Recently, I was lucky enough to be given a Billie Eilish ticket to see the Hit Me Hard And Soft Tour and was shocked to see a Google advert, voiced by Billie, before the show, despite the hundreds of dollars for a ticket.
I know that the music business isn’t what it used to be. Music sales are down, streaming pays peanuts, and the only way to make cash is merch and touring. But, when you’re as big a Billie Eilish, money isn’t exactly tight.
Ticket prices are starting at around $300 for most locations, according to Stylecaster. She has 39 locations planned for the Hit Me Hard And Soft tour. She’s working hard and raking in some serious money. With a merch T-shirt costing about $50+, she’ll be able to relax after this.
However, despite her massive income, she has still taken a Google sponsorship. I was amazed to see an advert for Google Maps coming up before the show. This kind of tie-in for her is huge, and although she made it out to be an ‘environmentally friendly’ approach, it’s still a massive corporate sell-out.
The Irony Of It All
Billie Eilish played the Google sponsor out as some kind of environmentally friendly option. She was pushing the maps app’s shortcut, fuel-efficient abilities, but it was still just a fat Google commercial. She then went on to subject her waiting fans, who had paid hundreds to be there, to a second sponsorship.
The irony was, the second sponsor was for Reverb, who claim to be trying to improve the environment. This paired nicely with Google’s 25,910 gigawatt-hours of electricity use in 2024. The two of them couldn’t be further apart. Does she care about the environment, or does she just care that her fans think she does? I think the answer is obvious.
Billie Eilish portrays herself as a green eco warrior, taking sponsorships from earth-loving hippies. However, Google is one of the most power-hungry, anti-human corporations on the planet. It just goes to show, her morals will only stretch as far as her greed.
Even Billie Eilish turns out to be a Google corporate shill in the end. I am glad I didn’t pay for a ticket; it would have made me sick all over my three-quarter-length jeans to have to sit through that.