There are few words to describe how ungenerous it is, but there are, of course, memes.Įilish, for her part, remains seemingly unfazed (to the surprise of literally no one – in fact, the internet has already responded on her behalf, by simply posting photos of Eilish and the six Grammys she won in 2019, laughing). To see online trolls try to tear down a woman who inspired her – essentially body-shaming someone who still happens to be a teenager – is disheartening. In a world where teenagers are asked to look at their faces through the prism of Instagram filters that make you look like you have plastic surgery or at their bodies through the lens of a generation that has grown up watching the Kardashians and their belfies, it brings me great joy to see her so unbridled. And all over her Instagram, her own message is plastered in her captions: “Stop caring about whether others think you look cool, and start worrying about whether YOU think you look cool.” My sister wears cat ears, big baggy hoodies and chains, fairy tutus, chunky sneakers and striped tights with each leg a different color. My 16-year-old sister, who idolizes Eilish, gives 10 times less of a damn about what she looks like than I did when I was her age, at a time when it couldn’t be more important for young people to do so. She went to the Grammys looking like she was due to star in a reptilian remake of the Matrix.Īnd it couldn’t be more refreshing.
Her nails are so long you wonder how she cleans certain areas. This is not the sk8er boi-esque image of the early naughts, in which women were asked to be provocative and tomboyish, but also, still hot.
Photograph: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Billie Eilish at the Grammy awards on 26 January.
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