Billie Eilish on “responsibility” to discuss politics: “You can’t ignore it and you can’t be silent”

nme.com:

Billie Eilish has said she has a “responsibility” to speak out ahead of November’s Presidential election, despite claiming she would “rather die” than discuss politics.The singer opened up to Jimmy Fallon, after performing at the Democratic National Convention in support of Joe Biden last August.“To be honest, I just think it was my responsibility,” Eilish explained of her performance.“I really couldn’t want to be involved in politics less; I’d rather be doing literally anything else than talking about this… I think that that should show you how much this actually means right now.”She added: “I was somebody who used to just completely shut up – ‘I don’t want to talk about it, I don’t want to hear about it… I don’t want to deal with it, I.