whoa, Nelly!“
„I have enjoyed my career immensely, and I still love writing music, as I have always seen it as a hobby I was lucky enough to make into a career. I’ll identify as a songwriter forever“, she added.
The Canadian-born artist, best known for early 2000s hits including „I’m Like a Bird“ and „Promiscuous“, reflected on her career journey in a nostalgic post celebrating the milestone.
