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Billie Eilish seemingly takes another swipe at Taylor Swift as she calls three-hour concerts ‘psychotic’ amid alleged feud as they battle over the top spot on the Billboard album chart
Billie Eilish has been accused of shading Taylor Swift amid their battle for the top spot on the Billboard album chart following the releases of their respective albums.
While the superstars have publicly gushed over each other in the past, some social media users are convinced the pair are feuding following an interview Eilish gave, this week, in which she brands three-hour concerts as ‘psychotic.’
While appearing on Stationhead following the recent release of her new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, the performer, 22, slammed musicians that put on super lengthy shows.
‘Nobody wants that. You guys don’t want that. I don’t want that. I don’t even want that as a fan,’ the Bad Guy hitmaker said. ‘My favorite artist in the world, I’m not trying to hear them for three hours.’
The comments sent Swifties into a frenzy as they rushed to defend the 14-time Grammy, whose Eras Tour shows span an average of three hours and 15 minutes.
Similarly, Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour, which wrapped in September, was between two and a half to three hours.
Oddly enough, just last year, Eilish praised both Swift and Beyoncé for being able to ‘put on a show that long’ that’s ‘filled with so many incredible moments’ for their fans.
During that interview with the Los Angeles Times, she also referred to Swift as an ‘untouchable superstar.’
Eilish latest comments come just two months after she raised eyebrows for slamming artists that put out multiple editions of their albums on vinyl.
The vocal climate activist called out how ‘wasteful’ it is that ‘some of the biggest artists in the world’ make ‘f***ing 40 different vinyl packages that have a different unique thing just to get you to keep buying more.’
Despite never naming Swift or any particular artist, fans interpreted her comments as a jab at the Fortnight singer, 34, as she has released numerous vinyl versions of her albums.
During her interview with the Billboard in March, Billie criticized artists over the ‘wasteful’ practice of releasing numerous vinyl versions of albums to increase sales.
‘For some reason, it’s very important to some artists to make all sorts of different vinyl and packaging,’ she claimed. ‘Which ups the sales and ups the numbers and gets them more money and gets them more.’
‘I can’t even express to you how wasteful it is,’ she continued. ‘I find it really frustrating as somebody who really goes out of my way to be sustainable and do the best that I can and try to involve everybody in my team in being sustainable.