Billie Eilish clarifies she wasn't singling out Taylor Swift after sparking ... trends now
Billie Eilish told Swifties to stand down after they unleashed their fury at her over an interview in which she criticized the release of albums with multiple versions.
Eilish spoke out against the now-common practice in an interview with Billboard that was published on Thursday.
However, observers on social media began to speculate that her comment may have been a thinly veiled statement about Taylor Swift, who is infamous for not only releasing rerecorded versions of her early albums, but also putting out multiple slightly tweaked physical and digital versions of all her new albums.
However, the 22-year-old singer–songwriter clarified that she wasn't singling out any artists, including the Eras Tour hitmaker, 34, though she didn't list any artists by name.
Her clarification didn't come fast enough for some Swifties, though, as they slammed Billie on X (formerly Twitter) and even bragged about Taylor's superior sales compared to her own album sales.
Billie Eilish, 22, clarified she wasn't pointing fingers at Taylor Swift after she spoke out to Billboard against artists releasing multiple variants of their albums due to its negative impact on climate change; seen February 24 in LA
Observers and several Taylor Swift fans — known as Swifties — assumed she was singling out the hitmaker and began slamming Eilish on social media in recent days; seen January 7 in Beverly Hills
Billie tried to clear up matters by posting a simple statement to her Instagram Stories, while also tagging her original Billboard interview so that fans could confirm that she didn't single Taylor or any other performers out.
'okay so it would be so awesome if people would stop putting words into my mouth and actually read what i said in that billboard article,' which had focused on her efforts to make her professional life more ecologically sustainable.
'i wasn't singling anyone out, these are industry-wide systemic issues,' she explained.
Beyond making clear that she wasn't pointing fingers, Billie even admitted that she was guilty of releasing variants to encourage fans to buy the same album multiple times, though it wasn't clear if she makes those decisions or if her record label has the final say over releases.
'& when it comes to variants, so many artists release them — including ME ! which i clearly state in the article,' she said.
The Bad Guy singer concluded by trying to focus on the bigger picture.
'the climate crisis is now and its about all of us being part of the problem and trying to do better sheesh,' she added.
In her Billboard interview on about her sustainability efforts, Eilish remarked that, 'some of the biggest artists in the world making f***ing 40 different vinyl packages that have a different unique thing just to get you to keep buying more.'
Eilish said she was speaking about 'industry-wide systemic issues' and mentioned that she is also part of the problem
Eilish sparked speculation she was shading Swift after she criticized her music industry peers over their 'wasteful' practice of releasing numerous vinyl versions of albums to increase sales
Eilish never named Swift or any particular artist, but fans interpreted her comments as a jab at the Love Story songstress, as she is known for releasing numerous vinyl version of her albums
Eilish never named Swift or any particular artist, but fans interpreted her comments as a jab at the Love Story songstress, as she has released numerous vinyl versions of her albums.
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Eilish for comment.
'Swifties and kpop stans found on the floor,' one X user tweeted.
'She clocked taylor so bad i'm crying,' one posted.
'oh the swifties are going to
