Billie Eilish is calling on artists to re-release their music in various print formats – and although she doesn’t name names… many are seeing this as an attempt to Taylor Swift.
The singer gave an interview billboard – and she touched on this matter bluntly… saying that there are a lot of “great artists” who re-release all of their music multiple times, including on vinyl, and Billie thinks it’s a disgrace to make money… not to mention bad for the environment.
She says… “We live in this day and age where for some reason it’s very important for some artists to make all kinds of different vinyls and packaging… which increases sales and increases numbers and makes them more money and earn more of them.”
Billie continues… “I can’t even express how wasteful this is. It’s right in front of us and people are getting away with it left and right, and I find that very frustrating for someone who will actually go out of my way to be sustainable and do the best I can and try to involve everyone on my team to be sustainable.”
She adds: “(And) some of the biggest artists in the world are making 40 different vinyl packages that have something unique and different about them, just to keep you buying more.”
Billie ends by saying that it is irritating to her that some artists seem to care more about their numbers – and their bottom line – by continually participating in this practice.
If you’re not familiar… Taylor is famous for releasing multiple versions of her albums – something her fan base consumes at every opportunity. Other artists do this too, of course… but Billie certainly seems to be taking aim at T-Swift here, at least that’s the feeling.
In fact, Tay Tay is already ready to do it again… releasing 4 versions of her new album soon.
Billie herself has also released several print versions of some of her work – but she has gone out of her way to ensure that the vinyl records are made with recyclable materials and that the packaging she uses is environmentally friendly.
It looks like Billie has a bone to pick here… and many are perceiving this as a not-so-subtle dig at Taylor’s business model. You wonder… new beef alert???
