We caught up with the brilliant and insightful WRTHL$$ a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

WRTHL$$, appreciate you joining us today. Do you feel you or your work has ever been misunderstood or mischaracterized? If so, tell us the story and how/why it happened and if there are any interesting learnings or insights you took from the experience?

Ever since I was a kid I’ve always been made to feel worthless, hence my artist name being “WRTHL$$” but I never fit in growing up and was constantly bullied I had always been an outcast and felt like I wasn’t ever good enough and that nobody ever understood me, goin through all of this at a young age caused me to always be trying to prove something as I got older and it turned me into a very egotistical being and as I became more self aware that the reason I was acting the way I was was due to unresolved trauma I took time to heal myself and live life differently.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I started making music just for fun like it was nothing serious I would make comedic songs that honestly were very horrible when I was about 16. But i slowly learned I had a talent for expressing my emotions in songs and it developed into something very beautiful now. My main goal is to help others who go through the same struggles and mental illness’s as I do to find comfort in my music and help them know that they aren’t alone with the way that they feel.

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

I feel that society should give smaller artists a chance, it seems like nowadays most people don’t care to even give new artists a chance until they are already famous or until it’s popular to like someone. Online especially people go out of their way to send unnecessary hatred towards people and I’ve noticed it creates a very toxic atmosphere online for smaller artists.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

Near the end of last year all within about a 2 month period I had survived a suicide attempt, gotten arrested, and went through a very messy break up. And me being a very emotional person having going through all of that caused me to breakdown and really give up on life I had started drinking bottles of liquor daily and doing excessive amounts of drugs trying to drown out my pain and finally after I realized I was the only person who could save myself, I quit drugs and limited my alcohol usage and i started changing the way I reacted to my feelings and today I can proudly say I am better and quit most of my bad habits and bad way of thinking. Learning to be grateful for the good things I do have has helped me a lot.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/WRTHLSS444?fbclid=PAAaYqKmQoht5gMT9sndmZjtNNgFiyYkpu05GIn-6sEOiIHUY5EzQYZFOxPBk
• Instagram: ₆⁶₆₩ ₮ⱧⱠ$$ (@wrthlss.444) • Instagram photos and videos https://www.instagram.com/wrthlss.444/
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@wrthlss4445