The strange surveilled life of Piper Rockelle: why did a former child influencer decide to go on OnlyFans?
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The strange surveilled life of Piper Rockelle: why did a former child influencer decide to go on OnlyFans?
Rockelle describes her popularity on OnlyFans as being driven by how young she looks, saying she is freshly turned 18 and that people like that. After turning 18, she posted an online countdown and began launching content on 1 January, sharing photos that use a teen-bedroom aesthetic with stuffed animals, fairy lights, and teddy-bear or bunny-themed lingerie. She claims she earned $2.9 million within her first 24 hours and says the daily income feels unreal and like a game. Her aunt comments that the results are “astronomical,” while her business manager estimates more than $40 million in her first year. The reported figures are presented as accurate, with further income predictions mentioned.
"It’s because I look so young. I mean, I am really young. I’m literally like fresh turned 18 and people kind of like that, unfortunately. This is an accurate and honest assessment."
"At the end of last year, not long after turning 18, the former child star and teen influencer began an online countdown, telling her millions of followers on TikTok and Instagram that she would be launching herself on OnlyFans on 1 January. Every day or so since, she has posted pictures of herself on the platform, sometimes posing in a typical teenager's bedroom — a pink cuddly stuffed pig on the bed behind her, fairy lights on the wall — wearing teddy-bear-themed pants and bras, or fluffy underwear decorated with bunny-rabbit faces and floppy ears."
"She claims she earned $2.9m (2.2m) within her first 24 hours on the site. The money is like: what?! It’s like: wow! I’ve never seen this amount of money my entire life, she says when we meet at 8.30am on a Monday in the Airbnb she has rented for a working weekend in the Hollywood Hills. Anyone who has watched the property show Selling Sunset, based in Los Angeles, will recognise the aesthetic — incredible views and large, lavish rooms that somehow feel cold."
"The amount of money I get every single day is so incredible and so unreal that I just want to try to make sure I don’t become numb to it, she says. It feels like it’s a game. Yeah, says her aunt Destiny, who is drinking black coffee by the kitchen island while supervising her niece. It’s pretty as-tro-no-mical. Rockelle's business manager estimates she will earn more than $40m in her first year on OnlyFans."
Read at www.theguardian.com
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