• Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Privacy Policy
  • DMCA
  • Terms of Use
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
NEW EXPRESS NEWS
  • HOME
  • US NEWS
  • INDIA
  • EUROPE
  • WORLD
  • GULF NEWS
  • BUSINESS
  • HEALTH
  • RELIGIOUS
  • SPORTS
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • LIFESTYLE
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • US NEWS
  • INDIA
  • EUROPE
  • WORLD
  • GULF NEWS
  • BUSINESS
  • HEALTH
  • RELIGIOUS
  • SPORTS
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • LIFESTYLE
No Result
View All Result
NEW EXPRESS NEWS
No Result
View All Result

Billie Eilish tackles body shaming as her world tour kicks off in Miami

by NEWS DESK
March 10, 2020
in WORLD
0 0
0
0
SHARES
6
VIEWS
ShareShareShareShareShare

Billie Eilish tackles body shaming as her world tour kicks off in Miami

Billie Eilish plays in Miami Image copyright Getty Images
Image caption The show marked the opening of Eilish's first world tour

Pop star Billie Eilish delivered a powerful message about body shaming as she kicked off her world tour in Miami on Tuesday night.

The 18-year-old has previously said she wears baggy clothes to avoid being sexualised, and addressed criticism of that choice during a video interlude.

"If what I wear is comfortable, I am not a woman," she said. "If I shed the layers, I am a slut".

"Though you've never seen my body, you still judge me for it. Why?" she asked.

  • Billie Eilish: My clothes shouldn't 'slut-shame'
  • Billie Eilish on Bond and online bullying
  • Billie Eilish is the big winner at the Grammys

The two-minute video was played towards the end of Eilish's 22-song set, immediately before the song All The Good Girls Go To Hell.

In the visual, Eilish was seen removing several layers of clothing until she was only wearing a bra, before sinking symbolically under the surface of a black, tar-like liquid.

Skip Twitter post by @ILOMIL0S

empowering pic.twitter.com/IBOl9LF0rU

— alexa 78 (@ILOMIL0S) March 10, 2020

Report

End of Twitter post by @ILOMIL0S

At the end of the clip, she warned against making "assumptions about people based on their size".

"We decide who they are. We decide what they're worth," she said. "If I wear more, if I wear less, who decides what that makes me?

"Is my value based only on your perception? Or is your opinion of me not my responsibility?"

The interlude was just one element of a spectacular live show which began Poltergeist-style, with Eilish dangling on wires underneath a floating bed.

Image copyright Getty Images
Image caption The tour is scheduled to play in Manchester, Birmingham and London in July

After falling through the stage, she emerged on a riser at the end of a catwalk to perform Bury A Friend, before running through tracks including You Should See Me In A Crown, Ocean Eyes and her Bond theme No Time To Die.

She played Copycat from a floating walkway above the stage, and showcased her piano skills during a brief instrumental at the keyboard.

Skip Twitter post by @eilishupd8s1

Billie playing the piano in Miami tonight pic.twitter.com/cyP85S0EGc

— eilishupdates media (@eilishupd8s1) March 10, 2020

Report

End of Twitter post by @eilishupd8s1

During the concert, the five time Grammy-winner dressed in her traditional baggy clothes – with a green sequinned shirt that matched her shorts and black Nike high-top trainers.

For the uptempo songs, she bounded up and down the catwalk, her vocals frequently drowned out by the crowd.

Coronavirus permitting, the tour comes to Europe in July after a 38-date trek across North and South America; with dates scheduled in Manchester, Birmingham and Manchester.

The full text of Eilish's body shaming speech is below:

Do you really know me?

You have opinions about my opinions, about my music, about my clothes, about my body.

Some people hate what I wear, some people praise it. Some people use it to shame others, some people use it to shame me.

But I feel you watching… always. And nothing I do goes unseen.

So while I feel your stares, your disapproval or your sighs of relief, if I lived by them, I'd never be able to move.

Would you like me to be smaller? Weaker? Softer? Taller?

Would you like me to be quiet?

Do my shoulders provoke you? Does my chest? Am I my stomach? My hips?

The body I was born with, is it not what you wanted?

If what I wear is comfortable, I am not a woman. If I shed the layers, I am a slut.

Though you've never seen my body, you still judge it and judge me for it. Why?

You make assumptions about people based on their size. We decide who they are. We decide what they're worth.

If I wear more, if I wear less, who decides what that makes me? What that means?

Is my value based only on your perception?

Or is your opinion of me not my responsibility?

Follow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

Previous Post

US troops begin Afghanistan withdrawal as part of peace deal with Taliban

Next Post

California border officers find man hidden inside seat of car in act of ‘inhumane’ smuggling

Related Posts

WORLD

Behind Enemy Lines, Ukrainians Tell Russians ‘You Are Never Safe’

August 17, 2022
0
WORLD

Russia Fights Efforts to Declare It an Exporter of ‘Blood Diamonds’

August 16, 2022
0
WORLD

Your Wednesday Briefing: New Blasts Shake Crimea

August 16, 2022
0
WORLD

New Water Cuts Announced as Colorado River Hits Dangerous Low

August 16, 2022
0
WORLD

U.N. Chief and Russian Defense Minister Discuss Nuclear Power Plant Threat

August 16, 2022
0
WORLD

Ukrainian Soldiers Train for the Frontlines on British Soil

August 16, 2022
0
Next Post

California border officers find man hidden inside seat of car in act of ‘inhumane’ smuggling

Browse by Category

  • arts and entertainment
  • BUSINESS
  • EDUCATION
  • EUROPE
  • GULF NEWS
  • HEALTH
  • INDIA
  • LIFESTYLE
  • NEWS
  • RELIGIOUS
  • SCIENCE
  • SPORTS
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • Uncategorized
  • US NEWS
  • WORLD
NEW EXPRESS NEWS

Follow Us

  • MALAYALAM NEWS

© 2020 NEW EXPRESS NEWS

  • HOME
  • US NEWS
  • INDIA
  • EUROPE
  • WORLD
  • GULF NEWS
  • BUSINESS
  • HEALTH
  • RELIGIOUS
  • SPORTS
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • LIFESTYLE

© 2020 NEW EXPRESS NEWS

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In