“There’s so many TikTokers here,” she told Kylie Minogue. Eilish then made a gesture that led many to believe she was shading a group of influences sitting just behind her.
TikToker Bryce Hall stumbled upon a clip of the Eilish moment and decided to respond, using humor to clap back at the pop singer.
Bryce Hall used humor to respond to Billie Eilish
On February 19, Bryce Hallshared a videoon his TikTok, in which he responds to Billie Eilish’s offhand People’s Choice Awards comment.
“First off, I’m sorry I didn’t acknowledge your greatness and bow down to you being another human being,” he began. “Second, People’s Choice invited us, personally. Everyone that attended and was sitting at those tables, we were invited. Hate on them.”
“The most sad thing… let me just wipe my tear real quick. Most sad thing is I was a Billie Eilish stan. I stanned you, Billie Eilish. Now, I don’t think I can renegade to any of your songs anymore. So, thanks for taking out all my content.”
In a follow-up video, Hallshared a photo spreadof him set to the tune of Eilish’s ‘bad guy’ hit. He clearly took the comment in stride, but that didn’t stop fans from coming after him in the comments. Many called him out for being so “hurt” over the pop singer’s comment. “Oh Billie the power that u holddddd,” wrote one user.
“He’s so pressed help,” said another.
“Billie ate you up,” echoed a third.
Bee is a former music writer at Dexerto. Bee has been working in the digital media space for a decade. Their work can be found in American Songwriter, Billboard, and Grammy.com.