PRETTYMUCH.Photo: Courtesy of Sony Music
PrettyMuchis changing its lineup.
Remaining membersBrandon Arreaga,Edwin Honoret,Zion KuwonuandAustin Porterposted that Mara, 24, is leaving the group to focus on “new endeavors as an individual.”
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The band emphasized that Nick would always be “like a brother” and they look forward to supporting him “like family on his new journey in life,” adding: “This is NOT the end of PrettyMuch. It is simply a new beginning where we can finally feed you guys the music and content you deserve in our own way!”
Mara wrote in his own statement: “These guyswill always be my brothersand I can’t thank them enough for helping me grow throughout these past 6 years. They have helped me through the good times the bad and all in between.”
The whole band, including Mara, sat down fora candid conversation about his decisionto leave in a conversation on Patreon. The episode promised to explain the transition “in full,” and the band teased their chat on TikTok.
“Respect to them for even just hearing me out, but I was like if I can’t give this my all, I would love to be here and love to do this stuff, it still just wouldn’t be for me. It would kinda be for them if this was strictly business. It’d be like, all right, f— this. It hurts 10 times more because it’s like family,” Mara said in the short video.
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To show off their new direction,the band also shared a brand-new song and video, entitled “H2L,” which they said is dedicated to the fans.
source: people.com
