Tricky subject!

You see this a lot in the music industry... bands may take years to come up with a fully fleshed amazing album, and then another.... and then they absolutely get massive.  Their music is extremely well received, and expectations are heaped on... and then the next album just isn't as good... because they don't have the years of creating in their own bubble, they have all this external pressure, like you said.  The problem is, they don't have the time... they're trying to strike while the iron is hot, and they're not the same artists that they were... their experiences, and life has changed.

I'm sure it's the same for us on this platform... but on a much smaller scale.  I honestly think that the only people that don't let themselves influenced externally are those artists that really only become famous posthumously.

In terms of your message, each artist has to make a decision; do you create something because you like the attention, or do you create because you like the experience.  I think it's easy for us to all think we'd choose the pencil... but if that means that you suddenly get ignored again, after the attention/money you enjoyed, that's a much harder choice to make.

Great video though... I really do enjoy thinking all of this through.