Being in the public spotlight can be difficult, especially if you’re a woman, and Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia is no stranger in having to deal with unsavory and sometimes ugly online comments. In a recent interview with Primordial Radio, Scabbia talked about how she handles negative reviews of her band and also online trolls who take their criticism too far.
“I read them whenever I have the chance — I read them all,” Scabbia said on online comments and reviews. “I’m very present online. I try to figure out what people are thinking about the record and their opinions. I don’t mind if people like it or not. Obviously, I’m very happy if people like our music. I don’t mind if the criticisms are touching personal aspects of musicians. If you’re listening to the record and you don’t like it, it’s fine. If you are saying something about me, my private life, or just, like — I don’t know — ‘I can’t stand her because this, this and that,’ I will reply you. I will show myself on social medias ’cause I can’t fathom the idea that these people can take advantage of people that is way weaker than me and might not have the biggest shoulder to kind of react and could go downhill. Because too many people think that they can do whatever they want with what they write without thinking about consequences.”
Scabbia continued saying that when people go too far, she has no problem putting them on blast. “So, yeah, you can attack Lacuna Coil,” she continued. “And you can attack Cristina Scabbia because Cristina Scabbia will stand up and reply and tell you that you’re a f*cking *sshole. And will do it not just for you, but for everyone else to read that you’re a f*cking *sshole. So maybe next time you either change your tone or don’t say anything. Because if you do it to me, I react. If you do it to someone who is not in the right mental state, this person could do something very bad. And you would be walking out there feeling, ‘Oh, I have a keyboard. I can write whatever the f*ck I want.’ No, that’s not exactly how it works. You can express your preference. You can tell, ‘I don’t like this record. I prefer the record that they did years ago.’ And it’s the same for reviews. I mean, why would I care about the review of a guy that — I don’t know — maybe just listens to black metal and maybe just listened to our record once very quickly, analyzing it and giving it a vote? I don’t care. It’s just like, okay, whatever. You have a different taste. You thought that the record sucked. Or maybe you wouldn’t like it anyway. I mean, you can’t please everybody.”
Scabbia’s full interview can be viewed below.
