Happy birthday Dove Cameron! Know that all your fans are behind you, and we do not ever, ever thnk that your "sudden" change is just for show.
Dove Cameron Age, Net Worth
Dove Cameron is an American actress and singer with a $4 million net worth. Her full name is Chloe Celeste Hosterman and she was born in Washington, DC on January 15, 1996.
She has appeared on the Disney Channel series Liv and Maddie and is a Daytime Emmy Award winner. Additionally, she is a well-known Instagram model with over 40 million followers.
Why Dove Cameron Feels Unnerved Over Huge 2022 Win
According to Alt Press, Dove Cameron was getting her nails done prior to a cabaret-style performance of "Boyfriend" at the American Music Awards in November 2022 but instead of being elated and excited, she felt horrified, and even guilty.
The night before, a gunman killed five people and injured dozens more within a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club. She was a queer artist surrounded by a predominantly glam team, preparing to perform a song about sapphic desire to a room full of celebrities.
"The discrepancy between what I was doing at that moment and what was happening to these families and these people and the queer community at large watching this unfold, it just felt so unnerving," she explained. "For us to be celebrating ourselves and being like, 'Yeah, I kicked ass this year!' while people are literally losing their lives."
When Cameron's name was announced as the New Artist of the Year at the AMAs, she felt it was "the only thing to do" to dedicate her win to the LGBTQ community, address the Club Q tragedy, and direct viewers to resources such as GLAAD and The Trevor Project.
"If you have a platform, and you're not using it, it's a waste of a platform," she says. "I could never have the career that I have and not be vocal. That's just not something that I'm interested in. I would be bored.
The emotional moment culminated the artist's 26th year of tremendous change and success. She jettisoned her signature blond hair, erased her entire solo music catalog, and underwent a sonic renaissance with a slate of alt-pop singles, including the queer anthem "Boyfriend," which peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100; "Breakfast," whose accompanying music video railed against institutional misogyny and the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Cameron's Closet - Why She'll Never Return
Despite the fact that she may have appeared to be a child living the life of her dreams, the truth was much more difficult to navigate.
Cameron's childhood friend Hayley was murdered when she was 8 years old. Cameron's father committed suicide when she was 15 years old. (She legally changed her name from Chloe Celeste Hosterman to Dove in remembrance of the nickname her father gave her.
As the years passed, she felt increasingly suffocated by her efforts to maintain the pristine, bubblegum-blonde image that her fans had grown accustomed to. But while many believed that pressure stemmed from her upbringing in the Mouse House, Cameron explains that in reality, it was maybe her trying to please her father by being "heterosexual, heteronormative, and people-pleasing."
She has spent the past few years engaging in what she calls "intense trauma work" and undergoing a vulnerable, at times painful journey to find her artistic and personal voice.
Cameron and her label, Columbia's Disruptor Records, decided to remove from iTunes, streaming platforms, and YouTube all of the music she had previously released as a solo artist with them, including the single "LazyBaby" and her 2019 EP Bloodshot / Waste.
She did not dislike those songs, but creating them was akin to pursuing a degree she was forced to by her parents. She said she hoped her fans can respect that decision.
Abandoning her previous work was a drastic decision that she does not regret, but will not be repeated.
Her forthcoming debut album is shaping up to be "much more '60s, throwback feel" in line with the inspiration for her latest single, "Girl Like Me," a POV-flipped reimagining of Edwyn Collins' 1994 anthem "A Girl Like You." The original Collins song gained a new generation of fans, including Cameron, when it was featured in the 2003 film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle in a scene revealing that Demi Moore's character is actually a mastermind villain pulling the strings.
