Billie Eilish Calls Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, and Sabrina Carpenter 'F*cking Awesome,' Says She Is 'So Happy' for Their Success (UPDATE)
Billie Eilish believes there's enough room at the table for women in pop music.
UPDATED 10/12/24, 8:29 p.m. ET: Charli XCX responded to Billie Eilish being asked if she's threatened by her, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan.
On Saturday, the singer hopped on X and shared a tweet from PopCrave highlighting the question Eilish was asked by the Los Angeles Times about being threatened by other female singers. According to Charli, the question was pure nonsense.
"Pausing from brat completely different chaos to just say lol this is a crazy question !" Charli tweeted.
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Billie Eilish is rooting for her female pop music contemporaries Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, and Sabrina Carpenter.
In a new Los Angeles Times interview alongside her older brother, singer-songwriter and producer Finneas, Eillish–who's released music since she was 16–was asked about whether she ever feels threatened by the success of the aforementioned artists. According to the 22-year-old, her feelings are quite the opposite, as she's "so happy" for them.
“Are you kidding me?” she replied. "I’m so happy for these bitches. It’s a crazy world when you get to the level they’re experiencing right now, and they’re doing great. Fans are drawn to them because they’re fucking awesome."
Charli XCX, who got flirty with Eilish on the "Guess" remix, shared her thoughts on the nine-time Grammy winner early in the article.
"Billie knows herself–that's rare. The music we make is very different, but I think we approach writing in a really similar way in that there’s a level of honesty and directness," the British artist said. "She’s only doing something if she truly feels it. I respect that, and that’s a hard quality to hold onto when you’re being pulled in a million different directions."
Eilish and Finneas previously discussed the pop country elements on Carpenter's new album Short n' Sweet in a Spotify exclusive conversation. Moving 362,000 equivalent units in its first week, the album was the third-largest Billboard Hot 100 debut of the year, beating Eilish's third album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, which also debuted at No. 1 in May.
Last month, Rolling Stone shared that Eilish considers Roan's single "Good Luck Babe!" her favorite song of 2024, also mentioning other Charli, Miley Cyrus, and more as artists who've supported the Missouri native.
"I’m not trying to name-drop,” Chappell told RS. “I’m trying to tell you there are girls who are good people, who are helping other girls out. I’m name-dropping them because people just need to know that people are good people."
