“Meaningless videos”- Grammy and Oscar Winner Billie Eilish Invites Fierce Outrage, Following ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ Drop

Published 09/27/2024, 11:58 PM EDT

For those unversed with pop culture, to understand what has gone down in the music scene this year will be no less than algebra, and assuming that everyone is a tad bit loose at math. For starters, however, 2024 brought back beefing big time. While the Hip Hop industry often dabbles into it with diss tracks, this time around Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish got down in the arena, or at least their fans did.

Turning the tables from 'Reputation (Taylor's Version)' as Swift announced 'The Tortured Poets Department' this year, the songstress marked her first new album in many years. However, what fans did not realize was that it was not going to be an album 'drop' but more of a continuous drizzle of variants. This strategy as Billie Eilish too released her album 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' put her right in the eyeliner of laser eyed fans. As Eilish released the music video of her hit track 'BIRDS OF A FEATHER' the criticism only intensified.

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While the beef between Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish fans ranged from environmental concerns to who was the true girl's girl, upon the release of Eilish's latest music video, it has taken a not so constructive yet a turn of substance. Instead of comparing her to Swift fans have put Eilish in competition with herself, citing old music videos of the singer that they believed were high concept.

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The music video, given the huge time window between the album release, is speculated to have only been released because of fans' demands or perhaps to further profit off the success of 'BIRDS OF A FEATHER'. Regardless, the backlash is severe.

The fan verdict on Billie Eilish's 'BIRDS OF A FEATHER' is scathingly negative

Billie Eilish may be an Oscar and Grammy winning 22 year old now, but she was once a nineteen year old leaving the entire world gobsmacked with her tracks and talent. It was not just Eilish's music, but the music videos, different from any that the audiences had witnessed so far, that aided Eilish's rise to the mountain peak. However, in an imitation of her being dragged around in the 'BIRDS OF A FEATHER' video, Eilish is being dragged down by fans for the "meaningless videos."

Fans remarked how it seemed like the songstress was not even trying, and with her simply being moved around on a chair, their opinion did hold some weight.

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While the comparisons were mostly made with Billie Eilish herself, there were some who pointed out how her counterparts like Sabrina Carpenter were quite literally creating a cinematic universe. Regardless, it was not all bad for Eilish as some fans took to interpreting the music video.

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What do you think about Billie Eilish's 'BIRDS OF A FEATHER' music video? Let us know in the comments below.

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Aliza Siddiqui

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Aliza Siddiqui, a seasoned entertainment journalist and primary editor at Netflix Junkie, discovered her passion for storytelling through Anne Hathaway's iconic performance in Princess Diaries. Her love for film was further solidified by the thought-provoking climax of Don't Look Up, which left her in awe of its ability to balance humor and commentary, much like The Dictator and Cunk on Earth, which impressed her with their loud yet subtle haywire references. With a background in writing over a thousand articles at Otakukart, Aliza brings her unique voice and style to her editorial role, where she incorporates her idiosyncratic wit with engaging content.

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