Billie Eilish clarifies whether vinyl packaging criticism was aimed at Taylor Swift

Singer asked people to ‘stop putting words in my mouth’

Billie Eilish has clarified that she did not intend to criticise Taylor Swift when she spoke out about wasteful vinyl packaging, saying: “I wasn’t singling anyone out, these are industry-wide systemic issues.”

The 22-year-old singer-songwriter made headlines last week after calling out artists who release multiple versions of their albums in different packaging, saying the practice is environmentally harmful.

“Some of the biggest artists in the world [are] making f***ing 40 different vinyl packages that have a different unique thing just to get you to keep buying more,” Eilish told Billboard. “It’s so wasteful.”

Some Swift fans believed that Eilish was specifically targeting the “Love Story” singer, 34, who dominates the vinyl sales charts. Last year, one in every 15 vinyl sales in the US was a Swift record.

Eilish responded to the backlash in a post on Instagram, writing: “Okay so it would be so awesome if people would stop putting words into my mouth and actually read what I said in that Billboard article.