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Celeste Accuses Polydor of Coercion and Withholding Support Before New Album

She says label support was tied to posting social-media content.

Overview

  • In an Instagram post, Celeste alleges Polydor threatened to drop her unless she included two specific songs on her sophomore album.
  • She says she was told she would not receive support if she did not keep posting and creating social-media content.
  • Celeste claims the label has shown very little support for Women Of Faces, which she says she made despite difficult circumstances.
  • She criticizes what she describes as a male-dominated system that keeps women in subservient roles and contributes to artist mental-health harms.
  • Polydor has not responded publicly to the allegations, and the album remains scheduled for release on November 14.