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stella.russell: Just keep loving ❤️

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madisonbeer: Gorgeous
stella.russell: You are 😩

user3578554: She's so beautiful 🫠

user765454: I'm gay for her

charles_leclerc: Bella come sempre ❤️

landonorris: That's my best friend 😮‍💨

adelinelouis: Dropdead gorgeous

user534664: Charles is so lucky 🥹

user256764: She's glowing. My baby is in her lover era

carmenmmundt: 😍😍

thea.mor: Slay 💅

adelinelouis: Im unwell 🔥🥵

arthur_leclerc: I love you 😭

user644664: Arthur 💀💀

pierregasly: @charles_leclerc you found yourself a new wallpaper

user976446: Honestly I just don't get why ppl hates on her

user6567865: She's getting so much hate and she's literally one of the best artists Ive listened to and she's so kind and amazing. Yall should stop, you're embarrassing yourselves for comparing her to his exes

user7546876: Mommy 🔥

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iheartradio: Stella Russell reveals her upcoming album, talks about anxiety, criticism, her obsession with writing music and her love life

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user36785: I love her

user864565: QUEEN

user234976: I miss you, I'm sorry ✨

user786687: I just watched the episode and honestly you owe her a big apology

user788546: The fact that she's not the only one getting attacked and she apologized to Charlotte on her fans behalf. Queen shit 👑

user9755676: An angel, we don't deserve her

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"Hey, it's Shannon and we're here today with Stella Russell" the host greeted and Stella smiled brightly

"Thank you!" She replied looking at Shannon

"Stella is here before the holidays, tell us how do you tolerate being jet lagged the whole time?" The host joked and Stella chuckled tugging a strand of her hair behind her ear

"Since Covid,  I don't travel that much, like just three, four times a year but this one is different" Stella said "My brother George asked me to attend his races, well he managed to convince me... and uh- honestly, I have no idea how they do it"

"You mentioned once that it helped you write your songs?"

"Oh, yeah, it did a lot. I love writing songs and I guess as long as I remember, I've always loved music. Like obsessed with it, I would listen to it for hours a day and growing up just watching Taylor Swift become who she is today made me want to fight for what I want" Stella revealed with a frown "She kind of influenced my songs writing and so did Adele, Joni Mitchell"

"But I've been working with Aaron Dessner, he'a just amazing. We now recorded almost 30 songs together. I love him so much and he has helped me a lot become who I am today" She finished with a grateful smile "He'a just great and it's crazy how many songs we've written together, so far"

"Is it true that you finish a song a day?" The host asked curiously and Stella chuckled with a nod

"Oh, yeah sometimes even two three a day, it's crazy how fast sometimes we work and he understands that it's like therapy to me" she explained "I really feel lucky to have him... you know to guide me and help me"

"What kind of a songwriter are you?"

"Oh, the messy one for sure" she answered with a pointed smile "I would write, like everywhere. The other day, my boyfriend texted me and he was like 'Hey, Ella there's a like three papers in my car what should I do with them?' and I just feel like I'm writing all the time and literally everywhere"

"That's amazing, actually" Shannon encouraged her with a smile

"Thank you"

"But how your anxiety and criticism influenced your writing?"

"Ah, it's funny how the internet always has something to say about you and... these last couple of months, like they went batshit crazy on me" Stella trailed off nervously as she started shaking her leg "Like I said, writing songs is like journaling to me, so I just put my thoughts and feelings in there"

"And honestly now, I'm having a great time, I'm in an amazing place and I almost finished recording everything" she continued with a nod "Even when I was feeling completely down, just thinking about creating the album has been so good for my mental health"

"Yeah, it's like you feel relieved and uh- You just get it out of your chest" Shannon agreed "It's like getting that pressure out of you"

"Exactly"

"Yeah now that you said writing is your way of coping and helps you with your anxiety and mental health. But like we mentioned recently there is a lot of pressure on you about your current relationship" Shannon stated and Stella nodded in agreement "How do you feel about that?"

"Honestly, people are just mean and like I mentioned they always has something to say wether it's good or hurtful. I'm grateful for my fans honestly and they're simply amazing. I would - I would never take them for granted" Stella began as she bit her inner cheek trying to find the right words "But there's always the hidden truth, you know? People started attacking me without even knowing what's happening and they keep forgetting that we are human beings too"

"And I thank my therapist and my best friends for coping with me" she chuckled briefly "When the rumors speculated about me and my boyfriend dating back in July it wasn't true. That was the first time we saw each other in ages"

"So you didn't have any contact with him before?" The host questioned curiously and Stella shook her head in denial

"No, that's the thing. He and I never spoke while he was dating, in fact I was dating too and even after my ex and I broke up back at the end of 2020, Charles and I never spoke, the first time we interacted was in July at that after party. Some even say that he cheated on his ex with me, which isn't true" the singer revealed "And I just recently found out that in fact his ex is being attacked too and I just feel so bad about it, like I'm really sorry that she's going through that too. People just needs to understand that they both moved on, let it be"

"I think the rumor about him being your childhood crush was the one that started all of this" Shannon said and Stella scoffed with a dry chuckle

"I knew my boyfriend since I was twelve, I mean wether he was my childhood crush or not, there's always respect and boundaries between us. When I was sixteen we both parted ways and no we never dated before, we just were too young to know what we wanted but we were great friends" Stella finished with a sigh

"Back to your album, people are asking is there any love song?" Shannon smiled teasingly and Stella laughed

"Just so we're clear while writing this album, I was at my lowest, I was dealing with a lot of stuff but like I have couple of songs about what I feel currently and I haven't decided which ones I'll be releasing" she clarified with a sheepish smile "Writing for me sometimes is just personal and whenever I can't say something to my brother George or my parents or my best friends, I just write about it, so yeah"

"Tell me, Stella, what's your biggest fear?"

"Oh-" she chuckled nervously before looking down briefly "God just thinking about it makes me wanna cry... my biggest fear is losing my brother or boyfriend... my best friend to a car crash... I really hope all of the drivers are being careful, we don't want to lose any of them to be honest"

"Thank you, Stella for chatting with me today" Shannon smiled at her softly "It was lovely to have you here"

"No, thank you for having me"