Anastasia Inniss

Anastasia Inniss Jul 9, 2026 Taking a break from singing should not be stigmatized and yet, many singers experience it after taking needed time off for many reasons. Six years ago, after a decade of reviewing thousands of applications from singers, I wrote a social media post about a pattern so precise it felt engineered. It appeared most clearly in applications from female voices: Early success. A life event—childbirth, divorce, illness, miscarriage, burnout, family crisis, economic disruption.

Cyberbullying affects people of all ages and all industries. In this article, one singer shares her experience with cyberbullying. On the morning of January 21 of this year, I woke up to numerous messages from friends and colleagues alerting me that there was a post on social media in which I was called derogatory names and my legitimacy as an artist and arts executive was questioned.