Iggy Azalea has blamed the media for creating a “beef” between her and Britney Spears. Following reports on 30 June that the two singers were blaming one another for the failure of their collaborative single Pretty Girls, Azalea posted a series of messages on Twitter to clear up the speculation surrounding their relationship, claiming the obsession with her feuds stem from an inherent sexism in the media.
“I am honestly not surprised but still really saddened that the media is trying to create a ‘beef’ between @britneyspears and myself,” she wrote on Twitter. “We remain friends and i haven’t said anything negative at all about her. Does wishing we had promoted a single more make me the bad guy?”
A number of publications picked up statements made by the rapper during a Azalea’s Twitter Q&A on 28 June. In it, she said it was “difficult to send a song up the charts without additional promo and TV performances,” suggesting that it had been down to Spears’s lack of commitment to promoting it.
The response to these comments, she says, are a result of the press’s desire to create a “teen drama” between female musicians. She posted:
i feel like the media wants women in music to get out and mud wrestle each other. As a woman i take great offense.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) June 30, 2015
Women in the media should be able to have a grown up and subjective opinion without it being anything more than that. its disappointing.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) June 30, 2015
No one is throwing "shade" or "shots" on either side of the table. The girl is my friend and i support her 100%.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) June 30, 2015
i feel like the press just wants to see girls be overtly sexual to one another, and have no real opinion other than "i love it! ^.^"
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) June 30, 2015
Im over it. Women in music are not the same as a teen drama. Stop making us all out to be, we are business women & artists. Not mean girls.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) June 30, 2015
Pretty Girls, released in May, was not picked for the annual Songs of the summer playlist last week created by Spotify, and has failed to crack the top 20 in the US. It reached No 16 in the UK charts.
