Billie Eilish is well and truly tired of people policing her style.
On May 27, the seven-time Grammy-winning artist took to Instagram to call out “women hating ass weirdos” who say she’s a “sellout” for occasionally forgoing her signature baggy style in favor of more “feminine” pieces. Dressed in a simple white T-shirt, Eilish addressed the series of Instagram Stories as a “letter to some comments I be seeing sometimes.”
“I spent the first 5 years of my career getting absolutely OBLITERATED by you fools for being boy ish and dressing how I did & constantly being told I’d be hotter if I acted like a woman,” the 21-year-old began. “Now when I feel comfortable enough to wear anything remotely feminine or fitting, I CHANGED and am a sellout.” She mocked fans who say she’s “nOt thE sAmE biLlie” anymore, describing them as “true idiots.”
“I can be Both you fucking bozos,” she continued. “LET WOMEN EXIST!” Eilish also rightfully pointed out that “femininity does not equal weakness.” Sarcastically, she added, “Insane right? Who knew?? And also totally unheard of and insane to want to express yourself differently at different times.”
It’s no wonder Billie Eilish is exhausted by these comments, considering she’s already discussed this issue ad nauseam. She began expanding her fashion horizons in 2021 after years of dressing exclusively in oversized clothes to keep the conversation away from her body. “I never want the world to know everything about me,” she said in a 2019 Calvin Klein campaign when she was only 18 years old. “I mean, that’s why I wear big, baggy clothes: Nobody can have an opinion, because they haven’t seen what’s underneath.” In a candid interview with Vanity Fair in 2021, she said, “To be quite honest with you, I only started wearing baggy clothes because of my body.”
In fact, Eilish predicted the backlash from fans when she first posed in a corset and lingerie for British June 2021 cover story. “Suddenly you’re a hypocrite if you want to show your skin, and you’re easy and you’re a slut and you’re a whore. If I am, then I’m proud,” she told the publication at the time. “Me and all the girls are hos, and fuck it, y’know? Let’s turn it around and be empowered in that. Showing your body and showing your skin—or not—should not take any respect away from you.”
“It’s about taking that power back,” she added. “I’m not letting myself be owned anymore.”
