“It's like a decade of intermittently receiving rape or death threats on the internet”: Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry speaks out on online abuse, cyber misogyny and the rise of deepfake technology

Lauren Mayberry.

Chvrches frontwoman Lauren Mayberry has been discussing the online abuse she’s suffered throughout her career, which has included rape and death threats.

Speaking to the BBC, Mayberry says that abuse began in earnest following the release of the video for Chvrches' 2015 single Leave a Trace, in which she wore a black mini dress.