Billie Eilish Clarifies Comments About 'Wasteful' Vinyl Releases: 'I Wasn't Singling Anyone Out'

Billie Eilish sets the record straight after her comments about vinyl Advertising signThe recent sustainability issue has caused a bit of a stir.

Responding to fan speculation about who she might have been referring to in the interview, in which the 22-year-old pop star called out the “wasteful” practice of releasing multiple versions of albums to boost sales, Eilish took to Instagram Stories on Sunday. March 31) to clarify what he meant. “Okay, so it would be so awesome if people would stop putting words in my mouth and actually read what I said in that article about the sign,” he began, writing in white text on a black background.

“I wasn't singling anyone out,” he continued. “These are systemic issues across the industry. And when it comes to variations, so many artists release them – ME included! which I clearly state in the article.”

Leading up to her new comments, Eilish and her mom, Support + Feed founder Maggie Baird, spoke to Advertising sign about their desire to see more sustainable practices in the music industry. Their previous initiatives included using 100% recycled black vinyl, as well as recycled scraps for color variants and shrink-wrapped sugar cane when different variants were released for the Grammy winner's Billboard 200 album. Happier than ever.

“We're living in this age where, for some reason, it's very important for some artists to make all kinds of different vinyl and packaging … that drives up sales and numbers and makes them more money,” Eilish said in the interview. , published on Thursday (March 28). “I can't even express to you how wasteful it is.”

“They're some of the biggest artists in the world making f–king 40 different vinyl packages that have a different unique element just to make you keep buying more,” he continued at the time. “It's so wasteful and it pisses me off that we're still at a point where you care so much about your numbers and you care so much about making money — and all your favorite artists are doing this sh-t.”

After the track was released, some fans on social media speculated that Eilish was targeting specific artists with her comments. Some thought the two-time Oscar winner was indirectly throwing shade at Taylor Swift — whose upcoming album Department of Tormented Poets has four different deluxe editions available for purchase — while musicians like Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, Olivia Rodrigo and others have released a variety of different pressings of single albums in recent history.

But as Eilish clarified in her new post, protecting the environment is a global issue that – like her comments in the article – is not about any artist. “The climate crisis is now and it's about all of us being part of the problem and trying to do better,” the nine-time Grammy winner added in her post, linking the Advertising signof the website. “You”.

Read Eilish and Baird's interview Advertising sign here.