Billie Eilish became an overnight pop culture phenomenon. But for some reason, any attempts by the young singer to show herself on the other side turn thousands of fans away from her in an instant.
Billy is literally bullied for being attractive. Fans wanted to see something completely different in her image! Let’s figure out what exactly.
Billy Eilish is only 19 years old, and she became famous all over the world as a completely unintelligent teenager. Her desire to change her image and constantly try on new images is quite logical. Try new things at any age! And what can we say about the young creative girl, who instantly opened up the widest opportunities in terms of shopping and the world of beauty?
Colored hair – black-green, gray, blue, crazy manicure, which Cardi B herself would envy, baggy clothes, in which Eilish went out even on the red carpet. And also an abundance of acid shades and massive accessories – this is exactly the kind of singer who started her career and this is exactly how millions of listeners fell in love with her.
It’s no secret that such an informal image of Billy became the secret to her success. A girl who uses almost no makeup, experiments with shades of hair, and hides her figure behind voluminous hoodies, aroused the confidence of teenagers all over the world: “Wow, she is just like us!” A little awkward, a little wild, charming in her spontaneity, with deliberate negligence spitting on the standards of beauty … Why, all the standards! This cannot but bribe those who themselves are seized by teenage maximalism.
We, too, are grateful to Billie Eilish for showing that success is always possible. And it is not at all necessary to abandon personal principles in the name of stereotyped norms. The main thing is to be yourself and make cool music. However, not all fans of the singer agree with this. And because of this, real avalanches of hatred periodically fall on Billy.
Former fans literally in a matter of days turned into the most ardent haters. At first, they did not like that the girl began to wear tight-fitting clothes. Albeit in ordinary life, far from the stages and red carpets, it has become. It turned out that Billy’s figure is very personal, and what a big chest! Certainly not the kind that actually causes complexes in teenage girls.
And then the star dyed her hair blonde and starred in a candid (in fact, everything looks decent) photoshoot for Vogue magazine. And what started here!
Billy, in the form of a retro diva from the golden age of Hollywood, did not appeal to young fans at all. And it was simply impossible to respond to their lightning-fast negative reaction. Eilish’s social networks began to lose hundreds of thousands of subscribers at an astonishing rate. And in the comments under the photo, real persecution began: they say, we definitely didn’t want such an idol for ourselves!
On the one hand, everything is extremely logical: Billy discovers new facets of talent, explores her sensuality, tries something unusual for her, does not stand still, and does not freeze in her immutability. On the other hand, part of her audience clearly showed: that they are against any changes, and they need the same singer. More precisely, her former appearance. And point.
However, not only young people think so, but also an older audience. Such comments are not uncommon: they say that an informal woman who would fit into any post-apocalyptic story has become an ordinary glossy girl, “one of the”. Boring!But what about Billy herself?
The singer admitted in an interview that she used to be terribly embarrassed about her figure and, in fact, is still embarrassed by her. That is why, until a certain point, she hid her body under shapeless robes. She did not have the moral strength to resist the attacks of the haters (although we can say from the outside that she coped well with this) and endure the condemnation of her figure.
At a young age, at just 12 years old, the girl was already trying to lose weight and even drank dangerous weight loss pills. But it didn’t end well. Because of the drugs, the future star began enuresis – urinary incontinence. And along with this, Billy was covered with social phobia and depression. Yes, she had already experienced this, but she began to hide her body so that she herself would not pay attention to it and so that others would not see it. She dreamed of discussing only her music, her work, and not the shortcomings or virtues of her body, which, by the way, has not even been fully formed yet – we remind you that Billy is not yet 20 years old! Now the singer says that she has a more sensible way of thinking, but it was not easy for her. She does not stop working on herself, and beauty experiments only help her in this. For example, a noir photoshoot for gloss can be seen as a kind of therapy in the life of Billy Eilish. Not being afraid to be yourself and do what you think is right – that’s what this shoot means. And not that sooner or later you will have to adapt to stereotypes.
And it would not hurt to remember this for all those who condemn, who obviously forgot: there is a rule “My body is my business.” The right to choose a woman works both ways, and not just the way some commentators would like.
In the end, feminists are fighting for the freedom of women in everything: in clothes, in self-expression, in makeup, in life. And there is no need to come up with new restrictions, because, unfortunately, there are still too many of them.
Well, good luck Billie Eilish! Let’s see what image she chooses in a few years. We are sure of one thing: it will be stylish and memorable.
PS By the way, don’t forget: if you want to fool around a little or try on a different look, you can arrange a photo session! It really relaxes and helps to look at yourself from a different perspective.
