Yeah I can see how it's offputting. While I do think it was distastful of her, since these fans are paying her bills, I'm personally not offended if she thinks I'm dumb for 'falling for her act'. It was an entertainment package handed to people, and if she thinks that its stupid for fans as a collective to enjoy it, it still shouldn't matter to you on an individual. I know I'm not stupid for liking sugarcoated pop songs and I really couldn't care what Doja (or any celeb or anyone else for that matter) thinks of me in regards to their work that is put out to entertain me. There has to be a seperation between who she is adressing with her comments, which to her is an anonymous faceless mass audience vs you as an individual.

My take on it is that if you read her comments made about her old music and fans, then went straight to the lyrics of attention, where she's explicitly saying 'look at me , look at me, you lookin?', it's quite on what her motivations were. And it worked. A low blow? Maybe, but I do think it's up to the fans as individuals to work out whether or not they want to be offended by being called stupid for their music taste.

I still do still think it was a cringey move on her behalf, but at the end of the day, my only personal connection to her in reality is that she is an entertainer I know who puts out music I like. She is and always will be an artist, not my friend or someone I know or who's opinion on my music taste will matter.

But it's all a bit of a deeper issue in regards to parasocial relationships tbh. It could be discussed for hours :D (but I do also need to say, I understand my whole seperate the artists opinions from their music arguement does have a line, as it should!)