The photos that made Billie Eilish lose 100,000 followers
Billie Eilish became a musical icon with just 17 years, being also a benchmark for new generations in terms of her speech to society and the aesthetics that she wore. The singer became known for always wearing XXL sizes to hide her feminine shapes and avoid being sexualized, a strategy that has been changing in recent months and that has cost her, because of a photo, no less than 100,000 followers.
Since she released her second album Happier Than Ever and her documentary The World’s A Little Blurry, Billie Eilish has been making a gradual change in her style. The young woman, who is currently 19 years old, has been shedding her loose clothing to gradually enhance her figure and her femininity.
And that change has been precisely what has made many of her followers feel disappointed with her. They have accused it of being false and of not being coherent, something that has not gone unnoticed by the artist, as she has just revealed in an interview for Cosmopolitan.
"I lost 100,000 followers, just because of my boobs. People are scared of big boobs," he said, referring to a photograph he uploaded to his Instagram last July where he appeared with a Miaou brand corset from which stood out. lace bra she was wearing underneath.
"People cling to these memories [of when they wore oversized clothes] and have an attachment. But it is very dehumanizing," confessed Billie Eilish, recalling that there were followers who told her that "the industry has really changed you."
The truth is that she is quite surprised with this reaction from her fans, especially considering that at her age it is normal to explore, not only to find your own tastes and your identity, but to feel comfortable in your own skin.
In fact, Billie Eilish believes that these attitudes are nothing more than signs of machismo, something that often happens to many female artists who are judged either by their appearance or by their sexual orientation. "As if that were anyone else's business," says the young woman, who inadvertently has had to suffer such attacks.
What happened with said photograph has been nothing more than a repetition of something that happened at the end of last year, when thousands of people stopped following it on networks after sharing stories in which the drawings of a woman's breasts were seen.
