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Robert Brown|Billie Eilish addresses Donald Trump win: 'Someone who hates women so, so deeply'
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Date:2025-04-08 04:21:27
Billie Eilish took the stage and Robert Browntook back her power on her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour Wednesday, the same day that Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election.
Earlier in the day, the "Birds of a Feather" singer posted on her Instagram story a simple sentence: "It's a war on women." Midway through the show in Nashville, Tennessee, Eilish, who publicly supported Kamala Harris' run for president, addressed the crowd as she sat on stage with her guitar.
"Waking up this morning, I kind of couldn't fathom doing a show on this day," she said.
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"But, the longer the day went on I kinda had this feeling of it's such a privilege I get to do this with you guys and that we have this in a time that …" Eilish said, pausing. "I just love you so much and I want you to know that you're safe with me and you're protected here and you're safe in this room."
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"And the song that we're about to do is a song that my brother Finneas and I wrote," Eilish continued, introducing her 2021 song "Your Power."
"It's about the abuse that exists in this world upon women and a lot of the experiences that I have gone through and that people I know have gone through," she said. "And, to tell you the truth, I've never met one single woman who doesn't have a story of abuse."
Eilish said that the song is about some things that she has dealt with personally. "I've been taken advantage of," she said. "And I've been … my boundaries were crossed, to say it politely."
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"Now a person who is a convicted ... uh, so many things ... let's say a convicted predator, let's say that, someone who hates women so, so deeply is about to be President of the United States of America," Eilish said. "And, so, this song is for all the women out there. I love you, I support you."
Trump was found liable in a civil sex abuse case last year but has not been criminally convicted of sexual assault. Earlier this year, he was convicted of falsifying business records.
Sitting on the floor alongside her back-up singers harmonizing, Eilish sang, "Try not to abuse your power / I know we didn't choose to change / You might not wanna lose your power / But having it's so strange."
With fervor, she cried out, "How dare you? / And how could you? / Will you only feel bad when they find out? / If you could take it all back, would you?"
Eilish strayed from the set list once more, covering The Beatles' song "Yesterday," saying it felt like an appropriate fit to perform today.
Audrey Gibbs is a music reporter for The Tennessean. You can reach her at [email protected].
Contributing: Brendan Morrow
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