285:. A TikTok video used to promote the single became very popular with people of colour before receiving large amounts of negative comments and then deleted by TikTok, prompting Irabor to upload a video accusing TikTok's reporting system of being used against marginalised communities. She then released an EP, "C.O.A.", which stood for "Coming of Age"; intended as an authentic representation of Black teenage life, the album included "Water Sign", "I'm Fine! I'm Good! I'm Perfect", and focus track "U Get High/I Get Nothing", which was written about her experiences of poor treatment by a partner. She then joined Loud LDN, a collective of London-based women and genderqueer musicians founded in May 2022.
193:"I remember being so gassed about Halsey because she was half Black. It was the most white-passing, like, crumbs, but I was like, thank god! In my head, I thought there didn’t seem to be a lot of us in the scene, so that really motivated me to be there as a Black woman and make that type of music. I remember going into my dad’s room at 1am, like, ‘I think I’m gonna make alternative music because there’s not enough Black women in it’."
267:, she was severely depressed, and lockdown forced her to confront her feelings; reenergised, she resumed production, adopting the stage name Spider after spiders began appearing in her room on the grounds that they were a sign to resume being creative. One of the first tracks she released after returning to making music was "Water Sign", a track partly inspired by
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Perfect", was written following an emotional breakdown on her twenty first birthday; a music video for the song was released, which was inspired by staples of teenage pop culture such as house parties, Tumblr, and
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driver and a teacher, and has a brother. She grew up in a strict
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