Billie Eilish Rponds to ‘Wish You Were Gay’ Backlash | Billboard – Billboard

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• BILLIE EILISH RPONDS TO ‘WISH YOU WERE GAY’ BACKLASH: ‘IT’S NOT MEANT TO BE AN INSULT’
• BILLIE EILISH'S 'WISH YOU WERE GAY' IS AN ALL-TOO-RELATABLE PLEA ABOUT UNREQUED LOVETHE LATT TASTE OF HER BUT ALBUM IS A TENR, TWISTED {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY MALE ROTHMARCH 4, 2019/2:53 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4695PX;WIDTH:3130PX;}GETTY IMAGBY MALE ROTHMARCH 4, 2019 / 2:53 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BILLIE EILISH'S 'WISH YOU WERE GAY' IS AN ALL-TOO-RELATABLE PLEA ABOUT UNREQUED LOVE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-03-04T19:53:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-03-04T19:53:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MALE ROTH","KEYWORDS":"POP MIC","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF THE TLE OF BILLIE EILISH'S LATT SONG, "WISH YOU WERE GAY," PERPLEXED YOU A B, ALLOW THE 17-YEAR-OLD TO EXPLA: "IT'S NOT AN SULT AT ALL. IT'S MORE, WHEN SOMEONE DON'T LOVE YOU MAK YOU THK, 'WHY? DO I SMELL WEIRD?' YOUR BRA GO TO ALL THE DIFFERENT PLAC, LIKE, WHAT'S WRONG WH ME?" SHE SAID. "IF ONLY THERE WAS A REASON. I WISH YOU WERE GAY TO SPARE MY PRI, TO GIVE YOUR LACK OF TERT ME AN EXPLANATN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL OF THOSE PLITED FEELGS ARE AT THE RE OF THE TENR AND TWISTED NEW SGLE, WHICH ARRIVED ON MONDAY (MARCH 4). OVER ANOTHER QUIRKY PRODUCTN, BILLIE TO GRIPS WH FEELG UNWANTED BY HER OBLIV CSH, SAYG SHE ULTIMATELY HOP HIS LACK OF TERT IS TOWARDS ALL WOMEN AND NOT JT HER. "I JT WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL OK / BUT ALL YOU DO IS LOOK THE OTHER WAY," SHE QUIETLY CROONS. "I N'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I WISH I DIDN'T WANNA STAY / I JT KDA WISH YOU WERE GAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A PART OF A NEW MPAIGN FOR THE SGLE, BILLIE ANNOUNCED THAT FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS, A PORTN OF PROCEEDS OM HER MERCH STORE WILL BE DONATED TO THE TREVOR PROJECT, A SUICI AND CRISIS PREVENTN PROGRAM FOR LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND A NEW YOUTUBE MIC VIO, BILLIE AND HER BROTHER FNEAS O'CONNELL, WHO PRODUCED THE SONG, BROKE DOWN THE SPIRATN BEHD THE TRACK, WH BILLIE FURTHER EXPLAG, "THIS WAS A SUATN WHERE I WAS FUCKG ALL FOR THIS KID, LIKE OH MY GOD. IT WAS THE KD OF LOVE WHERE EVERYTHG WAS THROWN OUT THERE AND NOTHG WAS LATCHED ONTO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WISH YOU WERE GAY" IS THE LATT TASTE OF BILLIE'S UPG ALBUM, WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED BUT ARRIV ON MARCH 29 AND CLUS PREVLY RELEASED TRACKS "BURY A IEND," "YOU SHOULD SEE ME A CROWN," AND "WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}POP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• "WISH YOU WERE GAY" LYRICS

BILLIE EILISH RPONDS TO ‘WISH YOU WERE GAY’ BACKLASH: ‘IT’S NOT MEANT TO BE AN INSULT’

Billie Eilish Rponds to ‘Wish You Were Gay’ Backlash: ‘It’s Not Meant to Be an Insult’. Billie Eilish ma headl this week wh the release of her new sgle "Wish You Were Gay, " but not que for the reasons she had hoped. Billie Eilish ma headl this week wh the release of her new sgle “Wish You Were Gay, ” but not que for the reasons she had hoped.

While fans had hoped the song would be a queer anthem, they later found the song to be offensive, wh Eilish sayg that she wished a boy who didn’t love her back was gay.

“I n’t tell you how much I wish I didn’t wanna stay/ I jt kda wish you were gay, ” she sgs. The ma cricism of Eilish’s song me om her LGBTQ fans sayg that she was queerbag her dience wh the song’s tle and ultimately fetishizg gay men and g them as props orr to get a guy that she lik. About Wish You Were Gay.

BILLIE EILISH'S 'WISH YOU WERE GAY' IS AN ALL-TOO-RELATABLE PLEA ABOUT UNREQUED LOVETHE LATT TASTE OF HER BUT ALBUM IS A TENR, TWISTED {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY MALE ROTHMARCH 4, 2019/2:53 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4695PX;WIDTH:3130PX;}GETTY IMAGBY MALE ROTHMARCH 4, 2019 / 2:53 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BILLIE EILISH'S 'WISH YOU WERE GAY' IS AN ALL-TOO-RELATABLE PLEA ABOUT UNREQUED LOVE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-03-04T19:53:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-03-04T19:53:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MALE ROTH","KEYWORDS":"POP MIC","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF THE TLE OF BILLIE EILISH'S LATT SONG, "WISH YOU WERE GAY," PERPLEXED YOU A B, ALLOW THE 17-YEAR-OLD TO EXPLA: "IT'S NOT AN SULT AT ALL. IT'S MORE, WHEN SOMEONE DON'T LOVE YOU MAK YOU THK, 'WHY? DO I SMELL WEIRD?' YOUR BRA GO TO ALL THE DIFFERENT PLAC, LIKE, WHAT'S WRONG WH ME?" SHE SAID. "IF ONLY THERE WAS A REASON. I WISH YOU WERE GAY TO SPARE MY PRI, TO GIVE YOUR LACK OF TERT ME AN EXPLANATN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL OF THOSE PLITED FEELGS ARE AT THE RE OF THE TENR AND TWISTED NEW SGLE, WHICH ARRIVED ON MONDAY (MARCH 4). OVER ANOTHER QUIRKY PRODUCTN, BILLIE TO GRIPS WH FEELG UNWANTED BY HER OBLIV CSH, SAYG SHE ULTIMATELY HOP HIS LACK OF TERT IS TOWARDS ALL WOMEN AND NOT JT HER. "I JT WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL OK / BUT ALL YOU DO IS LOOK THE OTHER WAY," SHE QUIETLY CROONS. "I N'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I WISH I DIDN'T WANNA STAY / I JT KDA WISH YOU WERE GAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A PART OF A NEW MPAIGN FOR THE SGLE, BILLIE ANNOUNCED THAT FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS, A PORTN OF PROCEEDS OM HER MERCH STORE WILL BE DONATED TO THE TREVOR PROJECT, A SUICI AND CRISIS PREVENTN PROGRAM FOR LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND A NEW YOUTUBE MIC VIO, BILLIE AND HER BROTHER FNEAS O'CONNELL, WHO PRODUCED THE SONG, BROKE DOWN THE SPIRATN BEHD THE TRACK, WH BILLIE FURTHER EXPLAG, "THIS WAS A SUATN WHERE I WAS FUCKG ALL FOR THIS KID, LIKE OH MY GOD. IT WAS THE KD OF LOVE WHERE EVERYTHG WAS THROWN OUT THERE AND NOTHG WAS LATCHED ONTO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WISH YOU WERE GAY" IS THE LATT TASTE OF BILLIE'S UPG ALBUM, WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED BUT ARRIV ON MARCH 29 AND CLUS PREVLY RELEASED TRACKS "BURY A IEND," "YOU SHOULD SEE ME A CROWN," AND "WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}POP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

"Wish You Were Gay" is a song by Amerin sger Billie Eilish. I jt kda wish you were gay.

AboutAs Eilish explaed an Instagram livtream, “wish you were gay” is about how felt for her to be rejected by a boy she liked. “ She wanted some other reason for him not likg her, such as him beg gay. Ironilly, after she wrote this song, she found out he really was gay after all.

Eilish addrsed accatns of homophobia a Pop Buzz a qutn about this songAsk a qutn *What have the artists said about the song? I wrote this song about a guy that really was not terted me and ma me feel horrible so the song is lled ‘wish you were gay’. It lerally means I wish he was gay so that he didn’t like me for an actual reason.

"WISH YOU WERE GAY" LYRICS

On Billie’s song, “wish you were gay, ” a part of the snare is [cracks knuckl].

What songs spired "wish you were gay? Who produced “​wish you were gay” by Billie Eilish?

When did Billie Eilish release “​wish you were gay”? Who wrote “​wish you were gay” by Billie Eilish?