A couple of days after her residence burned down as a result of LA wildfires, Heidi Montag’s album, “Superficial,” which was initially launched in 2010, went No. 1 on iTunes over the weekend.
Montag informed HuffPost on Sunday that this previous week has been a “roller coaster.”
“It’s really challenging,” Montag stated. “It comes in waves of just definitely trying to look at the positive and the blessings that we do have, and that we’re healthy and safe.”
She continued as she started to tear up: “And then at the same time, I’m at the highest point of my career with everybody really rallying behind us. It’s pretty overwhelming.”
Montag, who gained fame on the early 2000s MTV actuality present “The Hills,” spoke to HuffPost from Santa Barbara, the place she and her husband, Spencer Pratt, are renting a house after theirs burned down on Tuesday. After Pratt and Montag evacuated with their two youngsters, Pratt started posting on TikTok asking his followers to stream and purchase Montag’s album “Superficial,” which launched its 15-year anniversary version on Saturday. The rerelease simply occurred to coincide with Montag’s residence burning down.
After Pratt started encouraging folks to purchase the album, it went No. 1 on iTunes, in addition to the album’s title music, which beat out songs from Teddy Swims, Woman Gaga, Morgan Wallen, and extra.
Montag stated she most likely had “unrealistic expectations” when she first launched the album 15 years in the past, however perhaps she knew “in the depths” that her desires would “come to fruition one day.”
“But regardless of the circumstances that people would rally behind us, and Spencer too, who is such a warrior and really out there for his family and rallying everybody behind us,” she stated. “It’s just such a blessing that people feel that strongly and connected to us, and people who have been fans of the music forever, and new fans of the music just really merging together to support us and the Palisades and LA in a way. So I really appreciate that love and support, and it’s such a light in such a dark moment.”
Pratt stated in a TikTok on Saturday that he and Montag spent $3 million making the album, and if folks purchase it, they are going to prefer it, and if not, shopping for it’s a “good deed.” Since their residence burned down, Pratt, who grew up in Los Angeles, has been on TikTok making lengthy movies to earn cash, asking folks to stream his spouse’s music, and doing something he can to make their state of affairs higher. Montag stated he has been in a position to calm down however that she loves his vitality.
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“I’m so proud of him to not just crumble and just be depressed, and it is so painful and excruciating,” Montag stated.
She continued: “It’s so devastating. And for him to be able to turn this energy around and be positive, and to be a light to so many people, and a light to our family, and to turn it into dark, you know, beauty to ashes, and just hustling for us and knowing, like, we’re not going to roll over, we’re going to survive, we’re going to thrive, we’re going to rebuild. We’re going to come back from this.”
Montag and Pratt, who had been actuality TV villains on “The Hills” due to their feuds with different solid members, have had a redemption arc the previous few years due to Pratt’s social media presence that exhibits his and Montag’s each day life with their two youngsters. Montag stated her music success after her residence burned down feels “so Speidi,” a reference to the superstar couple title the 2 have.
“It’s not just like pure success, it’s success with the most horrific loss at the same time,” she stated.
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“It seems to actually kind of make sense for our lives and certain things that we had been through. But to have that vindication and to have people rally behind us is everything, and just that endless support and streaming is unfathomable. It’s hard to put into words my gratitude and shock, but it definitely is Spencer at the helm of it all.”
