Ex-Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes reveals exciting new career change after turning her back on Hollywood

As Amanda Bynes continues to turn her back on Hollywood, she surprised fans by announcing her latest foray into the music world, months after opening her OnlyFans account.

The 39-year-old star, who has a secret boyfriend, shared a brand new electronic dance music (EDM) track she’s been working on on her Instagram account on Monday.

Bynes collaborated with artists Yung Yogi and Nikki Paige on the track, which was produced by Zabastien Lucas.

The former Nickelodeon star captioned the clip for her 620,000 followers: ‘@realyungyogi @zvbbv @nikkipaigenage cooking in the studio. I want this to be a dance trance edm track. Let’s see where we get to :-)’

The star certainly seems to be exploring her creativity in all kinds of mediums, as this comes months after she opened an OnlyFans account.

His venture into the paid subscription service was later revealed to be a ‘career renaissance’ as he wants to use it to reveal stories from his time at Nickelodeon, more than a year after an explosive documentary exposed the ‘toxic environment’ at the TV network.

Bynes announced she was joining the

Now, a source close to the former child star has claimed that the move will not only give her the opportunity to make money, share her fashion designs and provide a potential springboard into reality TV, but will also be a safe space to reveal ‘what’s going on from her past at Nickelodeon.’

“Amanda was looking to make money and believed OnlyFans would bring her in serious money,” an insider told DailyMail.com. ‘His intention is to do this before seeking any reality show opportunities.

He understands the stigma around ‘OnlyFans’ but is determined to make it very safe; It’s not a naughty thing. He wants to share some of his future designs with his fans, collaborate with them, and also tell stories to people who don’t know all about his past at Nickelodeon.

‘He wants to make this a place where fans can go and meet and greet.’

She studied fashion and art at the Fashion Design and Merchandising Institute and graduated with an Associate of Arts degree in 2014.

The insider said she ‘doesn’t care if her friends don’t like it when she does it’ because ‘she’s been considering changing course on how she’s been living her life for the last few years.’ They added: ‘He sees OnlyFans as something of a career renaissance.’

Bynes announced the debut of OnlyFans on Instagram, 15 years after leaving the entertainment industry.

The 39-year-old star, who has a secret boyfriend, shared a brand new electronic dance music (EDM) track she’s been working on on her Instagram account on Monday.

Bynes (pictured recently on TikTok) collaborated with artists Yung Yogi and Nikki Paige on the track, which was produced by Zabastien Lucas.

“I just do it to chat with my fans via DM,” he wrote next to a screenshot of his new profile. ‘I will not publish poor quality content. ‘I’m excited to join.’

She currently charges fans more than $20 a month for access to her page of mirror selfies.

Bynes has maintained a relatively low profile since leaving Hollywood in 2010.

In December 2024, he hosted a pop-up art show that was attended by celebrities, including Miley Cyrus’ younger sister Noah.

It followed a tumultuous period for the troubled star, who suffered a highly publicized breakdown in the early 2010s and was placed in legal foster care by her family in 2013 for nine years.

Her downward spiral hit the headlines again last year following the release of Discovery documentary Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids, which shed light on producer Dan Schneider’s ‘intimate’ relationship with the young star.

Schneider, who helped create some of the network’s most popular shows including All That, Drake & Josh, Henry Danger, Kenan & Kel, Sam & Cat, The Amanda Show, Victorious, Zoey 101 and iCarly, was accused of behaving publicly inappropriately towards Bynes, who is 20 years his junior, and other employees.

Following the documentary, a video circulated of a bikini-clad Bynes, then a child, sitting in a jacuzzi with a fully clothed Schneider.

The star certainly seems to be exploring her creativity in all kinds of mediums, as this comes months after she opened an OnlyFans account.

Bynes announced she was joining the X-rated subscription site in April, telling fans she was using it to communicate with them and insisting she wouldn’t post anything “shoddy”.

A source close to Bynes claimed that the move would not only give her the opportunity to make money, but would also be a safe space to reveal ‘what’s going on from her past at Nickelodeon.’

The insider said she ‘doesn’t care if her friends don’t like it when she does it’ because she’s been ‘considering changing course on how she lives her life for the last few years.’

The clip was taken from Bynes’ recurring sketch titled Amanda’s Hot Tub, in which the young star interviews guests in a sparkling pool.

Commentators recalled that Schneider and Bynes were ‘very close,’ including ‘physically.’

Karyn Finley Thompson, who has worked as an editor on various Nickelodeon shows, said: ‘I’ve seen him sit behind Amanda many times, hugging her or giving her a neck massage or something.

‘Dan and Amanda had a close relationship and I wasn’t thinking of anything different. ‘I always thought the jacuzzi scene was a bit odd.’

Schneider left the network in 2018 amid multiple allegations of misconduct.

After gaining fame as a Nickelodeon child star and appearing in many films, Bynes retired from acting in 2010 and was later placed in legal foster care (image 2011)

At the time, Nickelodeon said it conducted an internal investigation and found that evidence to support the allegations was ‘non-existent.’

Schneider, who joined the network in 1993, responded to the allegations surrounding the documentary in a 19-minute YouTube video, admitting that he “regrets” his past actions and owes “some people a pretty strong apology.”

He said he was ’embarrassed’ by his behavior in the writer’s room and also apologized for frequently requesting massages from female staff while in the studio.

However, he denied being involved in any sexual abuse on set or behind the scenes. In May, two months after the documentary was released, he filed a defamation lawsuit against the producers, describing the series as a ‘hit job’.

Silence on Set: The Dark Side of Children TV described Nickelodeon in the early 2000s as ‘an insidious environment full of harassment, sexism, racism and inappropriate dynamics, with its underage stars and crew’.

Drake Bell has come forward to share that he was sexually abused in his youth by Nickelodeon dialogue coach and sex offender Brian Peck.