For a hot recording artist who is notorious for hiding her young body in baggy clothes that is intentionally not sexy, Billie Eilish is sure to create a buzz about breasts.
As the latest A-lister to participate in the viral “Post a Photo Of” Instagram Challenge, the “Bad Guy” singer seems to have lost 100,000 followers in an hour on Tuesday – after sharing a series of images of female breasts .
Like a fan documented on Twitter, Eilish’s follower count dropped rapidly from 73 million on the platform to 72.9 million.
But the whole episode seems to have broken the 19-year-old Grammy-winning singer and songwriter, who happens to be one of the most followed individuals at ‘Gram.
“” LMFAOOO you smh babies “she posted along with a screenshot in your Instagram story.
At the request of a fan of “Post an image of: a drawing you are really proud of”, Eilish replied “probably these” and shared a series of artistic paintings and sketches of the breasts, nipples and buttocks, some featuring a huge snake involving the naked female bodies of various shapes and sizes. The now expired artwork was captured and shared for posterity by Cosmopolitan and Consequence of Sound.
While the drop could be attributed to any number of fluctuations in social media, its watchdog fan base quickly blamed the deficit of captive fans on its breast share.
“Bye, she’s not losing 100 thousand because of her breasts”, a fan tweeted with screenshots of the followers count slightly reduced.
Don’t worry, Eilish’s Instagram follower count went back up to 73 million on Wednesday morning.
However, #breastgate is hardly the first time that the female form has sparked controversy online for Eilish. In early March – just before the coronavirus pandemic killed her tour – she released a now viral video of herself in a revealing (to her, at least) black top.
The footage showed Eilish chanting: “If I wear what is comfortable, I am not a woman. If I take the layers off, I’m a bitch. Although you have never seen my body, you still judge and judge me for it. Because? We make assumptions about people based on their size. We decide who they are, we decide how much they are worth. If I use more, if I use less, who decides what it makes me? What does that mean? Is my value based only on your perception? Or is your opinion of me not my responsibility? “
Next: in December, she responded to the shamer’s reaction to allegedly unfavorable paparazzi photos: “Everyone is like, ‘Damn, Billie got fat!’ “And I said, ‘No, this is how I look! You’ve never seen this before! ‘”
It also sparked a frenzy among fans last week, when she posted: “I’m making you a one-king album. I won’t launch if you keep making fun of my hair. “
It seems that she has much less superficial things on her mind: “I’m going to give you a new era,” she continued. “I have announcements to make, some s – – t to launch.”