Record label artist development and shelving
Subject in Music
Record label artist development and shelving has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Call Her Daddy. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
TinasheAmerican singer, songwriter and dancer
Tinashe recounts often being the only woman among older men in label meetings, where her ideas were dismissed.
“it would be really interesting being in these rooms with these older men and it would only be me”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 13:08
Tinashe explains that being shelved means a label stops funding an artist's project while keeping them signed.
“that's basically like when you're signed to a record label and they quit funding your project”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 12:40
Tinashe says that after 2 On she was pressured to water down or reshape her music to fit expectations.
“I had to continue to push back against i guess what people expected or how they expected me to water it down or change it”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 10:03
Podcasts
- Call Her Daddy · 1 episode
Episodes
Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short KingsCall Her Daddy · Sep 23, 2026 · 54 min
Alex Cooper talks with singer Tinashe about her girl-group beginnings, leaving her label, dating standards, situationships, heartbreak, internet hate and her album Popstar.