Billie Eilish is a pop star with a mission—and that mission is perpetually the latest thing. Standing on the Grammy stage accepting an award, she complained about federal immigration enforcement. "No one is illegal on stolen land," she said, and the crowd cheered. The camera panned to the earnest faces of celebrities in their feathered hats who all believed Eilish was brave for spouting the party line.
But the internet wasn't as generous to Eilish as her adoring colleagues. Instead, calls arose on social media for Eilish to put her mansion where her mouth is and give back her lavish land back to the Native American tribe—the Chumash—that once roamed Southern California, or to an illegal immigrant.
"It's really hard to know what to say and what to do right now and I just, I feel really hopeful in this room and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting and our voices really do matter and the people matter and um f*ck ICE." The crowd went wild.
