The band Tramp Stamps, who are accused of being industry plants
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The first two posts you see on Tramp Stamps’ Instagram tell quite the story. One, uploaded April 14, is the video for the Tennessee band’s new single I’d Rather Die, a colourful, defiantly-spirited pop-punk affair in which they (twentysomethings Marisa Maino, Caroline Baker, and Paige Blue) declare that, “I’d rather die than hook up with another straight white guy”.
Three days later, the next post. “Hey fu ers”, it begins, before angrily hitting back at the “misinformation, lies and cancel culture” about that band that spread through the internet in the 72 hours between dispatches. “You have gone to the ends of the f -ing earth to sh-t on us, have told us to kill ourselves, and have used conspiracy theories on TikTok as a trend to get more views on your own videos.”
Over the past week, an up-and-coming pop-punk band has consumed TikTok but not for a viral song or trend. The trio, a group of young women called Tramp Stamps, has more than 385,000 followers on TikTok and more than 27,000 Instagram followers, gaining fans on social media with only three songs out to date. But they’ve also attracted a lot of critics. The band has faced numerous allegations about whether their claims of being “indie” or “feminist punks” are legitimate and whether they’re just industry plants.
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The outcry across social media grew loud enough that the band finally addressed it in an Instagram post on April 18. But instead of acquiescing to their detractors, they used their platform to defend their backgrounds, speak out against “cancel culture,” and criticize mainstream coverage of them and the drama for fanning the flames. While Tramp Stamps’ response did little to satisfy the haters, it did highlight an ongoing problem with the music i
As a result, Tramp Stamps have been fast-tracked to a modern music career milestone, their first notes-app response, after releasing just three songs (including the latest single “I’d Rather Die”). “The misinformation and lies that feed this cancel culture are so fucking toxic,” the statement reads. “We are three women who have been writing and producing music for many years, busting our asses in the music business while building our personal careers.”
“You have gone to the ends of the fucking earth to shit on us, have told us to kill ourselves, and have used conspiracy theories on TikTok as a trend to get more views on your own videos. Fuck you. You don’t like our music? Don’t fucking listen to it. We’re not going anywhere.”
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In Utero, and jaded scenesters weren t the only ones to notice. A new pop-rock band called Tramp Stamps has faced a large amount of backlash on TikTok, as alternative music fans on the app accuse them of being industry plants.
The band s origins are difficult to track down, but the group s first posts on Instagram and TikTok were in November 2020. The band s Facebook page indicates that it was created in October 2020. Twitter indicates that the band s account was created in April 2020.