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Billie Eilish Says She Was Abused As A Minor, Won’t Reveal Culprit

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3 years ago

May 4, 2021

Billie Eillish has been working at her career since she was 14, and throughout, she has been rocking baggy clothes and dark glasses to keep her body away from the prying eyes of fans and press.

The last time paparazzi caught her wearing a tight dress, the Grammy Award winning singer was body shamed by trolls on social media.

However, for her Vogue feature, the singer wore a lingerie and spoke openly about her growth and not wanting to be controlled any longer. Her forthcoming album, Happier Than Ever, is slated for release at the end of July but it’s already rollout season for the singer’s team.

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Eillish recently dropped “Your Power,” Eilish’s single from the album, and she spoke to Vogue about the song being a message to a person who abuses minors.

“It’s an open letter to people who take advantage – mostly men,” said Eilish. “I would like people to listen to me. And not just try to figure out who I’m talking about, because it’s not about that. It’s really not at all about one person. You might think, ‘It’s because she’s in the music industry’ – no, dude.”

“It’s everywhere. I don’t know one girl or woman who hasn’t had a weird experience, or a really bad experience. And men, too – young boys are taken advantage of constantly.”

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“I wanted to say that it doesn’t matter who you are, what your life is, your situation, who you surround yourself with, how strong you are, how smart you are,” she continued.

“You can always be taken advantage of. That’s a big problem in the world of domestic abuse or statutory rape – girls that were very confident and strong-willed finding themselves in situations where they’re like, ‘Oh my god, I’m the victim here?’ And it’s so embarrassing and humiliating and demoralizing to be in that position of thinking you know so much and then you realize, I’m being abused right now.”

She however refused to share information regarding her experience but the publication reports they were later informed that it “wasn’t a music industry figure.”