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Controversial podcasters Claudia and Jackie Oshry called Billie Eilish a “dreadful, miserable girl” for seemingly criticizing Taylor Swift’s “wasteful” album packaging processes.
The “Bad Guy” singer spoke to Billboard last week about “big artists” making “f—king 40 different vinyl packages … to get you to keep buying more.”
Though Eilish, 22, didn’t name names, many interpreted her comments to be directed at Swift, 34.
Eilish said “big artists” keep making “40 different vinyl packages … to get you to keep buying more.” Getty Images for The Recording Academy “This girl is so dreadful,” Jackie said of the “Bad Guy” singer.“She might as well have said ‘that blonde girl whose names rhymes with Faylor,'” Claudia, 29, said on Friday’s episode of “The Toast” podcast.
“I don’t think we could speculate this to be about anyone else,” she went on, theorizing that the nine-time Grammy winner was “jealous” of Swift.
“A whole part of this conversation that Billie’s not talking about is how Taylor has completely resurrected a dead industry. You can’t be the best at everything: you can’t be the most sustainable and be resurrecting industries and be a titan of industry.”
“I don’t think we could speculate this to be about anyone else,” Claudia said, suggesting Eilish was referencing Taylor Swift. claudwithnojob/Instagram However, the nine-time Grammy winner denied she was singling out any artist. Getty Images for FIJI WaterWant more celebrity and pop culture news?
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The outspoken Zionists also criticized Eilish for supporting Gaza in the deadly Israel-Hamas war by wearing a red pin to the 2024 Oscars.
“This girl is so dreadful and she’s always been dreadful. But now she’s sticking her nose in some things where it doesn’t belong,” Jackie, 31, chimed in.
“Dreadful, miserable girl.”
“I find it really frustrating as somebody who really goes out of my way to be sustainable,” Eilish said last week. Getty Images “These are industry-wide systemic issue,” she later clarified on social media. Instagram/@billieeilishThe “What Was I Made For” hitmaker previously said she was “irritated” by the unsustainable nature of vinyl production.
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Listen to our weekly “We Hear” podcast Shop our exclusive merch“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,” she told Billboard.
Swift has become known for selling multiple versions of her albums, however she has also been credited with the resurgence in sales of vinyl records over the past few years.
Eilish admitted she also produces multiple vinyl variants. Getty ImagesEilish later clarified that she wasn’t targeting the “Cruel Summer” songstress.
“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,” she wrote on her Instagram Story over the weekend
“These are industry-wide systemic issue. When it comes to variants, so many artists release them, including me, which I clearly state in the article.”