Kate Nash Anticipates Higher Earnings from OnlyFans Than Concert Tours

Musician Kate Nash has stated her belief that she will generate more income from selling images of her posterior on OnlyFans than from her live performances, having joined the platform due to what she describes as “a really difficult time for artists to tour”. Operating under the slogan “Butts for tour buses”, the artist revealed on Thursday that her earnings from OnlyFans are intended to financially support her concerts, citing that “touring makes losses not profits”. She elaborated, “I also think it’s bit of a punk protest as a woman to take control of my body and sell it to be able to fund my passion project, which is actually my 18-year career.” She added, “I want to highlight that, and I want people to talk about it, and I want people to know the truth about what what’s happening in the music business.” Nash, who recently concluded a three-week US tour, commenced her UK performances in Glasgow on Thursday, with subsequent plans to proceed to Europe. Her scheduled appearance at London’s Koko is completely sold out. “I’m losing money from those tours,” she informed BBC News. She further stated, “The only way I could find to make a profit on the tour – you’re either going, hopefully I sell enough T-shirts to cover the debt, or you cut people’s wages, or you fire band and crew, or you travel dangerously.” She expressed unwillingness to compromise on either efficiency or the caliber of her performances. “So that leaves me in a position where I’m not profiting from tours. So is this a job, or is it a passion project?” She additionally remarked that it was “an important time for women to take control and to feel empowered”, noting that she regularly shared images of her posterior regardless. The images she has uploaded to OnlyFans thus far are described as revealing, yet not explicit. She commented, “I think the arse is the perfect combination of comedy and sexuality.” She continued, “I actually like bums. I think they’re just quite great. I think it’s funny. I enjoy taking pictures of my bum. Always been a bit of a flasher. So I’m going to enjoy doing it, and I’m already putting it online anyway.” “I’m going to probably make more money doing that than the music over the next three months,” she projected. Nash, whose fifth studio album was released in June, also communicated to her followers on Instagram: “No need to stream my music, I’m good for the 0.003 of a penny per stream thanks.” Last month, fellow vocalist Lily Allen disclosed she earns more revenue from selling images of her feet on OnlyFans than from Spotify streams. Concurrently, in recent months, artists such as Rachel Chinouriri, Ratboy, and The Duke Spirit singer Liela Moss have all called off tours, attributing the cancellations to financial expenses. Nash drew attention to a survey conducted by the recording and rehearsal studio network Pirate, indicating that the majority of artists have not experienced a rise in gig fees in recent years, despite an increase in ticket prices. She stated, “Festival prices and ticket prices have gone up drastically, but the musicians’ wage hasn’t.” “So you might be playing a venue that you’ve played multiple times and you can sell it out, [but] you’re getting the same fee that you did 10 years ago, probably. But all the other costs have gone up,” she elaborated. She noted that some corporations generate substantial profits from music, as do a “select few” artists. “But the majority are losing money, and we are also creating an environment where the industry is saying, we don’t want diversity in music, because we don’t want working class people to be able to afford to do this,” she asserted. She suggested that musicians might draw inspiration from individuals who derive income from the sale of sexual content on platforms such as OnlyFans. “You’ve got all this control, and you’re deciding what you want to do and how you want to do it, and people want to pay you for it,” she observed. She lamented, “We just haven’t taught any of those lessons to anyone with music and art – that art is so valuable and so worthwhile in our lives and so meaningful. We’re totally happy to devalue it.” She concluded by asking, “Where can we learn from the sex workers? Maybe we can learn something from this industry. How do we get empowered as artists and take a bit more control?”