Iggy Azalea is over the music industry.
Three days into the New Year, the "Fancy" rapper announced on X that she's no longer finishing her fourth album. In 2021, she released her third, and potentially final, album, The End of an Era. Azalea's made threats of retirement before, but this time around, the mother-of-one appears to have her sights on other creative lanes.
"This is gonna be long…. so only bother reading if you love me," she began her post. "(If you still bother anyway you’re a weirdo who has been warned.)"
"I’ve always been someone who finds my joy in being creative & seeing my ideas come to life," she continued. "For a long time I used music to deliver my big crazy ideas to the world."
"I know a lot of people have this idea that I was “bullied away from music” and that’s something I’ve always laughed at because I’d never be bullied out of anything," Azalea wrote. In the last year, the artist was slammed for writing a letter to Tory Lanez's judge on behalf of the Canadian rapper-singer, which was later referenced in Nicki Minaj's "FTCU."
"In fact, I’m too stubborn. I think I’ve even resisted changes within myself at times, purely because I don’t like being viewed as someone who quits," Azalea added.
Azalea went on to share that her interests are no longer in music, but instead in design and creative direction. "In truth what I’ve known for a long time is that I feel more passionately about design and creative direction than I do about song writing," she wrote. "To many of you that’s no shock to read. It shows in my work. Haha! Jokes aside, i do spend a lot more time on that part of things… because Im most confident at that."
She went on to express that after taking a hiatus from the studio in the past few months, she's decided not to return altogether. "That’s why I want to let you know that I’m not going to finish my album. It’s been paused for a few months while I was giving direction for a different project & in truth I just haven’t felt the urge to go back to it," she revealed.
"I feel really happy & passionate in my day to day life when my minds focused on that and so I want to stick to what’s undeniably best for me. Cant wait to start sharing some of the things I’ve been involved in creating & hoping you’ll see my quirk & humor in anything I touch!"
While apologizing to her fans who may "feel a little deflated," Azalea shared that "it’s more important I don’t let myself down."
