Clairo is set on making the music scene a safer place for everyone.
On Wednesday (07/01), the Wanderland Magic alum took to Twitter to share her thoughts on sexual assault allegations that have been spreading around the indie music scene. "I'm just completely disgusted," she writes. "I want nothing more than to create a safe and inclusive environment at shows, online, and within the music."
hope y'all are okay. reading a lot about all of these recent sexual assault allegations within the "indie" scene and i'm just completely disgusted.
— claire cottrill (@clairo) June 30, 2020
there's no excuse, the alternative/indie/whatever you wanna call it scene is not exempt from these extremely real problems
In a series of tweets, the 'Flaming Hot Cheetos' singer-songwriter reveals that she, alongside other bands, are looking at "hiring a specific group of people to look out for assault, harassment, any uncomfortable situation that happens at shows" and to have it part of the "new normal."
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a few bands and i are working on hiring a specific group of people to look out for assault, harassment, any uncomfortable situation that happens at shows. we want this to be a new normal, and my headdline shows will be doing this from now on.
— claire cottrill (@clairo) June 30, 2020
Clairo also mentions how Japanese-British singer Rina Sawayama, who set up a wristband system in 2018 to help solo concertgoers find each other at shows.
"How would you guys feel about having wristbands available to you at the venue if you felt like you needed to be looked out for?" she suggests as one way to help fans easily call for protection within the crowd. "This could potentially work but we'd need to make sure it's not putting people in danger as well. we'll keep working on it," she writes.
just seeing if this would be of interest- i saw @rinasawayama did something like this before, but how would you guys feel about having wristbands available to you at the venue if you felt like you needed to be looked out for? say you felt unsafe going to shows in general
— claire cottrill (@clairo) June 30, 2020
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