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‘Being a young socialite on the internet comes with a lot of bullying’ Kylie Jenner for ADWEEK Magazine’s Latest Issue
There’s a new class of celebrities and Kylie Jenner is topping that class. Not famous for their movies, music, original content (YouTube), this class is famous for their Social media presence.
With millions of fans across various social media platforms, Kylie Jenner speaks to ADWEEK Magazine about her life on and off social media, her unconventional style, being a beauty entrepreneur and her anti-bullying campaign.
Most people are intrigued to find out how she achieved her successes so far. From her Kylie lip kit – to her huge fan base on social media, especially Instagram and Snapchat.
Adweek interviewed the 18-year-old reality star and this is what she said.
Here are excerpts from the interview:
On the real Kylie vs. her social media persona:
I feel like people want to see me have a cool hair color and dress a certain way and have pretty makeup and heels. If they were to see me in public, they would expect me to look like that….it’s also exhausting for everyday life.
On people’s response to her lip kits
I feel like people trust my makeup decisions. Before I had a cosmetics line, I couldn’t even buy the products that I loved because I would go into stores and they’d be, like, “Everything’s sold out. Everyone wants to buy the color lipstick you’re using.” It got frustrating. So I kind of just wanted to take matters into my own hands and create my own line and show people what I actually use and what I actually love.
On being “flashier” on social media than in real life.
Yeah, of course. I think that’s true for a lot of people, actually. You can’t really tell who a person is from, like, an eight-second Snapchat video or an Instagram. I only post on Instagram or Snapchat what I want people to see, you know? But there’s a whole other side to me that people don’t know. I feel like people want to see me have a cool hair color and dress a certain way and have pretty makeup and heels. If they were to see me in public, they would expect me to look like that. It’s also fun for me, dressing up. That’s always been me, since day one, but it’s also exhausting for everyday life.
On her #IAmMoreThan anti-online bullying campaign
Just being a young socialite on the internet, it comes with a lot of bullying and a lot of different opinions that have affected me throughout the years. So I just kind of turned to real people with real issues—way bigger issues than me—who are so positive. It just inspires me and I wanted to share it with my fans. Honestly, I feel like at this point I’ve gotten so numb to the negativity. I still do my thing and people still love me and my lip kits are still selling out and 10,000 people still come to my appearances, so I don’t think it’s about the negative comments, it’s about turning it around and being able to come out on top. I feel like the more people who love you, there’s going to be more people who hate you. It doesn’t really affect me.
On things in her life that she won’t share on social media
There’s a really big part of my life that I don’t share online, and I feel like people think that just because I have a reality TV show and I’m on Snapchat for probably 10 minutes altogether throughout the day, that they know my life. But I feel like everybody—every celebrity, at least—keeps a big part of their life super private. Like, I don’t show a lot of my relationships or my ups and downs. I’d never have a fight with someone [on Instagram].
On the next step for her personal brand?
I feel like I’m juggling a lot right now, but my main focus is my cosmetics line. There’s so much I want to do that I can’t really think about anything else. I want to take my time and work on each individual product until it’s perfect. I don’t want to rush into anything.
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