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Billie Eilish Responds to Taylor Swift Shade Claims Over Album Versions: ‘Stop Putting Words Into…
Billie Eilish Responds to Taylor Swift Shade Claims Over Album Versions: ‘Stop Putting Words Into…
Billie Eilish is sick of being painted in this scenario as the “bad guy.” The 22-year-old singer responded angrily to enraged Taylor Swift admirers, silencing them with her comments, which seemed to be “singling out” the Fearless singer. The singer of the hit song “What Was I Made For?” reiterated on April 1 her earlier criticism of the contemporary acceptance of musicians releasing several physical copies of the same album. In a recent interview with Billboard, Eilish discussed the environment and how music relates to it, and she shared how she makes her vinyl records more sustainable. She also mentioned how “wasteful” it was to create several types of packaging and vinyl.
She went on, “Some of the biggest artists in the world are creating f-king forty different vinyl packages, each with a unique feature, just to get you to keep buying more.” Swifties immediately flocked to the internet to criticize her for allegedly singling out Taylor in this discourse as soon as her interview surfaced. Billie didn’t mention any musicians in her recent speech while aggressively advocating for environmental causes, but her “shady diss” infuriated her fans.
Swift is recognized as one of the numerous musicians who use the same commercially viable approach to increase record sales. Furthermore, she is well-known for having released remastered versions of her early albums in response to her ongoing dispute with Scooter Braun. Fans gathered in opposition to Billie even though her name was absent from her speech, which broadly covered a wide range of topics in the music industry.
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Eilish hopped on her Instagram stories and shared the link to the Billboard interview, sowing the seeds of the online feud. Eilish started off her vehement online statement with, “Okay, so it would be awesome if people would stop putting words in my mouth and read what I said in that Billboard article.” Taking charge, she set the record straight by stating that “these are industry-wide systemic issues; I wasn’t singling anyone out.” Eventually, she raised the white flag by citing her own performance as an example: “So many artists release variants, including me!” Her statement concluded, “The climate crisis is real, and it’s about all of us contributing to the issue and trying to do better.”