Billie Eilish is throwing down the gauntlet… proper at Taylor Swift‘s toes it appears!
The What Was I Made For singer spoke to Billboard on Thursday about all of the work she’s doing making an attempt to maintain her profession eco-friendly, and in doing so couldn’t keep away from calling out artists who do the other. Obviously she’s not careless sufficient to drop any names — that may be littering. But it’s unimaginable not to think about Taylor when sure transgressions are described.
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When requested about utilizing 100% recycled vinyl and biodegradable sugar cane shrink-wrap for Happier Than Ever, she drags artists who aren’t being extra considerate about their environmental impression:
“We live in this day and age where, for some reason, it’s very important to some artists to make all sorts of different vinyl and packaging… which ups the sales and ups the numbers and gets them more money and gets them more…”
The interviewer notes “it counts toward No. 1 albums.” Billie isn’t having it. She goes off, saying:
“I can’t even express to you how wasteful it is. It is right in front of our faces and people are just getting away with it left and right, and I find it really frustrating as somebody who really goes out of my way to be sustainable and do the best that I can and try to involve everybody in my team in being sustainable.”
Here’s the place the Tay discuss is available in…
“And then it’s some of the biggest artists in the world making f**king 40 different vinyl packages that have a different unique thing just to get you to keep buying more. It’s so wasteful, and it’s irritating to me that we’re still at a point where you care that much about your numbers and you care that much about making money — and it’s all your favorite artists doing that s**t.”
Artists who’ve carried out a number of variations of their newest releases embody Beyoncé, Olivia Rodrigo, Travis Scott, and Blink-182.
But clearly Taylor is the primary identify that pops into your head with regards to a number of variations, proper? It is sensible she provides her followers a curated expertise, however it’s a good level that it could solely value a small portion of earnings to do it in a extra eco-friendly means. Clearly Billie isn’t feeling the pinch from the additional effort, proper?
Billie helped launch and fund REVERB’s Music Decarbonization Project. She partially powered her Lollapalooza set with zero-emissions batteries charged with photo voltaic, she partnered with Nike to start out utilizing recycled supplies and vegan nubuck leather-based, she works to incorporate water refill stations so followers can convey refillable bottles to her concert events to chop down on plastic bottle waste.
The Bad Guy singer says she’s been struggling to make no matter adjustments she will be able to since her profession began — and laments how exhausting it’s to get most individuals on board:
“It’s a never-ending f**king fight. As we all know, it’s pretty impossible to force someone to care. All you can do is express and explain your beliefs, but a lot of people don’t really understand the severity of the climate [crisis]. And if they do, they’re like, ‘Well, what’s the point? We’re all going to die anyway.’ Believe me, I feel that way too. But ‘what’s the point’ goes both ways: ‘What’s the point? I can do whatever I want. We’re all going to die anyway.’ Or, ‘What’s the point? I might as well do the right thing while I’m here.’ That’s my view.”
Damn. We guess the ball is in these different artists’ court docket.
What do YOU take into consideration Billie’s assertion? Is she calling out Taylor particularly? Will Swifties suppose so??
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