Followers have criticised Taylor Swift after she drops extra album editions on the identical day as Billie Eilish’s third studio album, Hit Me Laborious and Tender (Getty)
Taylor Swift has dropped three shock editions of her newest album on the identical day as Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Laborious and Tender, hits the streets – simply weeks after the latter known as artists repackaging information “irritating”.
Talking to Billboard in March, Eilish, who launched her third studio album immediately (Might 17), which incorporates lesbian anthem “Lunch”, expressed her frustration at artists who produce a number of variations of the identical album and promote them individually.
“We reside this present day the place, for some purpose, it’s crucial to some artists to make all kinds of various vinyl and packaging… which ups the gross sales and ups the numbers and will get them more cash,” Eilish mentioned.
“A number of the greatest artists on the earth [are] making f***ing 40 totally different vinyl packages which have a special distinctive factor simply to get you to maintain shopping for extra. It’s so wasteful.”
Eilish later clarified that she wasn’t speaking about Swift, writing on Instagram: “I wasn’t singling anybody out, these are industry-wide systemic points, and on the subject of variants, so many artists launch them, together with me, which I clearly state within the article.”
However followers suppose the problem hasn’t been settled but, stating that Swift has launched three such editions of her newest document albums on the identical day as Eilish’s new album.
Swift launched The Tortured Poets Division in April, previous its drop with 4 limited-edition vinyls/cassettes/CDs, every with a special “unique observe”. Nevertheless, the singer then introduced a shock double album known as The Anthology, comprising 31 songs – 4 of which have been the “unique” tracks.
She has now introduced one other three variations of Tortured Poets. Every of the (digital) albums comes with a “first-draft cellphone memo” model of “Cassandra”, “Who’s Afraid of Little Outdated Me?” or “The Black Canine”.
This extra launch on the identical as Eilish’s critically acclaimed album has prompted followers to name out Swift.
“I cherished Taylor Swift however this isn’t executed. So unhealthy of her for making an attempt to dam younger artists like Billie Eilish,” one wrote.
One other mentioned: “Doing this on her album launch day is so nasty,” and a 3rd wrote: “The identical day as Billie’s launch… and y’all swear that Taylor is a woman’s woman.”
Many different listeners have been fast to level out that Swift and Eilish have had an extended friendship up to now, and that pitting the pair in opposition to one another is artificially manufactured.
Hit Me Laborious and Tender is obtainable to stream now.