# @thefader on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DX9jmnejnqB
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65037520-thefader-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-05T15:21:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The FADER (@thefader) — https://gondola.cc/thefader

## Caption

skaiwater doesn’t need a label.

gghettoprincesss’s big break happened in 2021 when they put out the Jersey club bop “#miles,” which manifested skaiwater a major label deal and a trip to work with Lil Uzi Vert during the Pink Tape sessions. Skai refers to signing with a major label as taking the “blue pill” a choice they find to be a practical one. “skai had two of the biggest TikTok records of the year,” A&R Sean Mula of Cinematic Music Group says of that time. “You have records that are moving online, you want a major label to put that machine behind it.”

Read gghettoprincesss’s full FADER cover story at link in bio.

Photography: Nate Gotsis nategotsis
Styling: Christine Vuong error404priestess
MUA: Jazzmin Oddie jazzrockmc
Editorial Director: Steffanee Wang eenaffets
Lighting assist: Sam Frank _samfrank
Photo assist: veilcastles
Styling assist: Goyo
Story by Vivian Medithi perlucidum
Social Editor: Kylah Williams kylahnicole
Video Editor: Hajin Yoo official_gop

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