>>51492959her grandparents cut off her mother as punishment for pursuing a career as a singer then used their wealth as a wedge between the two of them. classic boomer shit. her mother was a functioning alcoholic and while iirc they weren't paycheck to paycheck they certainly weren't well off. she didn't have an easy childhood just because her grandparents let her have a shot of their car a couple of times. the one big thing they paid for was getting her into a catholic school she didn't want to go to where she was relentlessly bullied, in part because of her social status
>>51503116its sub minimum wage and untenable to live on for most people and music is an extremely expensive thing to pursue so she supplemented it by doing animated music videos for commission. she has always worked extremely hard and has talked in detail about how she was never given any allowance as a kid and has worked since her early teens.