u/Crashingpigon15

She released her breakthrough single "Boston" just 3 months ago, and already has more Spotify listeners than; Gavin Adcock, Hudson Westbrook, Zach top, Wyatt Flores, and even Jon Pardi. First off, her last name isn't "Leafy" its Lefofski. Not suspicious on its own, artists change their stage names to be more marketable all the time. The other possibility however,(and what also likely played into the decision in my opinion) is that she changed her last name to make it harder for people to connect her to her father, Eric Lefofsky. Eric is the CEO of Tempus AI corporation and has a net worth of just under 5.5 Billion dollars. Her dad is one of the richest AI developers in the country and out of the blue her song with only a couple hundred streams is being posted by practically every TikTok account with over 1 million followers? And on top of that just a couple weeks after this song comes out she announces a headliner tour with dates in Europe ,the U.S, and Australia. She has one popular song and maybe 20 songs total, and she's headlining a world tour? Something about that seems off. Not to mention that Stella is not from the south, or any kind of rural area. She was born in Chicago and lives in L.A. The only times she comes to the south outside of a show is if she has to go to Nashville to record. The only time she spent an extended period of time in the south was when she was in college at Tulane ($75,000 Per year for out of state tuition by the way). This last one is my own personal opinion but I think her actual sound just sounds like it's an industry plant. That mass produced carbon copy folk sound. It's not unique in any way it sounds just like Noah Kahan just a heavier emphasis on the (fake) southern accent. I tend to be very open minded with country music, I know a lot of people are very negative of artists like Morgan Wallen for being "posers" or "not really country" but I honestly don't mind them that much, and I find a lot of the their music to be kinda corny, maybe a little repetitive but also really catchy. But even Morgan Wallen had to earn to where he is. Something about Stella Lefty just rubs me the wrong way too much is happening too fast for it to be a natural process. I can't explain it well but it feels like she is a rich girl from Chicago playing dress up, with daddy's money; especially with her only coming to south for recordings and shows. I feel like she has no real interest, or care about the south or its culture, and she just sees this as an opportunity to make money. But that's just my opinion.