Billie Eilish makes fun of TikTok users who claim she's in her 'flop era'
- Billie Eilish is releasing her sophomore album "Happier Than Ever" on July 30.
- On Monday, the artist responded to online critics that said she's in her "flop era."
- "eat my dust my t--s are bigger than yours," Eilish captioned a TikTok featuring her track "NDA."
Billie Eilish brushed off TikTok users' claims that her career was faltering ahead of the July 30 release of her second album "Happier Than Ever."
In a video she posted on the platform Monday, the 19-year-old Grammy winner appeared to mock users on the app who have made videos dissing her new song "NDA," which was released on Friday.
Eilish can be seen rolling her eyes while listening to the new track in the video. Accompanying the clip is a comment that reads: "is it just me or is billie in her flop era like why does she suck now."
While the video itself appeared to be satire, Eilish responded more directly to her critics in her caption, writing: "literally all i see on this app... eat my dust my t--s are bigger than yours."
Eilish seemed to be responding to users who have made videos on the app criticizing her latest era.
Although it's unclear which videos Eilish herself saw on the platform, one video from TikTok user @dumbgff was published the day prior to the singer's and was filmed in a similar style.
The post, which had more than 780,000 views and 105,100 likes by the time of publication, was captioned, "plz shes in her flop era im selling my tickets either on depop or f---ing something i don't want to go."
Eilish became a global sensation following the success of her debut studio album "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" in 2019.
She swept the 2020 Grammy Awards, winning album of the year ("When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?"), pop vocal album of the year, song of the year ("Bad Guy"), record of the year ("Bad Guy"), and best new artist.
But with her newfound fame came an increasing amount of online scrutiny. The insults, which targeted everything from her singing abilities to her body, took such a toll on the Los Angeles-born teenager that she eventually had to stop herself from reading any comments at all on Instagram.
"Literally two days ago. I stopped reading comments fully," she said on BBC Breakfast in February 2020, continuing, "It was ruining my life. Once again."
Eilish added: "It's weird - the cooler the things you get to do are, the more people hate you. It's crazy."
Around the same time as her BBC interview, Eilish delivered an emotional acceptance speech at the 2020 Brit Awards, where she won best international female solo artist.
The "Bad Guy" singer told the audience that she had "felt very hated recently" but said their enthusiasm during her performance of "No Time To Die" gave her a renewed sense of confidence.
"It genuinely made me wanna cry. And I wanna cry right now, so thank you," she said.