Is Billie Eilish Overrated?
Billie Eilish is a popular teen music artist that is listened to all over the US. Her number one top hit “Bad Guy” released this year, is listened to by many teens, including myself. Her songs are becoming more and more popular by the years. She has a whopping 40.9 million followers on instagram and she’s slowly climbing closer and closer to the big stars, Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian.
Her latest album called “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”was streamed 65 million times on June 3, 2019 and 13,000 copies of the full albums were sold. Many questions are asked about her clothing choices. In her own words, she says “Nobody can have an opinion because they haven’t seen what’s underneath.” She says that she wears these clothes so outsiders can’t objectify her based on her body shape.
Billie’s fans comments on the clothing subject differ from other fans. Some say the fact Billie has to hide her body so people can’t judge her tells a lot about today’s society. Others say it’s a good thing and they respect her for letting no one make assumptions about her.
Yet, we still haven’t talked about the main topic yet. Is Billie Eilish overrated? I asked a few of my classmates and friends what their thoughts about Billie were. Two of my classmates have identical thoughts on her. They both said “Some of her songs are actually good, and I like to listen to them. Others are just depressing and it seems like she seeks attention from them.” I asked yet another classmate her opinion and she said “I really like Billie and her new album especially. She has a beautiful voice and her songs really portray her.” I asked the question to all three students, “Is Billie overrated?” The first two students agreed that she is, “Her music is too depressing, and she isn’t that good for the amount of people that listen to her music.” The third person says “I definitely don’t think she is underrated but she isn’t overrated either.”
Looking back on these different opinions make me wonder if she is overrated for the number of people that don’t like her music, is definitely less compared to the ones that do. Though lots of teens like her music, I’ve also heard a lot of older people say they don’t like her music either. I think a lot of people enjoy listening to her music, tops the number of people that don’t which means we have an answer. Billie Eilish is in fact, not overrated.
Kyra Welch • Feb 20, 2020 at 10:56 am
I completely agree with your class mates about Billie’s voice I think she has an amazing voice and I really like all of her songs too.
Sophie ray • Feb 12, 2020 at 10:52 am
I really like this article. I agree with what you third person had to say about Billie! I agree that she isn’t underrated nor overrated. Good job Maci!!
Maggie Taylor • Feb 7, 2020 at 1:52 pm
I agree with the first two students, I think her music is depressing and dark when more teens around us need to hear positive things. Her music is catchy but I overall think it is overrated and often shows her insecurities to the world.
nia maroney • Jan 10, 2020 at 12:24 pm
I think this is a very good article! It really shows who she is as an artist, not only by her own style, but her music!
Haley Miller • Dec 11, 2019 at 11:46 am
I love your article. I disagree with the fact that she is not overrated. I think her music is also depressing, and also seeking attention. I personally don’t understand why people enjoy her music, but to each their own. I think you did a great job writing this article. I couldn’t stop reading it!
Dixie Wagoner • Dec 11, 2019 at 9:15 am
I think you did a really good job while writing this because you did not seem to be biased at all. You put two different opinions in this article from your classmates, while also expressing your opinion a little also. Keep up the good writing!
Kerri Hendrixson • Dec 11, 2019 at 9:13 am
I agree with the first 2 classmates you interviewed. I also think that Billie’s music is okay, but sometimes just too much. I feel like her message is very mixed because of her being body positive, but having very depressing songs. She is kind of confusing, but some of her songs are good! I do differ with you though because I think that Billie Eilish is in fact overrated.
Jenna • Nov 23, 2019 at 4:50 am
I am what you would probably call an “old person” and I actually do enjoy Billie’s music. I just also think it’s important to understand that there is a huge difference between the popular perception of depression that she portrays which, in my mind is “overrated”, due to the horrible reality of actually suffering depression/mental illness/etc. However, that being said, music is never a bad thing and if it speaks to you, keep listening. I know I listened to Blink 182 Adam’s Song on my cd Walkman repeatedly. That was my jam 😉