As she took to the stage to become Glastonbury’s youngest ever headliner on Friday night, 20-year-old Billie Eilish slammed people for caring more about the Depp v Heard court case than the Roe v Wade ruling overturning.
The Roe v Wade overturning ended constitutional protections for abortions, potentially leading to abortion bans in almost half of US states.
The singer was about to perform ‘Try Not To Abuse Your Power’ alongside her brother Finneas, but decided to make a statement prior to the song about the ruling.
‘The song we’re about to do is, I think, one of the favourites that we’ve written and it’s about the concept of power and how we need to always remember how not to abuse it’ she said.
‘And today is a really, really dark day for women in the US. I’m just going to say that as I cannot bear to think about it any longer in this moment.’
In her latest track ‘TV’ the lyrics went on to include; “The internet’s gone wild watching movie stars on trial / While they’re overturning Roe v. Wade.” In an interview, Eilish gave some more context to the lyrics saying that she was surprised people are giving their takes on the Depp trial instead of Roe V Wade.
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