Often, those who tread off the beaten path are misunderstood or mischaracterized and so we asked folks from the community to reflect and tell us about the times they’ve been misunderstood or mischaracterized.

Haley Hoover

I grew up in a rural farming community which isn’t always the biggest supporter of abstract arts. To be fair there were always a few cheerleaders around me, which is partly how I’ve become who I am today. Read more>>

Isaac Mather

I wrote this song called Bury Myself, it’s about how difficult and uncomfortable it is for me to be out in public because of the way people make fun of my tics due to my Tourette Syndrome. Read more>>

Byson Burt

hroughout my time as an independent Artist I have been miss understood for what I do as an Artist. Some believe that I just make all violent music, some believe I hat I will never go anywhere with my music because it’s “not good” or terrible, but I still continue to create music and to get others to see that I do create music that isn’t all violent or non – purposeful. Read more>>

Victoria Makanjuola

I created a whole series on my podcast around this word, “misunderstood.” As a whole, Gen. Z is very misunderstood. Some of us are big ballers, living large like Kylie and Kendall, and the social definition of successful. Others are still figuring out what they want to do tomorrow. Read more>>