At only 17 years old, vegan singer Billy
Eilish is already a chart-topping
musical sensation. She had her first
taste of success when she uploaded a
recording to SoundCloud for her dance
teacher back in 2015. The song, called
"Ocean Eyes," was an instant viral hit.
Since then her unique musical take,
different to her peers and fellow vegans Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus - has seen her rocket to fame.
Her first full-length album "WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO?"
was both a critical and commercial
success, topping the charts in a number
of countries including the United States,
the United Kingdom, and Canada.
When she's not making music with her brother Finneas O'Connell, who produces all of her tracks,
"I think that anyone is capable of feeling anything and making anything at any age."
"Boredom leads to creativity a lot of the
time."
Eilish is speaking out for the animals
Eilish joins a growing number of
musicians adopting a vegan diet
including Miley Cyrus, Will.I.Am, and
Beyonce. In a BuzzFeed video where she
plays with puppies, Eilish reveals her
opinion that vegan singer Ariana Grande
is one of the most talented artists in the
world.
"She's so cute ah! She's so talented, she's like one of the most talented people, I feel like, in the world.
Like I'm not even gonna say female because really one of those talented females like that, that $&%* is,
that is a talented $%^$# God.
This year, she performed at the Glastonbury Festival
alongside Miley Cyrus and rap
group Wu-Tang Clan. The latter has many
vegan members including frontman RZA.
"I think hip hop is  becoming more conscious, you know,
about the diets."
Speaking up for animals, Eilish recently shared undercover footage from Fair Oaks farms,
a dairy farm in Indiana which supplies to milk brand Fair Life,
a subsidiary of Coca-Cola.
Animal Recovery Mission or ARM conducted the operation and it was the
largest undercover dairy investigation
in the U.S. to date.
The footage shows faarm workers punching, pushing, dragging and throwing calves who have been
separated from their mothers shortly
after being born. The young animals are
instead force-fed from bottles. If they
resist, they are beaten or stomped on.
Eilish wrote in an Instagram story: 
"I keep my mouth shut most of the time
about this because I believe everyone
should do eat and say whatever they want...
and I don't feel the need to shove what
I believe in anyone's face, but man if
you can watch the videos that I just
posted and not give &$*%
that it's you contributing by literally
eating the creatures that are being
fully tortured just for your pleasure, I
feel sorry for you.
"Animals bro, like why just don't I just
don't understand the point. Why would you
eat an animal when you could eat some
chips?" (laughs)
When she uploaded the story, Eilish had more than 26 million followers on Instagram.
She now has more than 30 million followers on the social media
platform.
Like many members of her generation,
Eilish uses the power of Instagram to
connect with fans, promote music, and
showcase brand partnerships.
The singer also partnered with Los Angeles-based clothing brand Freak City
to launch a signature capsule collection.
Launched in 2008 by Valerie Valle Campbell and
Justin Romero, Freak City has a cult
following, particularly among the LA club scene.
It's also a favorite among
celebrities including Nicki Minaj, M.I.A.,
Rita Ora, Paris Hilton and Eilish, who
frequently wears the label on tour.
In line with her own personal style, her
collection features loose-fitting and
gender-neutral offerings all made with
vegan materials. The collaboration isn't
Eilish's first foray into the fashion world.
She was just signed on for her first
major style campaign for MCM's genderless
fall ad series. Eilish is featured wearing bucket hats and a fanny pack.
In a viral Calvin Klein campaign, Eilish speaks her truth:
"I love to glorify the things that make people uncomfortable. We're so used to one way
of living that we think other people's
lifestyles are wrong.
Sometimes automatically without even thinking. I want to mess with what people are used to,
I want to be that other."
She added:  "I never want the world to know everything about me."
"I mean that's why I wear big
baggy clothes. Nobody can have an opinion
because they haven't seen what's
underneath, you know? Nobody can be like
oh she's she's slim thick, she's not slim
thick, she's she got a flat #$% she's got a fat %*$.
No one can say any of that because they don't know."
The singer isn't shy about her opinions. She recently appeared in a Pitchfork video interview where she
was asked to rate things. She deemed prom 'overrated as hell' but pooping received a rave review.
"Pooping is my favorite part
of the day. There was one day I pooped 8 times.
That was the best day of my
life."
"I'm really talking about poop out here,"  she added,
before diving deeper into her feelings about bowel movements.
"It's really about your diet because you can have miserable poops.
People who don't like pooping are probably people who eat like #$&%.
Plant-based diets are known to be
high in fiber, a key factor for a healthy
digestive system.
Recent research shows that diets rich in whole grains, fruit, and vegetables are more likely to pass
well-formed poops frequently. A 2016
study reported similar findings.
People who ate a plant forward diet over a 12-week period reported less constipation.
Eilish was raised a vegetarian but decided to go vegan in 2014.
"Becoming vegan wasn't like
a huge deal for me because
I, like... Meat was never a thing in my life
so it wasn't like I missed meat, it wasn't
like I had something to miss."
She wrote in a tumblr post in 2018: "I went vegan
like four years ago. There were a lot of
reasons. I love animals and I just think
there's no point in creating something
out of an animal when the animal is already there.
Leave animals alone. Also I'm lactose
intolerant and dairy is horrible for
your skin, and my skin is very aware of that.
The musician isn't alone. Singer
Mya has also credited cutting out dairy
with improving her skin. "I no longer get
sick. Dairy has mucus buildup which is
awful for singers. I don't get sick, and
my skin is clear, I lost 30 pounds, um,
I don't have to go to the gym as much, and I just have clarity like I mentioned before."
According to Healthline, dairy
cows are treated with artificial
hormones that can negatively affect
their milk supply. Those hormones may
create imbalances that can trigger acne.
Instead of dairy based milk,
Eilish drinks soy. In webseries Hot Ones, 
produced by First We Feast and Complex Media,
celebrities answer questions about
their life while eating spicy wings.
For her interview on the show,
Eilish opted for vegan nuggets and soy milk.
During the interview, hosted by Sean
Evans, the musician spoke about art, love,
Taco Bell, and at one point mix her
dairy-free milk with grape soda.
Eilish also told Evans about a time when
she sprained her ankle and was
supposedly "healed" by fellow vegan Jaden Smith.
"I sprained my ankle.
Suddenly, I'm alone in this big-&*# room
Jaden Smith's comes down with a
big-*&# Cuban chain around Cuban link
around his neck okay. And he put his hands
over my foot and was like,  I'm healing you.
Smith is also a vocal vegan, environmentalist, and
philanthropist. He recently opened a
plant-based food truck for the homeless
called I Love You Restaurant.
Eilish completed the spicy interview
challenge, despite the final sauce rating
two million-plus on the Scoville scale
"Oh my god!"
"Billy, are you okay?"
The singer even came back for seconds.
She's not the only celeb to choose vegan
on Hot Ones. Natalie Portman, Weird Al
Yankovic, Jeff Goldblum, and Ricky Gervais
have all eaten vegan nuggets and wings
on the show.
"We're going vegan wings today obviously
just as we have with Russell Brand, Ricky Gervais, and others,
but for better or worse the sauces are
still very much the same."
Eilish likes to share her love of food with her fans.
"Do you like spicy food?" "I love spicy food ."
"Do have a favorite ice cream flavor?" "Cookie dough."
"Okay so french fries or tater tots?"
"French fries for sure."
In the lead up to her album release,
she created a vegan roadtrip map across
the US with Uber Eats. The must-try food
list called "When We All Want To Eat
Vegan Where Do We Go?"
revealed the food that fueled the young
artist as she penned her studio album.
When in Austin, she eats colorful
nutritious salad bowls from ATX Food Co.
In Los Angeles, her go-to is Cafe
Gratitude. The organic plant-based food
chain serves up health shots, smoothies
and spritzers.
In Miami she recommends Love Life Cafe. She says its signature dish the Love Life salad is one of the
most Instagrammable meals in the land.
She told Uber Eats that when she's not
on the road, she likes to get creative in
the kitchen by baking.
"It's like kind of a therapeutic thing for me
so every time like I'm stressed out or
I have to whatever, I'm instead of doing
what I need to do I'll just make peanut
butter chocolate chip cookies."
When asked what food she would be, she said
vegan burritos due to the sheer amount
of them that she eats.
Eilish's commitment to raising awareness of
veganism has been honored by fellow
members of the community. Activist
clothing brand Vegan Club recently
released t-shirts to celebrate the
singer. The LA based company creates
merchandise inspired by notable vegans. 
All of its apparel is eco-friendly,
sustainable, and free from animal
products including the ink used in the designs.
The group has an overarching
goal of veganizing the world through the
subliminal power of vegan artworks and
fashion. Eilish joins other vegan
celebrities in appearing on vegan club
merchandise musicians Prince, Morrissey,
and Miley Cyrus have made their way onto vegan club 
t-shirts and posters.
As well as actors Brad Pitt and Joaquin Phoenix.
Eilish understands that people may have
a hard time initially switching to
veganism, but believes that everyone
should at least try. "I don't know people
would sort of come up with excuses on
like you know, all animals die anyway... I'm like bro, 
like we die anyway market you wouldn't
kill me because I'm gonna die eventually
like that doesn't make any sense."
I understand that meat tastes good she
said on her Instagram story. I know you
think you're just one person and it
won't change anything if you stop but
that's ignorant and stupid.
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