Stop Putting Words Into My Mouth

Billie Eilish is making it clear she was not calling out any artist specifically after she deemed “wasteful” the follow of releasing a number of vinyl variants to spice up album gross sales.

The Oscar winner shared an announcement on social media to make clear her feedback after many supposed she was singling out Taylor Swift.

“Okay so it could be so superior if individuals would cease placing phrases into my mouth and truly learn what I stated in that Billboard article,” Eilish posted on Instagram Tales. “I wasn’t singling anybody out, these are industry-wide system points [and] on the subject of variants, so many artists launch them — together with ME! which I clearly state within the article.”

She continued, “The local weather disaster is now and it’s about all of us being a part of the issue and making an attempt to do higher sheesh.”

In a current interview with Billboard about sustainability, Eilish stated she discovered it “irritating” that “among the largest artists on the planet making f***ing 40 completely different vinyl packages which have a unique distinctive factor simply to get you to maintain shopping for extra.”

“It’s so wasteful, and it’s irritating to me that we’re nonetheless at a degree the place you care that a lot about your numbers and also you care that a lot about getting cash — and it’s all of your favourite artists doing that sh**,” she added.

Eilish acknowledged that she has launched vinyl variants up to now however took the additional steps to be extra eco-friendly by utilizing 100% recycled black vinyl for copies of her Happier Than Ever album, utilizing recycled scraps for coloured variants, and having every file enclosed in a shrink-wrap product of sugarcane.