Billie Eilish Protests Abortion Decision At Glastonbury

Billie Eilish made historical past on the Glastonbury Festival on June 24, when she grew to become the occasion’s youngest ever solo headliner on the age of 20. But her set received off to a somber begin in mild of the U.S. Supreme Court’s choice to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that assured girls the proper to an abortion. The singer used her efficiency to protest the choice, which included dedicating her efficiency of “Your Power,” a tune about older males exerting their energy over younger girls, to everybody affected by the ruling.

“Today is a extremely, actually darkish day for girls within the US,” Eilish mentioned, in keeping with BBC. “I’m simply going to say that as a result of I can not bear to consider it any longer.”

In addition to utilizing her history-making efficiency as a platform to voice her disappointment within the Supreme Court, Eilish additionally served up a stripped down set which included performances of “NDA” and “I Didn’t Change My Number.” As reported by the BBC, she additionally led the gang in respiration workouts, earlier than wrapping up her set with “When the Party’s Over.” As the night time wound down, she mentioned, “This is such an honor to be right here, proper now. Thank you for letting me do that. This is such a visit and a dream.”

Eilish wasn’t alone in utilizing the Glastonbury stage to protest the choice. Her fellow Friday night time performer Phoebe Bridgers additionally spoke out in opposition to the ruling earlier than main a “f*ck the Supreme Court” chant. “I’m having the sh*ttiest day,” she mentioned to the gang, per CNN. “F*ck that sh*t, f*ck America. Like all these irrelevant motherf*ckers attempting to inform us what to do with our f*cking our bodies.”

Bridgers then requested, “Are there any Americans right here? Who desires to say f*ck the Supreme Court?” The people singer then led the gang in chanting “f*ck the Supreme Court.”

Even as they carried out in entrance of hundreds within the U.Okay., it was clear that Eilish and Bridgers’s ideas had been on the devastating blow that was dealt to girls’s rights by the Supreme Court again in America.