Róisín Murphy is once again sparking controversy for her thoughts on the transgender community.

The 52-year-old Overpowered singer shared a graph of U.S. 18-to-22-year-old youths identifying as transgender or non-binary trending downward over the past few years, writing: “It was never real. Terribly sad though. Absolute havoc wreaked on children, families and society.”

After receiving backlash and criticism, as some users countered her claim and pointed out that people may be afraid to come out amid heightened tensions around the trans community, she issued a follow-up statement.

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“The mob is out in force. The more I see of this cruel ‘activism,’ the more convinced I am that I do not want them anywhere near me or my music, however that may affect my career. I won’t be held to ransom—no more blackmail,” she wrote.

“What I see more than anything is a spoiled and entitled childishness. I am not interested in being their ‘mother’ or ‘queen’; these babies need to grow up and allow artists like myself the dignity of opinion and the space and freedom to create. Or let them have AI pop star avatars that never question them. Let the music industry do its worst; let it continue to infantilize and exploit them. Let them have a hologram, perfectly designed for an insular, echo-chamber culture. Perhaps I’ve lived through the last moments of the best period in popular music and, in fact, it’s over—or at least it is at the beginning of the end. If that is so, I have nothing to lose.”

Just for the record, I have zero hate toward trans people,” she went on to say.

“I do not deny anyone’s existence. The post that has caused such frantic panic among the trans activist mob is a graph that shows a steep decline in trans and non-binary identity in young people over the past few years in the USA. My declaration ‘it was never real’ refers to the contagion that was undoubtedly aided by the submission of the media, captured medical institutions, and social media derangement.”

“Recently, this wilfully blind and irresponsible behavior has been curtailed to some degree, as more and more people affected by it stand up and demand a long-needed audit of trans ideology, which continues to stamp its boot across anyone who decries its negative consequences. Children, families, women, and gay people have all been adversely affected by the insane belief that one can change sex—the core hallucination of this destructive and insidious movement—while bad faith actors have lined their pockets,” Róisín continued.

“The arts as a whole are a shadow of their former free and inclusive selves. I’ve had the most free and fun time possible making the music I believe in over the past 30 years. If being a compassionate artist is to be my downfall now, then so be it. I know in my heart that one day, I will be remembered as a brave person, both morally and artistically uncompromising. In the long run, that will be my legacy.”

She previously sparked controversy with her thoughts on the trans community, causing her label to end promo for her then-new album and donate proceeds to organizations instead.

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