Jameela Jamil is speaking out after some social media users apparently questioned her role on boyfriend James Blake‘s latest album.
On Friday, Oct. 8, the 35-year-old The Good Place alum took to Twitter to defend the producing credit she receives on James’ fifth studio album, Friends That Break Your Heart, which dropped that day. Jameela, who previously worked as a DJ in London, is not only credited as a producer on the album but also has producing credits on more than half of the songs, including lead single “Say What You Will.”
“A lot of mostly women insisting I couldn’t possibly have actually worked on my boyfriend’s music, and that he must have just credited me to be nice,” Jameela tweeted. “I was a DJ for 8 years, and studied music for 6 years before that. You are part of the problem of why women don’t pursue producing.”
The following day, she tweeted, “Didn’t expect this conversation to blow up the way it did, or to see so much support. Saddened to see how many women in music have faced so much gaslighting over their skill and input and sending you love. We have to AT LEAST do better for each other because these are BLEAK TIMES.”
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