The Accidental Influencer

How My Need to Get Likes Nearly Ruined My Life

The Accidental Influencer
Bella Younger
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NZ$ 34.99
Hardback
h222 x 141mm - 272pg
13 May 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780008402495
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' I' ve never laughed so hard. ' DAISY BUCHANAN ' Brilliantly funny and bloody brave. ' DAWN O' PORTER I thought I could have lots of followers, without needing followers. I thought I could monetise my account without selling out. I thought that I was different, that I wasn' t like other girls. But I was, and that' s why I had to stop. When Bella Younger spawned Deliciously Stella - her hilarious and daring social media alter ego - she wanted to prove once and for all that Instagram does not equal reality. Within weeks, she' d gone viral and begun her very own #influencerlife. Shoot. Post. Repeat. In 2016, Bella gained 75,000 followers overnight, and hundreds of likes a minute. Soon she was being paid thousands of pounds to beat up a cake for the ' gram, attend ludicrously lavish influencer gifting events and was dropping emoji-bombs left, right and centre. But even as the constant rush of notifications fuelled her endorphins, life among the Instafamous began to take a toll. As Bella' s carefree presence flourished online, her health began to spiral offline, culminating in a stint at The Priory for social media addiction. Should she have undertaken a month-long run of stand-up comedy immediately after she was discharged? Probably not, but the pressure to be ' on' and online was all-consuming - and she had followers to please after all. . . Funny, frank and fearless, The Accidental Influencer is a relatable story of the precarious balancing act between our online and offline selves - and the truth behind the staged shots, spon-con, and the coveted but ever-elusive blue tick.
' Brilliantly funny and bloody brave' - Dawn O' Porter' I' ve never laughed so hard as I have when I' m reading Bella. In an overwhelming, claustrophobic online world, this woman is a summer breeze coming through an open window. Her words make the internet - and the universe - a better place, which is no mean feat. ' - Daisy Buchanan
Bella Younger is a writer, comedian, speaker and social media sensation best known as her alter ego, Deliciously Stella. Since debuting at the Edinburgh Festival in 2015, she' s been named as one of Glamour magazine' s top 8 female comedians and as one of the Evening Standard' s most influential Londoners - twice. To date, the Instagram account has spawned a spoof cookbook, a podcast with over 100,000 downloads and a sold-out live show at the Edinburgh Festival. Deliciously Stella enjoyed international acclaim, seeing Bella appear everywhere from the front page of The Times to being the top trending topic worldwide on Buzzfeed with over 1 million views. Just don' t ask her if she ' eats clean' . Instagram @deliciouslystellaTwitter @bellayounger
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780008402495
Published: 13 May 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardback
Height: 222mm
Width: 141mm
Spine: 27mm
Weight: 370g
Pages: 272

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