LoveBD Finally Reveals the Truth Behind “Lonely Punk”
Speaking publicly about the song for the first time, LoveBD said loneliness played a major role in her addiction.
"When you're lonely, it's easy to become addicted to things," she said. "You don't have anyone to talk to, anyone to understand you, anyone to comfort you or even just sit beside you."
According to LoveBD, pornography became one of several things she turned toward while trying to escape the emptiness she was experiencing.
She said the problem wasn't simply about pornography itself.
It was about wanting to feel something when there was nobody around.
“Lonely Punk” therefore became her way of expressing something she didn't know how to say directly.
A cry for someone to notice.
A cry for someone to understand.
A cry for someone to simply be there.
LoveBD now hopes listeners will look beyond the controversy surrounding pornography addiction and recognize the loneliness that can sometimes exist underneath it.
She believes people often judge addictive behavior without asking why someone became dependent on it in the first place.
And according to her, sometimes the answer is painfully simple:
They were alone.
Her comments have sparked conversations among fans about the growing loneliness experienced by young people across Ravenport, particularly in an age where people can be surrounded by thousands of online connections while still feeling completely isolated.
LoveBD says her experience taught her that having access to entertainment, social media and the internet doesn't necessarily mean having someone who genuinely understands you.
"You can have everything around you and still have nobody," she said.
For LoveBD, “Lonely Punk” now represents more than an old song.
It represents a period of her life when she was struggling silently and didn't know how to ask for help.
And perhaps that is the message she wants people to hear most:
Sometimes the person acting like they don't need anybody is the person desperately hoping somebody will notice they're hurting.
