Taylor Swift seems to be sending a big F-U to Billie Eilish on the day BE dropped her new album — ’cause Tay released new versions of her own (eco-friendly) project simultaneously.
Billie put out her latest album “Hit Me Hard and Soft” Friday — which had been scheduled for a good while now … and while all her fans were stoked over it, Taylor swooped in out of nowhere Thursday to announce 3 fresh digital releases of “The Tortured Poets Department.”
Taylor is basically releasing the same album but with three separate bonus tracks … and that means 3 separate downloads for fans — which will undoubtedly affect streaming numbers.
Of course … the reason that’s significant is because Billie kinda needs the full runway for herself — which she definitely had up until about 24 hours ago when TS came outta left field with this announcement. Some say it’s a coincidence … others suspect it may be planned.
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In fact … there’s a lot of chatter about this online between the dueling fan bases — as you can imagine, Billie’s troops are slamming Taylor as a petty “capitalist queen” … but Swifties are sorta shrugging their shoulders, with the feeling being — all’s fair in love and music.
Remember … Billie kinda criticized Taylor a month ago when she publicly called out artists who constantly re-release their albums on vinyl — something TayTay is explicitly known to do, milking her tunes for all they’re worth — with BE calling it harmful to the environment.
While she later clarified her critique wasn’t aimed at anyone in particular … people weren’t buying it — and now, it certainly feels like Taylor might be trying to rain on Billie’s parade.
Mind you … Taylor is all the way over in Europe right now doing her tour and enjoying her BF Travis Kelce in Italy … so on its face, it looks like this digital re-release was planned.
We’ll see how Billie’s album holds up against Taylor’s latest wave of ‘TTPD’ … technically, it’s a face-off. We’ve reached out to Taylor’s camp … so far, no word back.