A viral paparazzi moment with Dua Lipa in Paris sent the internet into debate mode — and it made me ask a bigger question: why do musicians seem to be chased harder than everyone else?

This week on Educate Your Earbuds, I’m unpacking the real power dynamics behind paparazzi culture — from explosive artist confrontations over the last two years to the surprising global privacy laws that protect celebrities in places like Europe but barely touch them in the U.S.

And then I get into the comment we’ve all seen: “They signed up for this.” Did they? Or are we confusing fame with forfeiting basic human boundaries?

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Links:

• https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/dua-lipa-callum-turner-paparazzi-paris-celebrity-culture-b2919932.html

• https://www.britannica.com/topic/paparazzi

• https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/style/justin-bieber-paparazzi.html

• https://people.com/justin-bieber-paparazzi-attention-stop-11721876

• https://www.teenvogue.com/story/chappell-roan-calls-out-photographer-at-olivia-rodrigo-guts-premiere

• https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/dua-lipa-callum-turner-paparazzi-paris-celebrity-culture-b2919932.html

• https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/style/justin-bieber-paparazzi.html

• https://www.teenvogue.com/story/chappell-roan-calls-out-photographer-at-olivia-rodrigo-guts-premiere