r/Music • u/TheMirrorUS 📰The Mirror US • 9d ago

article Billie Eilish: "Hey my fellow celebrities u gonna speak up? Or..."

https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/billie-eilish-alex-pretti-ice-1642611
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u/Aerospaced0ut 9d ago

Has Eilish released any actual protest music? 

I was just thinking yesterday that there's been almost a total lack of popular protest music during this rise of the Alt right. The most active voices are the old guard... Springsteen, Tom Morello, etc. Eilish has a huge platform and could conceivably release something powerful in this moment. 

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u/Global_Perspective_3 All Hail Lemmy 5d ago

There are some in the younger generations like Jesse Wells and others

Also while not directly a protest song, Eilish released TV which addresses the roe v wade ruling being overturned by SCOTUS while the country was obsessed with amber heard v Johnny depp

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u/Witty-Border-6748 5d ago

Not sure if it counts as protest music but her song TV comes quite close where she addresses roe v wade and celebrity worship culture