I thought what Lesley wrote was absolutely correct and so sensitively expressed. Thanks Lesley! And I was all like, "yeah, leave the poor woman alone!"
But then on a lark I googled her. Kim has a website and other social media accounts and is still promoting herself very actively it seems. She is also promoting at least one of her old devotion songs "Oasis" that is not so blatant. There may be more that I didn't recognise. And at further glance a good part of her following seems to be active followers.
If people here hadn't said she had left, I would assume she was still a follower. I would even feel better about it then. Because if she is not a follower now, she is still promoting her songs to people who are which is, well yucky. There are always victims and predators in cults, and with her now I am finding it hard to see clearly which one she is.
But I do disagree about one thing. I am fortunate to know many crazy talented musicians. Only a few manage to have a decent professional career, meaning they can pay the rent without a side gig. If you want to write a cautionary tale I think it would more appropriately be along the lines of: If you want to be a musician, you better love music, because the chances of getting rich from it are very slim. Kim may have been lucky to have had the success she had in the cult. In the big bad world not so optimistic she would have had a banging career.
