Finneas defends sister Billie Eilish after commenter calls her ‘Guess’ verse ‘predatory’

Finneas has hit out at a TikTok person who accused his sister Billie Eilish of singing a “predatory” verse on the remix of Charli XCX’s music “Guess.”

On Friday (August 2), the day after Charli and Eilish launched the monitor and accompanying music video, a TikTok account named windows199x posted a video with Eilish’s portion of the music.

“I wanna strive it, chunk it, lick it, spit it / Pull it to the aspect and get all up in it / Kiss it, chunk it, can I match it? / Charli likes boys, however she is aware of I’d hit it / (Is aware of I’d hit it) / Charli, name me if you happen to’re with it,” the 22-year-old Oscar and Grammy winner sings.

Footage of the TikToker seated on a carpeted flooring whereas fixing a Rubik’s Dice is overlayed with on-screen textual content that reads: “Billie’s verse on ‘Guess’ is excessive key predatory, however y’all blinded by her ordinary queerbaiting for business acquire. Ever for the reason that ‘Misplaced Trigger’ controversy, she’s been lowering women to mere objects, all in an effort to persuade the lots that she’s truly into them lol. Charli is 32 and engaged FYI.”

In 2021, Eilish launched her “Misplaced Trigger” music video, which featured scenes of her and a gaggle of ladies taking part in video games, consuming snacks and dancing round the home at a sleepover.

The “Unhealthy Man” pop star was subsequently accused of queerbaiting followers with the video’s imagery. Queerbaiting refers back to the advertising and marketing observe of together with queer characters/relationships as a way to enchantment to queer audiences.

“What a take you little clown. I obtained to observe your complete web slam my sister for queer-baiting for a complete 12 months when in actuality, you had been all forcing her to label and out herself,” Finneas, 27, responded within the feedback of the TikTok video.

The Unbiased has contacted Eilish’s consultant for remark.

Eilish first made a passing comment about her same-sex attraction to ladies in a 2023 interview with Selection. She was later requested throughout a pink carpet occasion if she had meant to “come out” within the cowl story, to which she responded: “No, I didn’t, however I kinda thought… wasn’t it apparent? I simply didn’t notice folks didn’t know.”

After her feedback made headlines, she accused Number of outing her.

“Thanks Selection for my award and for additionally outing me on a pink carpet at 11am as a substitute of speaking about anything that issues i like girls and boys depart me alone about it please actually who cares stream ‘what was i made for,’” she wrote on Instagram.

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Eilish has since mirrored on her strongly worded caption, admitting that she “overreacted.”

“Who f***ing cares?” she informed Rolling Stone in April. “The entire world out of the blue determined who I used to be, and I didn’t get to say something or management any of it. No one ought to be pressured into being one factor or the opposite, and I feel that there’s a whole lot of wanting labels in every single place. Dude, I’ve identified those that don’t know their sexuality, or really feel snug with it, till they’re of their forties, fifties, sixties. It takes some time to seek out your self, and I feel it’s actually unfair, the way in which that the web bullies you into speaking about who you might be and what you might be.”

Of her quotes on the pink carpet, Eilish stated: “What I stated was humorous, as a result of I actually was simply saying what they’ve all been saying. I do know all people’s been pondering this about me for years and years, however I’m solely determining myself now.”