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15 // POP CULTURE

Pop singer Billie Eilish has recently made tremendous waves this late October at the Wall Street Journal Innovator Awards, where the singer revealed that she will be donating $11.5M to numerous charities and organizations.

To put it into perspective, $11.5M is nearly one-fifth of Eilish's net worth (an impressive $53M). The announcement was made as she accepted Wall Street Journal's Music Innovator of the Year Award. Eilish claims that the donation will be given to organization/charities concerned with food equity, reduction of carbon pollution, and research into climate crises.

Eilish had this to say on the matter:

This move was especially pointed, considering Eilish's company at the time. Billionaires such as FaceBook creator and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Star Wars director George Lucas, and cosmetics manufacturer Hailey Bieber were all in attendance at the time of Eilish's statement. The singer knew it was both the time and place to make such a huge announcement.

This is not the first instance of Eilish's philanthropy and activism; 2021 saw her taking part in environmental organization REVERB's Music Climate Revolution, as well as their Music Decarbonization Project in 2023. Both initiatives aim to mitigate the carbon footprint of music tours, festivals, industries, etc.

Furthermore, Eilish's mother Maggie Baird founded Support+Feed, an organization responsible for the increase of food security and accessibility in more than 40 U.S. cities. Clearly, activism is a pressing matter to the Baird family.

(Billie Eilish at the WSJ Awards, taken by Teen Vogue)
- C. Thomas Bailey

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