Ari Lennox has kicked off the countdown to her everlasting departure from all social media platforms, providing followers an in depth clarification behind her choice.
The D.C. native mockingly made the announcement through social media on Friday (October 11), cross-posting the identical mirror selfie and prolonged caption to Instagram and Fb.
“I’m working on a plan to transition off of social media for good,” the Dreamville songstress began. “I don’t believe I’ll ever mature and be happy as long as i have it. So my last day of socials will be December 18th, my 2 year sobriety anniversary. I will be deleting my FB, IG and TikTok permanently. The fear of losing brand deals, music sales, n-ggas and betches will no longer keep me here.
“To all of my beautiful fans, I’m just not happy nor thriving here. I have a very toxic and codependent relationship with these apps. My happiness is worth more to me, than using these platforms to promote. I truly believe I can get creative with marketing elsewhere. I’m so exhausted with my addiction to the internet and gossip and attention and validation and yearning to be in control and over sharing. I just want to be free and complete.”
She added: “I would like to offer other spaces where you can find me and that’s YouTube.com/arilennox and Arilennox.com and on the singing stage or outside. I ain’t gone front like this has been cute, it hasn’t. I love yall so much. Please subscribe to my mailing list on my website to remain updated on my 2025 album and tour [heart emoji] or don’t [wink & kiss emoji] (My single Smoke drops 10/18 [tongue out emoji])
“also my bad if my drama causes any distractions or insensitivity as I’m aware of the constant horror going on in the world. I just need to give my sweeties a heads up. I’ll be good and I’m excited for this journey. I’m an extreme person. It will forever be all or nothing with me.”
She signed off utilizing each her stage title, Ari, and her actual first title, Courtney.
Whereas followers flooded the feedback of her Fb publish with help and empathy, these on Instagram didn’t have the choice to touch upon the publish in any respect. The IG publish did obtain over 100,000 likes throughout the first two hours.
In December, Ari Lennox shared an replace on her ongoing sobriety by reflecting on her previous self and the way far she’s come over the one 12 months since she switched up her way of life, alongside a sequence of images of herself trying wholesome.
“You see, drinking was my ritual to combat my immense fear of flying,” she wrote earlier than going into element a couple of near-death expertise whereby she drank far an excessive amount of. “‘Just alcohol’ could’ve killed me. I had many guardian angels watching over me that day. Thank God there was nobody filming (I pray and hope [crying emoji, side-eye emoji]) it was pretty divine.”
She added: “I decided December 18th 2022, would be the day I got clean. You know what I realized after 1 year of many sober flights? I never needed alcohol to get through the flight. I thought I needed alcohol to escape my reality and to cope. I needed an excuse to drink and not feel the pain of every day life and trauma. It was my numbing vacation to avoid my purpose and my truth.
“Thank you to my fans. I love when yall share with me your sober dreams and fetes. It makes me so emotional. I’m so proud of you and I love you all so much. We can do this.”
Lennox’s social media announcement arrived only a day after she provided followers a primary style of the upcoming single she talked about within the publish.
On Thursday (October 10), the “Pressure” singer posted a snippet of the upcoming music video for “Smoke,” through which she will be seen delivering an old-school efficiency whereas singing, “Save all your fucks for me/I want all the smoke.”
Take a look at the preview under.
