Some even attributed the way she acts on camera to her Tourette’s Syndrome (although, as Billboard pointed out in 2018, Eilish’s Tourette’s tics are physical, not verbal). Yet other fans are excusing Eilish for the clips, saying that the footage was filmed when she was 14 and had yet to grasp the seriousness and hurtfulness of what she was saying. To make the situation even more problematic, old racist and homophobic tweets by Eilish’s boyfriend, Matthew Vorce, were unearthed just yesterday. Other fans are understandably hurt and upset that Eilish may have exhibited this kind of racist behaviour - a hurt that is all too understandable, especially amid the frightening uptick in anti-Asian hate crimes being committed across North America.
The opinions are wide-ranging, with some commenters questioning the editing and accusing the clip’s creator of removing the original context and supplying her own in the form of text she’s added to the video. So far, the clip has been viewed over a million times, with fans and critics alike weighing in to voice their thoughts on Eilish’s behaviour. The video is accompanied by the hashtag #billieeilishcancelled. It then shows her speaking in what the video's creator calls a “blaccent” accusing Billie of adopting a way of speaking that is unnatural to her and appropriative.įinally, the clip cuts to Eilish speaking quickly and unintelligibly, which the poster says is her imitating an Asian language.
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In a series of quick cuts, the video appears to show Eilish singing along with a selection of songs and mouthing (or saying) a hateful slur aimed at Asian communities in a song by Tyler The Creator. The clip, posted this past Monday, has since gone viral and sparked an online debate about the 19-year-old singer’s behaviour as well as the accuracy and veracity of the claims being made by the TikTok user who posted the (admittedly low quality and difficult to follow) video. Old footage of Billie Eilish has surfaced in a kind of TikTok compilation clip that appears to show the singer using an anti-Asian slur and imitating various accents in a derisive, insensitive, and mocking way.
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