Nineteen-year-old star talks candidly on mental health, his social media nightmares and writing his upcoming album
are prime examples of teenagers anointed into superstardom by way of online buzz and devoted community followings, but Maverick ponders the cost.
The lack of empathy reached critical mass in November of 2019, when mildly conventional online trolling snowballed into incessant harassment. The insult “Chinga Tu Madre Ed Maverick,” or “Fuck Your Mom Ed Maverick,” became a trending topic in Mexico, brandished across memes all addressed to his Twitter handle. He was inundated with direct messages shortly after — some carrying words of support, others advancing the insults.
That month, during a performance at Baby’s All Right in New York City, Maverick suddenly burst into tears onstage. Singing through sobs, he performed a rendition of a newly written song titled “Gente,” about the crushing social media maelstrom.went viral on Twitter the next day, sparking conversation on whether the joke had gone too far. Others saw it as an opportunity to push the dagger even deeper.
On November 27, 2019, Ed Maverick closed his Twitter account and relinquished control of his Instagram account to his management team. The next day he returned to Twitter, which he still runs, albeit much much more sporadically. He is aware of his missteps, regretful of his own participation in the online firestorm. He also admits to some unfortunate tweets he wrote in February 2018, where he compared homosexuality to pedophilia.
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