Is the Billie Eilish vs. Taylor Swift rivalry escalating into a full-blown feud?
That’s the question fans are having today after Billie appeared to lightly criticize Taylor’s Eras Tour during a recent live stream.
Billie made it clear that she would not perform three-hour concerts, and appeared to criticize artists (such as Taylor) who do just that.
Did Billie Eilish Diss Taylor Swift?
“Nobody wants that,” Billie told Page Six. “You don’t want that. I don’t want that. The fans don’t want that.”
“Even if it’s an artist I love, I don’t want to listen to them for three hours straight. That’s too long,” she added.
On Twitter and other platforms, Swifties responded to Billie’s comments. They said many fans do I want to do a marathon concert.
“Apparently millions of people want that, but oh well,” one user wrote.
“It’s weird that you say it’s a lie that ‘no one wants it’ when all the shows were sold out and people still bought tickets to see the film,” another added.
Other users defended Billie, pointing out that she never mentioned Taylor by name.
In fact, she’s been known to praise Taylor, Beyoncé and other artists for their ability to put on massive stadium shows.
“It’s so amazing that they were able to put on such a long show and pack so many incredible moments into it,” Billy said. Los Angeles Times 2023.
This isn’t the first time Billie has been accused of subtly criticizing Taylor.
Billie seemed to criticize Taylor for releasing multiple versions of the same album.
“We live in a time where, for whatever reason, it’s really important for some artists to make different vinyls and different packaging,” Billy said in an interview. Billboard.
She noted that while the practice “increases sales and numbers and brings in more profits,” it is bad for the environment because of “wasteful” packaging.
Many fans speculated that the comments were influenced by Taylor’s decision to release bonus content on the same day as Billie’s new album drops.
Eilish clarified that she didn’t mean to “give special treatment to anyone” and called the practice a “systemic problem across the industry.”
“I think it would be awesome if people would stop shoving words in my mouth and actually read what I said,” she wrote on Instagram.
“In terms of variations, many artists, including myself, have released them, and that’s clearly stated in the article.”
Taylor has yet to publicly respond to this disgraceful act, but with any luck, she might hit back in song.
