Billie Eilish on Trump: ‘Someone who hates women’ is about to become president
During Billie Eilish’s tour stop in Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, the singer addressed Donald Trump who won back the White House, saying that “Someone who hates women” is about to become president.
Billie Eilish took the stage at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville for her Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour on Wednesday, the same day as Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election.
Earlier in the day, the “Birds of a Feather” singer posted on her Instagram story a simple sentence: “It’s a war on women.”
Halfway through the show, Eilish, who publicly supported Vice President Kamala Harris’s run for president, addressed her Tennessee audience as she sat on stage with her guitar.
“When I woke up this morning, I couldn’t fathom doing a show this day,” she said.
“But as the day went on, I felt like it’s such a privilege that I get to do this with you and that we have this at a time like…” Eilish said, pausing. “I just love you so much and I want you to know that you’re safe with me and you’re protected here and you’re safe in this room.
“And the song that we’re going to do is a song that me and my brother Finneas wrote,” Eilish continued, introducing her 2021 song “Your Power.”
“It’s about the abuse that exists in this world against women and a lot of the experiences that I’ve gone through and that people I know have gone through,” she said. “And, to tell you the truth, I’ve never met a single woman who doesn’t have a history of abuse.”
Eilish said the song is about some things she’s been dealing with personally.
“I’ve been taken advantage of,” she said. “And I’ve been…my boundaries overstepped, to put it politely.
“Now a person who is a convicted … uh, so many things … let’s say a convicted predator, let’s say someone who hates women so, so deeply, is about to become president of the United States.” Eilish said.
“And so, this song is for all the women out there. I love you, I support you.”
Sitting on the floor with her back-up singers and harmonizing, Eilish sang: “Try not to abuse your power / I know we didn’t choose to change / You might not want to lose your power / But having it is so strange. “
With fervor, she cried, “How dare you? / And how could you? / Will you just feel bad when they find out? / If you could take it all back, would you?”
Deviating from the set list once again, Eilish covered the Beatles’ song “Yesterday” and said it felt like a fitting pass to perform today.
Audrey Gibbs is a music reporter for The Tennessean. You can reach her at agibbs@tennessean.com.
