Billie Eilish has never been shy about speaking truth to stupid levels of wealth, and this week she set her sights directly on Elon Musk, firing off a now viral Instagram story that labels the Tesla CEO a “Fcking pathetic Pssy B*tch coward.”
It all kicked off after Eilish shared a run of infographics from My Voice My Choice, an organisation pushing for reproductive rights across the EU. Those graphics claimed Musk had become the world’s first trillionaire and laid out a laundry list of urgent causes he could support with even a fraction of his fortune. Eilish then added her own message over a black screen, writing: “etc… f*cking pathetic pussy bitch coward.”
The accusation landed during a messy moment for Musk. A recent Tesla shareholder vote gives him access to $1 trillion USD in company stock, but only if he hits a set of performance targets that read like a sci-fi fever dream. Tesla would need to jump to an $8.5 trillion USD market cap, pump out 12 million more cars, land 10 million autonomous driving subscriptions, and operate one million Robotaxis. Basically: if you thought working at Tesla was stressful before, this doesn’t help.
For anyone wondering whether Musk is strapped for cash after the Twitter rebrand saga, the answer is a comfortable no. Forbes currently pegs him at $466 billion, keeping him seated as the world’s richest person.
Eilish’s call out tracks with the message she’s been pushing publicly all year. At the recent Wall Street Journal Innovator Awards, she announced she’d be donating $11.5 million raised on her ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ tour to organisations fighting environmental threats and global hunger, she didn’t hesitate to needle the billionaires in the room either, telling the crowd (including Mark Zuckerberg):
“We’re in a time right now where the world is really, really bad and really dark, and people need empathy and help more than ever… Love you all, but there’s a few people in here that have a lot more money than me. And if you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties.”
Musk hasn’t responded, but if he does, the internet will be ready.
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