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Lily Allen Makes More Money from OnlyFans Than Spotify (consequence.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Hmm, so we may have a culprit in the case of the missing money.

And although I like Lily, she's not really done a lot of music recently, and was never really that big outside the UK.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Spotify itself takes an even bigger cut

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I wouldn't really call it "missing" while it seems kinda shocking at first that labels take that much of a cut, people don't really realise just how many people are involved in music production. From marketing to designers to video editors, social media teams, managers that get them interviews and talk shows and spots at festivals etc. And then all the overhead that comes with those jobs, so finance, HR, IT and facilities etc.

So 1/3 is actually pretty decent and a much bigger cut of the profits than most people get from their labour.