What is Billie Eilish's 'Wish you were Gay' about? Meang explaed

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• BILLIE EILISH RPONDS TO ‘WISH YOU WERE GAY’ BACKLASH: ‘IT’S NOT MEANT TO BE AN INSULT’
• BILLIE EILISH EXPLAS MEANG BEHD NEW SGLE ‘WISH YOU WERE GAY’
• ​WISH YOU WERE GAYBILLIE EILISHTRACK 6 ON WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (JAPANE IMPORT) PRODUCED BYFINNEASAS EILISH EXPLAED AN INSTAGRAM LIVTREAM, “WISH YOU WERE GAY” IS ABOUT HOW FELT FOR HER TO BE REJECTED BY A BOY SHE LIKED. AT THE TIME, BILLIE THOUGHT HE DIDN’T… READ MORE MAR. 4, 20191 VIEWER1.8M VIEWS243 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSSVENSKAESPAñOLРусскийROMâNăPORTUGUêSPOLSKIITALIANODTSCHFRANçAISENGLISHNERLANDSDANSKENGLISHΕλληνικά​WISH YOU WERE GAY LYRICS[VERSE 1]"BABY, I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD," SIX WORDS YOU NEVER UNRSTOOD"I'LL NEVER LET YOU GO," FIVE WORDS YOU'LL NEVER SAY (AWW)I LGH ALONG LIKE NOTHG'S WRONG, FOUR DAYS HAS NEVER FELT SO LONGIF THREE'S A CROWD AND TWO WAS , ONE SLIPPED AWAY (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)[CHOS]I JT WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL OKAYBUT ALL YOU DO IS LOOK THE OTHER WAYI N'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I WISH I DIDN'T WANNA STAYI JT KDA WISH YOU WERE GAY[VERSE 2]IS THERE A REASON WE'RE NOT THROUGH?IS THERE A 12 STEP JT FOR YOU?OUR NVERSATN'S ALL BLUE11 "HEYS" (HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY)TEN FGERS TEAR' OUT MY HAIRNE TIM YOU NEVER MA THEREI ATE ALONE AT 7, YOU WERE SIX MUT AWAY(YAY)[CHOS]HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO MAKE YOU FEEL OKAYWHEN ALL YOU DO IS WALK THE OTHER WAY?I N'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I WISH I DIDN'T WANNA STAYI JT KDA WISH YOU WERE GAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[BRIDGE]TO SPARE MY PRITO GIVE YOUR LACK OF TERT AN EXPLANATNDON'T SAY I'M NOT YOUR TYPEJT SAY THAT I'M NOT YOUR PREFERRED SEXUAL ORIENTATNI'M SO SELFISHBUT YOU MAKE ME FEEL HELPLS, YEAHAND I N'T STAND ANOTHER DAYSTAND ANOTHER DAY[CHOS]I JT WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL OKAYBUT ALL YOU DO IS LOOK THE OTHER WAY, HMMI N'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I WISH I DIDN'T WANNA STAYI JT KDA WISH YOU WERE GAYI JT KDA WISH YOU WERE GAYI JT KDA WISH YOU WERE GAY274EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
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• WISH YOU WERE GAYCLDTRACK 5 ON SILE STAR PRODUCED BYDOUG SCHADTTHE BUT SGLE OM CLD’S EP SILE STAR MAY SHARE A SIAR TLE WH BILLIE EILISH’S MARCH 2019 “WISH YOU WERE GAY,” BUT LYRILLY, BOTH SONGS ARE DIFFERENT. CLD… READ MORE JUN. 14, 20191 VIEWER23.3K VIEWS22 CONTRIBUTORSWISH YOU WERE GAY LYRICS[VERSE 1]PICTURE THIS, YOU AND ME THE MORNGKISSG OVER THE FFEE YOU'RE POURGIT ULD BE LIKE THAT EVERY DAYHATE THAT I WISH YOU WERE -HOPG THAT I'M A BETTER REPLACEMENTFOR THE GUYS THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS OUT CHASGOR SHOULD I ACCEPT THGS I N'T CHANGE?HATE THAT I WISH YOU WERE -[CHOS]I WISH YOU WERE GAY SO YOU ULD JT HOLD MECALL ME YOUR BABE STEAD OF YOUR HOMIEDON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAYBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAYI WISH YOU WERE GAY SO WOULD BE EASYFOR ME TO SAY THAT I'M TCHG FEELGSAND I KNOW YOU'RE STRAIGHTBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAY[VERSE 2]NOW I SEE YOU GET OFF OF THE SUBWAYHAVEN'T SEEN YOU MONTHS BUT 'S OKAYI'D FOTTEN BUT I FEEL THE SAMEHATE THAT I STILL WISH YOU WERE -YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEYOU WALK UP AND I'M DREADG THE SMALL TALKWH YOUR BOYIEND, HE'S CHATTG MY EAR OFFSO I LIE AND I SAY I N'T STAYHATE I STILL WISH YOU WERE -[CHOS]I WISH YOU WERE GAY SO YOU ULD JT HOLD MECALL ME YOUR BABE STEAD OF YOUR HOMIEDON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAYBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAYI WISH YOU WERE GAY SO WOULD BE EASYFOR ME TO SAY THAT I'M TCHG FEELGSAND I KNOW YOU'RE STRAIGHTBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAY[BRIDGE]WE'D BE SO GOODGIVE ME ONE LOOKI KNOW YOU DON'T MEAN WHEN YOU E TO FLIRTTHE DREAMS THAT I'M HAVG ARE JT GETTG WORSE[CHOS]I WISH YOU WERE GAY SO YOU ULD JT HOLD MECALL ME YOUR BABE STEAD OF YOUR HOMIEDON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAYBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAYI WISH YOU WERE GAY SO WOULD BE EASYFOR ME TO SAY THAT I'M TCHG FEELGSAND I KNOW YOU'RE STRAIGHTBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAY[OUTRO]I WON'T TRA FOUR ROS FOR YOUR HEARTI WON'T WA FOREVER THE DARK8EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

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. Billie Eilish‘s new sgle ‘Wish You Were Gay‘ might prompt some qutns about the story behd the track’s strikg tle and lyrics, but the risg star has already spoken about the eper meang behd the track. “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’, ” she says the vio.

BILLIE EILISH EXPLAS MEANG BEHD NEW SGLE ‘WISH YOU WERE GAY’

It don’t mean that I wish he was like… lerally means I wish he was gay so that he didn’t like me for an actual reason, stead of the fact that he didn’t like me.

Eilish ntu to say that the boy qutn did fact e out as gay.

​WISH YOU WERE GAYBILLIE EILISHTRACK 6 ON WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (JAPANE IMPORT) PRODUCED BYFINNEASAS EILISH EXPLAED AN INSTAGRAM LIVTREAM, “WISH YOU WERE GAY” IS ABOUT HOW FELT FOR HER TO BE REJECTED BY A BOY SHE LIKED. AT THE TIME, BILLIE THOUGHT HE DIDN’T… READ MORE MAR. 4, 20191 VIEWER1.8M VIEWS243 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSSVENSKAESPAñOLРусскийROMâNăPORTUGUêSPOLSKIITALIANODTSCHFRANçAISENGLISHNERLANDSDANSKENGLISHΕλληνικά​WISH YOU WERE GAY LYRICS[VERSE 1]"BABY, I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD," SIX WORDS YOU NEVER UNRSTOOD"I'LL NEVER LET YOU GO," FIVE WORDS YOU'LL NEVER SAY (AWW)I LGH ALONG LIKE NOTHG'S WRONG, FOUR DAYS HAS NEVER FELT SO LONGIF THREE'S A CROWD AND TWO WAS , ONE SLIPPED AWAY (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)[CHOS]I JT WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL OKAYBUT ALL YOU DO IS LOOK THE OTHER WAYI N'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I WISH I DIDN'T WANNA STAYI JT KDA WISH YOU WERE GAY[VERSE 2]IS THERE A REASON WE'RE NOT THROUGH?IS THERE A 12 STEP JT FOR YOU?OUR NVERSATN'S ALL BLUE11 "HEYS" (HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY)TEN FGERS TEAR' OUT MY HAIRNE TIM YOU NEVER MA THEREI ATE ALONE AT 7, YOU WERE SIX MUT AWAY(YAY)[CHOS]HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO MAKE YOU FEEL OKAYWHEN ALL YOU DO IS WALK THE OTHER WAY?I N'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I WISH I DIDN'T WANNA STAYI JT KDA WISH YOU WERE GAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[BRIDGE]TO SPARE MY PRITO GIVE YOUR LACK OF TERT AN EXPLANATNDON'T SAY I'M NOT YOUR TYPEJT SAY THAT I'M NOT YOUR PREFERRED SEXUAL ORIENTATNI'M SO SELFISHBUT YOU MAKE ME FEEL HELPLS, YEAHAND I N'T STAND ANOTHER DAYSTAND ANOTHER DAY[CHOS]I JT WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL OKAYBUT ALL YOU DO IS LOOK THE OTHER WAY, HMMI N'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I WISH I DIDN'T WANNA STAYI JT KDA WISH YOU WERE GAYI JT KDA WISH YOU WERE GAYI JT KDA WISH YOU WERE GAY274EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

The fished versn of ‘Wish You Were Gay’ was released today (March 4). 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.

WISH YOU WERE GAY SPEED

Eilish addrsed accatns of homophobia a Pop Buzz a qutn about this songAsk a qutn *What have the artists said about the song?

WISH YOU WERE GAYCLDTRACK 5 ON SILE STAR PRODUCED BYDOUG SCHADTTHE BUT SGLE OM CLD’S EP SILE STAR MAY SHARE A SIAR TLE WH BILLIE EILISH’S MARCH 2019 “WISH YOU WERE GAY,” BUT LYRILLY, BOTH SONGS ARE DIFFERENT. CLD… READ MORE JUN. 14, 20191 VIEWER23.3K VIEWS22 CONTRIBUTORSWISH YOU WERE GAY LYRICS[VERSE 1]PICTURE THIS, YOU AND ME THE MORNGKISSG OVER THE FFEE YOU'RE POURGIT ULD BE LIKE THAT EVERY DAYHATE THAT I WISH YOU WERE -HOPG THAT I'M A BETTER REPLACEMENTFOR THE GUYS THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS OUT CHASGOR SHOULD I ACCEPT THGS I N'T CHANGE?HATE THAT I WISH YOU WERE -[CHOS]I WISH YOU WERE GAY SO YOU ULD JT HOLD MECALL ME YOUR BABE STEAD OF YOUR HOMIEDON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAYBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAYI WISH YOU WERE GAY SO WOULD BE EASYFOR ME TO SAY THAT I'M TCHG FEELGSAND I KNOW YOU'RE STRAIGHTBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAY[VERSE 2]NOW I SEE YOU GET OFF OF THE SUBWAYHAVEN'T SEEN YOU MONTHS BUT 'S OKAYI'D FOTTEN BUT I FEEL THE SAMEHATE THAT I STILL WISH YOU WERE -YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEYOU WALK UP AND I'M DREADG THE SMALL TALKWH YOUR BOYIEND, HE'S CHATTG MY EAR OFFSO I LIE AND I SAY I N'T STAYHATE I STILL WISH YOU WERE -[CHOS]I WISH YOU WERE GAY SO YOU ULD JT HOLD MECALL ME YOUR BABE STEAD OF YOUR HOMIEDON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAYBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAYI WISH YOU WERE GAY SO WOULD BE EASYFOR ME TO SAY THAT I'M TCHG FEELGSAND I KNOW YOU'RE STRAIGHTBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAY[BRIDGE]WE'D BE SO GOODGIVE ME ONE LOOKI KNOW YOU DON'T MEAN WHEN YOU E TO FLIRTTHE DREAMS THAT I'M HAVG ARE JT GETTG WORSE[CHOS]I WISH YOU WERE GAY SO YOU ULD JT HOLD MECALL ME YOUR BABE STEAD OF YOUR HOMIEDON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAYBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAYI WISH YOU WERE GAY SO WOULD BE EASYFOR ME TO SAY THAT I'M TCHG FEELGSAND I KNOW YOU'RE STRAIGHTBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAY[OUTRO]I WON'T TRA FOUR ROS FOR YOUR HEARTI WON'T WA FOREVER THE DARK8EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

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