{"id":2187905,"date":"2025-12-05T10:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2187905"},"modified":"2025-12-05T10:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:22:09","slug":"its-quite-normal-to-be-groped-by-men-harassment-low-pay-and-exploitation-all-reported-by-young-musicians-and-artists-in-new-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/its-quite-normal-to-be-groped-by-men-harassment-low-pay-and-exploitation-all-reported-by-young-musicians-and-artists-in-new-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s quite normal to be groped by men\u201d: Harassment, low pay and exploitation all reported by young musicians and artists in new survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"f1379f05-90f7-4b22-9d78-eca5ede291fd\"><strong>A report published today by Youth Music, a charity helping marginalised young people make and monetise music, has highlighted the dangers young people face embarking on a career in the music industry. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among the issues flagged up by the report, entitled Just The Way It Is?, are low or no pay, unsafe conditions and harassment.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"f1379f05-90f7-4b22-9d78-eca5ede291fd-2\">Some 72% of young people surveyed said they felt unsafe within a music industry work environment and 90% said that they felt they were paid unfairly for their work, the same amount as those who said they felt unable to speak up about unsafe practices. Three quarters of respondents also said that had considered giving up music due to unsafe or unfair conditions.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>One point about the survey \u2013 it comes from an unusually small sample: just 50 respondents. But the report was also informed by 19 detailed testimonies from focus groups. One respondent said \u201cIt\u2019s quite normal to be groped by men\u201d, whilst another described the sort of exploitation that would be unthinkable in another industry: \u201cAny music that we made, we were never given a contract\u2026 we have an album that we\u2019re still trying to get off them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"Ni3eWdzQMSI\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-Ni3eWdzQMSI\" data-yt-video-token=\"Ni3eWdzQMSI\" title=\"RAYE - Escapism. Ft. 070 Shake (Official Visualizer) - YouTube\">\n<span class=\"youtube-video-title\">RAYE &#8211; Escapism. 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workplace cultures and specifically on funders and policymakers to \u201cclose the gap around the safety, inclusion and rights of young creatives\u201d. It also advises young musicians and artists to trust their instincts, seek support and, in the words of the late great Joe Strummer, know your rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s vital that the industry listens to this,\u201d said Youth Music\u2019s programme director Carol Reid in a statement. She said she welcomed the UK\u2019s new employment rights bill as a step forward, but also warned that \u201claws alone cannot reshape culture\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-byh7tzyW9cpdhjVLXdLKok\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-byh7tzyW9cpdhjVLXdLKok slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Want all the hottest music and gear news, reviews, deals, features and more, direct to your inbox? Sign up here. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe hope this report gives people the confidence, clarity and practical steps they need to help create safer, fairer working environments for young creatives,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The findings of the report were welcomed by the Musicians\u2019 Union, whose Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer Dr Diljeet Bhachu said in a statement: \u201cWe hope that the findings of the \u2018Just the Way It Is?\u2019 report will lead to changes for incoming generations of workers in our sector, to ensure better safety, more awareness of and exercising of rights, and better working cultures and practices. There is no future without protecting young people, and we must all do what we can to make the music industry safer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report can be found online at the Youth Music website at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youthmusic.org.uk\/community\/resource-hub\/just-way-it-report\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youthmusic.org.uk\/community\/resource-hub\/just-way-it-report\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">youthmusic.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.musicradar.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report published today by Youth Music, a charity helping marginalised young people make and monetise music, has highlighted the dangers young people face embarking on a career in the music industry. 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