Billie Eilish has never been short of topics since her debut, especially surprised everyone when she first changed out of her loose coat last month and tried the blonde sexy route.
But recently, Bi Li's new song has caused a "coming out storm", and has also been wildly sprayed by foreign netizens, and the LGBT group has scolded Bi Li on the hot search...
Bi Li just launched a new single "Lost Cause" this month, and the MV of the new song once again gave fans a different experience, which can be said to be the degree of calling the female bodhisattva.
In the MV, the blonde Pear sometimes dances in a hot pants sweatshirt, sometimes changes into a silky low-cut pajamas and the girls in the mv lie on the bed and have a pajama party
The sexy figure is unobstructed, completely different from her previous mournful and cool style
And not only does the new MV have a clip of big show figures, But pear also has a lot of intimate interaction with the women in the MV, of course, it is not so much interaction as flirting
For example, the prop kiss
Like wrapping your neck and burying your shoulders, hugging in bed
Pear said that the MV of this song is to create a feeling of sisters partying together, playing and sharing good times. Bi Li said that she had a lot of fun when filming the MV, and the audience was of course feasting their eyes.
Of course, this time Bili was also accused by some conservative netizens of wearing too exposed, doing too many provocative actions, etc. because of the change of style, but this is not the main contradiction this time.
A few days after the single was released, Pear was also constantly updating on the ins about the promotion of the new song and behind-the-scenes footage. In one of them, she posted herself dancing with the girls, sexy tongue-outs and all sorts of small interactions.
The point is, with a big line attached – "I Love Girls"
This made netizens and fans explode at once! The text is accompanied by an ambiguous video, is this Bi Li's coming out declaration?!
Remember that June is the famous Gay Pride Month in Europe and the United States, and this month will organize many LGBTQ+ activities to promote equality of sexual orientation. In this month, the release of pictures of intimate contact with the same sex, coupled with such an ambiguous declaration as "I love girls", it is no wonder that netizens will suddenly think of coming out.
The Internet immediately launched a discussion on the "suspected coming out" of BiLi, and many people replied in shock under her ins: Is this coming out? Are you really lace? Oh my God, bless you! Something like that.
There were many people eagerly waiting for Bi Li to come out and explain what the riddle meant, wanting to hear her own exact answer.
But Pear did not reply to netizens' questions, which soon made others feel uncomfortable. Because before that, Pear had many rumors of sexual orientation, "Every time someone asked her if she was bisexual or gay, she would say no, or emphasize that she was a straight woman." ”
But sometimes she would say, "I think girls are sexy, I don't mind falling in love with a girl." ”
Although these words can also be understood as support and love for the female group, combined with the delicate period of gay pride month, and the "most normal people will not make moves with same-sex friends" in the film, netizens still doubt the purpose of Bili.
Some people think that Pear is using Gay Pride Month to induce words and images to make people think that she is a member of the LGBT, in order to earn a wave of heat for the new song hype.
Simply put, it is a straight women's dress Ji selling rot and eating LGBT dividends. In English, there is a special word called "queerbaiting".
It refers to straight men and women (especially in show business), who, in order to make a profit or gain attention, do some behavior that is obviously considered gay, and even directly claim to be gay. In the LGBT affirmative action movement in Europe and the United States, this is a very bad behavior.
Queerbaiting is a straight male or female artist or creator who has not been discriminated against, abused or even murdered because of sexual orientation, and regards LGBT identity as a simple "cool" and "avant-garde" marketing tool. They may make superficial portrayals of LGBT people or weaken their real-life dilemmas. Let the group that should be speaking out be represented by people who do not understand them at all, thus masking the real needs of this group.
There are many examples, and the European and American rotten dramas that were very popular in China in the early years, such as Sherlock and merlin legend, have been criticized.
In fact, this is somewhat similar to cultural appropriation, which is the invasion of privilege against weak culture. If a white man squints and announces himself as a Chinese in a cheongsam, it will certainly offend Chinese. In queerbaiting, straight men and women who maliciously sell corruption are like white people who arbitrarily appropriate other people's culture.
These people take advantage of niche groups, but in reality they don't care about the lives of these groups, and even these groups are harmed by their actions.
And this post issued by Bi Li is also in time for the pride month, which makes some netizens feel dissatisfied. They argue that June was designated as Pride Month in exchange for years of bloody protests by LGBT people, selling corruption at other times, selling corruption this month, and even issuing false declarations of coming out, which has a feeling of extra disrespect.
This even implicates Bi Li's previous hit single "Wish you were a gay" (I hope you are curved), and some people say that this song is also taking the route of selling corruption.
Wish you were a gay when someone scolded Pear
Although Pear clarified, the song was written for boys. It means that when the man doesn't love himself, she prefers that the boy like the same sex, so that she can be less sad. But netizens still do not forgive, thinking that she is a habitual offender of selling corruption, but finally broke through the bottom line too bluntly this time.
One user commented: "Sister, I don't know if you're selling corruption, but I really hope you're not, because it's rude." ”
Another fan tweeted: "Life in the gay community is bad enough (you're going to add to the mess).... And it's during Pride Month! I'm sorry, I can't accept your behavior. ”
After Bi Li was scolded on the hot search, people were more surprised to find that Bi Li's current boyfriend is still a person who has a black history of discrimination against blacks and Asians, humiliation of female sluts, and homophoby of "five poisons"...
Matthew Tyler Vorce, a writer and actor 10 years older than Brie, was pulled out of the 0-tolerance appellation of using for black people and lady cannon for gay people.
Black History also includes a 2012 claim: Those Asians wearing masks, are there anything wrong with you? ”
Another tweet also described British singer Adele as "British pig sister, not worthy of the award".
"The girls who say they have a free spirit are just sluts"
There's even an even more gruesome tweet quoting the famous line of the serial killer from American Psycho:
"When I see a pretty chick walking down the street, I think of two things. One thing was to wish I could ask her out, talk to her, and treat her gently and intimately.
"Another thing is, I wonder what it would be like for her head to be strung on a stick."
This thing has fermented - Bi Pear not only sells rot, but also spends time with an anti-garbage man. What is even more infuriating is that after the dispute over the sale of corruption, Bi Li did not reply at all, but was photographed visiting Disney with this boyfriend.
The LGBT community is even more unable to accept it: even if selling corruption is not a big mistake (but in the hearts of European and American netizens), it is too disgusting to date people who are homophobic and discriminatory at the same time.
Some lesbian fans even said that Pear did this like giving us a middle finger.
Although there was a lot of scolding, there were still more rational netizens, who hoped that everyone would be more tolerant of Bi Li. They felt that 19-year-old Bi Li was still very young and should not be forced to announce her sexuality.
They believe that it is wrong to maliciously sell corruption, but forcing others to clarify their sexual orientation is not right, it is all hooliganism. After all, it was her own business to like who she liked. If offended, Pear can come out and clarify her intentions or apologize, but there is no need to disclose her privacy because of pressure.
There are also fans who defend Bi Li, saying that everyone is too demanding of female artists. Even if she is queerbaiting, there are many male artists in Europe and the United States who like to sell corruption, and everyone is more tolerant of them, and almost never reached such a degree of attention. (It's also possible that none of them got to the cusp of Pride Month.)
There are also fans who believe that everything is an over-interpretation of netizens, and Bi Li himself has no intention of selling rot:
"Why does he x someone say this is selling rot?" Women will always say 'love you' to other women, which doesn't mean we're all lesbians. It means we love women and support women. You analyze the tiniest things every day. God, calm down."
As for Bi Li, she did not respond directly to the controversy, and perhaps she did not expect things to be so big. But after the incident broke, she uploaded a selfie on Instagram with the headline "I'm too tired," which some fans thought might be her feelings about the arguments.
But after things calmed down a bit, she was found to have liked a post that satirized fans, seemingly expressing disdain for the whole thing.
The post reads: "Fandom is sometimes really embarrassing, why do you have to go to other people's comments to say something that you don't know is true or even made up!" You're really stupid sometimes, and you should learn not to be nosy. ”
As a result, this like has caused a new wave of accusations, after all, this time it is a map cannon fan. Such an attitude is somewhat arrogant for those who are genuinely offended by her actions, and who would have been kind enough to remind her. So a new round of scolding has begun...
If at first it was a big mistake in the marketing strategy, now it is the public relations team that is collectively missing. In short, things have not been resolved very well so far.
Although this matter may not feel the severity of this matter in the eyes of domestic netizens, it has indeed caused a very large impact in Europe and the United States. Not only were the two people scolded together, But pear's ins account also experienced an unprecedented "depowdering and stepping back".
Before this, Bi Pear had originally relied on its unique temperament to attract a large group of LGBT fans. But only 2 days after the East Window incident, her account lost about 2 million fans! It can be said that it is a great damage to Bi Li herself and the release of the new single.
Although this may really be a confusion caused by over-interpretation, and it is really possible that It is a non-malicious move of Bi Li, it does not mean that opposing queerbaiting is unreasonable.
Respect for others is a good thing, such marketing is still a little less good...