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Billie Eilish: “I lost 100,000 followers after showing my female form”

No longer a mop of black and neon green hair, but a super trendy platinum blonde bob. No more (only) maxi sweatshirts and extra large t-shirts, but (also) silk corsets and tight Marilyn Monroe dresses. Billie Eilish has grown up and, after years in which he hated and therefore hid his body, now that she is 19 she has begun to value her femininity, starting with beauty and fashion choices. Too bad that not all of his fans have gone down this obvious change of look.

Interviewed by the magazine “Elle USA”, the singer said bluntly: “I lost 100,000 followers after I showed my shapes”. Obviously what happened does not leave Billie Eilish indifferent, who says she is sorry / angry: “Showing your body and your skin should not cause you to be deprived of respect.”

BILLIE EILISH’S PASSAGE FROM A BUNCHED TEENAGE TO A CONSCIOUS WOMAN
The psychologist and psychoanalyst Elena Benvenuti not surprised at Billie Eilish’s drastic “abandonment” by so many followers. As she explains, “if the singer was” punished “by her very young audience, it is because, on closer inspection, she was successful by presenting herself to the world as a rebellious girl, in denial of her femininity and sensuality, imposing an image of an angry and gender fluid teenager, bundled up in oversized, formless clothes, representing fans who felt like her. The same fans who, faced with the change of look of their idol, today they disown her, feeling almost betrayed. The fact is that the evolution that took place in Billie Eilish corresponds with her having grown up. And many of her fans haven’t had that step yet, so they no longer feel represented by the new Billie, which is why they disown her, preferring to be similar to them. As is well known, identification is all in adolescence“. How should the parent of a teenage son behave as he struggles with his body, perpetually covered in (first) Billie Eilish sweatshirts? “Never diminish his anxieties, for example by defining them as “stupid paranoia” », underlines the expert. «What counts is the participatory listening, in addition to often and willingly pointing out to the son or teenager daughter what are his strengths, both physical and character. Strengthening their self-esteem comes from these words of acceptance and support. And don’t be discouraged by their sulking or phrases like “You don’t understand anything” or “You’re just biased.” In reality, compliments, obviously when heard, help a lot in the formation of their self. With benefits for all adult life. Let’s remember it ».

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