Garbage’s Shirley Manson: “We have Billie Eilish to thank for the sudden interest in the girls out of step with pop culture”

nme.com:

Garbage icon Shirley Manson has heaped praise upon Billie Eilish for giving a voice and a platform to “rebellious girls”.The frontwoman was speaking to NME when asked about the current crop of talent on her radar, before she noted how now marks “a very exciting time for a wave of new alternative,” and listing Jehnny Beth, Little Simz, Arlo Parks and Billy NoMates among her favourites before assess the importance of Eilish. “For so long, it seemed like the rebellious girls were being suffocated,” Manson told NME. “They weren’t being given any space or attention.

I think we have Billie Eilish to thank for the sudden interest once again for the sad girls, the dark girls and the girls who are out of step with the pop culture landscape.