Billie Eilish calls out singers for ‘wasteful’ packaging; netizens think it was a hit at Taylor Swift

Billie Eilish never shies away from talking about the environment, sustainability, her eco-friendly world and what better we can do to save our planet Earth. However, her recent comment on singers who have been prioritising their career growth by impacting the planet by reselling their music albums in various forms has not settled well with netizens and even somethoughtthat she's indirectly hitting at Taylor Swift.

During her recent interview with Billboard, the Oscar-winning singer along with her mother Maggie Baird talked about how for her family, the environment has been a top-most priority even above her music career.

Speaking with the outlet, the singer called out the big artists for using ''wasteful packaging'' as they sell out the different versions of their albums including vinyl packaging.

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“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,” she said.

Saying it's irritating for her to see artists selling different vinyl packages to make people buy more, Eilish went on to slam the big artists.

“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 — 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 sh*t,” she said.

Many artists like Taylor Swift, Olivio Rodrigo and others have been selling their albums through colourful vinyl variants to increase sales. Even Eilish’s album Happier Than Ever had eight vinyl variants, but what makes singers work eco-friendly is that they were all made up of 100% recycled material.

Did Billie Eilish directly call out Taylor Swift?

Billie hasexpressed her anger towards the artist without taking any name. But netizens felt that the singer was indirectly hitting Tay Tay.

For those who don't know, Taylor has been known for selling different variants of vinyl with different and colourful packaging for years now, and her millions of fans are always most excited to buy. Even her upcoming album The Tortured Poets Department which she announced on the Grammy night, will be released in four different versions. In 2023, Swift's Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version),broke the record for the largest sales week on vinyl in U.S. history.

Billie's comment grabbed mixed reactions from netizens, with the majority of them thinking that it was a direct hit at Taylor.

Reacting to the singer's comment, one user wrote, "Billie was literally describing Taylor's tactic with TTPD. It was so unnecessary."

Another wrote, ''And then she shade Taylor. Just like a movie. Most the villain started as a friend. That's what we call jealousy.''