Billie Eilish Addresses Edited Video of Racial Slur: ‘Nothing Excuses the Fact That It Was Hurtful’

Late last week, an edited clip of a young Billie Eilish — around the age of 13 or 14 — surfaced on TikTok. In it, the artist can be heard allegedly mocking accents and in one particularly spliced together bit she’s seen singing along to a song (Tyler, The Creator’s “Fish” off his 2011 album Goblin) that includes the racial slur “ch—.”
Now, following allegations of racism and calls for her cancellation on social media, Eilish has pos