From Lana Del Rey to Tramp Stamps: why we love to unmask an 'industry plant'
The band Tramp Stamps, who are accused of being industry 'plants' Credit: YouTube The first two posts you see on Tramp Stamps’ Instagram tell quite the story. One, uploaded April 14, is the video for the Tennessee band’s new single I’d Rather Die, a colourful, defiantly-spirited pop-punk affair in which they (twentysomethings Marisa Maino, Caroline Baker, and Paige Blue) declare that, “I’d rather die than hook up with another straight white guy”. Three days later, the next post. “Hey fu--ers”, it begins, before angrily hitting back at the “misinformation, lies and cancel cul...