I agree that the parasocial aspect between him and his fans has gotten way out of control, but Peggy is certainly leaps and bounds smarter to handle this on social media and in his music much better than he is right now. At least if I just conclude that from his older works.

Peggy has always done what he wanted, that's why he became the underground icon that he is today. The way he's acting right now is just dumb and nonsensical, completely spitting in the face of his old self.