Billie Eilish slams Taylor Swift fans after ‘wasteful’ packaging remarks: ‘Sheesh’

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Taylor Swift fans for “putting words into my mouth” after she seemingly shaded Swift for not being environmentally conscious. “Okay so it would be so awesome if people would stop putting words into my mouth and actually read what I said in that billboard article,” the 22-year-old singer wrote in an Instagram story. “I wasn’t singling anyone out, these are industry-wide systemic issues,” Eilish added, saying that she was also guilty of releasing multiple vinyl versions of her records in different packaging. “When it comes to variants, so many artists release them, including me, which I clearly state in the article,” she added. “The climate crisis is now and it’s about all of us being part of the problem and trying to do better sheesh.”In the Billboard article, the “What Was I Made For?” singer seemingly denounced artists who participated in the growing practice of releasing multiple “vinyl variants.”“We live in this day and age where, for some reason, it’s very important to some artists to make all sorts of different vinyl and packaging,” she said. “[It] ups the sales and ups the numbers and gets them more money and gets them more.”A vinyl variant is a different pressing of the same album with small changes, whether it’s color, additional tracks or even cover art.

The presence of these alterations also incentivizes die-hard fans to purchase all possible variants. “I can’t even express to you how wasteful it is,” the two-time Oscar winner stated.