11 Ways Billie Eilish Is Paving the Way for a Vegan Future

Singer and songwriter Billie Eilish’s huge platform has offered her the chance to do extra vegan advocacy than we might even hope to perform in our lifetimes. The worldwide superstar turns 20 on December 18, and we’re celebrating with a swirl of Yoga-urt’s Chocolate Bliss and Peanut Butter Prana vegan fro-yo (Eilish’s favourite combo) and an extended checklist of all the explanations we love her for extra than simply her soulful music. From launching a vegan chocolate bar to convincing an iconic clothier to ditch fur for good, listed below are 11 methods Billie Eilish is an absolute vegan gem. 

1 She went vegan when she was 12 years outdated

Little doubt influenced by her mother, Maggie Baird, an activist and superstar in her personal proper, Eilish advised Vogue that she went vegan on the age of 12. After studying concerning the atrocities of the meat and dairy industries, she couldn’t erase this dismal actuality from her thoughts. It takes a particular 12-year-old to make that connection, and we’re so glad she did. 

2 She’s recruiting new vegans

Eilish has mentioned that she doesn’t need to inform others what to do, however she’s additionally not shy about her veganism, and he or she’ll converse out when acceptable. As a response to the horrors leaked from the Truthful Oaks Farms undercover investigation, the then-teenager took to social media and didn’t sugarcoat her opinion. To her then 26 million Instagram followers (she’s as much as 104 million now), she captioned, “I preserve my mouth shut more often than not about this as a result of I consider everybody ought to do eat and say no matter they need … and I don’t really feel the necessity to shove what I consider in, in anybody’s face, however man … in the event you can watch the movies that I simply posted and never give a f*ck that it’s you contributing by actually consuming the creatures which might be being totally tortured simply on your pleasure, I really feel sorry for you. I perceive that meat tastes good … and I do know you assume you’re only one particular person and it gained’t change something in the event you cease however that’s ignorant and silly. You probably have half a mind, it is best to know ‘one particular person’ provides up. Be smarter.”

3 She makes unbelievable vegan cookies

We all know, as a result of we’ve tried ‘em. With simply seven pantry substances, the star someway conjured vegan magic and created surprisingly good peanut butter chocolate chunk vegan cookies—that simply occur to be gluten-free. Don’t consider us? Attempt the recipe for your self. There’s no excuse to not, since you in all probability have the substances available. 

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She’s been on SNL twice

First as a musical guest in 2019 and most not too long ago as host and musical visitor on December 11, 2021, Eilish has graced the Saturday Night time Dwell stage extra in her 20 years than many entertainers twice her age. Whereas she admitted to a number of media shops she was extraordinarily nervous to host, we totally loved the episode and beloved how she didn’t take herself too critically, even when she let loose a couple of unintentional snickers. 

5 She took to Capitol Hill to help a federal vegan college lunch program

The Grammy winner is not any stranger to utilizing her platform for good, so it was no surpise when she took a detour from her world tour in help of the Healthy Future Students and Earth Act—proposed laws that will make plant-based schoool meals extra accessible to college students nationwide. “I’m proud to advocate for this laws that can assist to battle local weather change, fight meals insecurity, and promote well being fairness,” Eilish mentioned. 

Oscar de la Renta

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She satisfied Oscar de la Renta to ditch fur

This feat alone might quantity to any vegan nonprofit’s lifetime of labor. How’d the younger influencer pull it off? She gave Alex Bolden—Oscar de la Renta’s chief government—an ultimatum. She would put on their designer robe to the 2021 star-studded Met Gala on the situation that the model ditch fur fully. Bolden obliged, and Eilish surprised the gala sporting a beautiful, fully vegan nude tulle robe with a 15-foot practice. 

7 She turned London’s O2 area vegan

If anybody can rework a whole area right into a vegan food-only haven, it’s Eilish. In honor of Overheated, the singer’s six-day local weather motion occasion, the O2 area eliminated all animal merchandise. Attendees had been something however dissatisfied as Not possible Meals surpassed expactactions with plant-based entrées corresponding to Impossble Sausage Kofta and Not possible Rooster Parmigiana. 

8 She partnered with Nike to create vegan kicks

A fan of Nike’s Air Jordans since she was a younger child, Eilish labored with the model to create a vegan offshoot of this basic fashion. Made with 20-percent recycled supplies, Eilish’s branded Jordans are available in two colours—which maybe not so coincidentally match her hair colours. One, Ghost Inexperienced, represents Eilish’s previous neon-green shade; the opposite, a nude taupe, matches her current platinum look.  

Billie Eilish Fragrances

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Her vegan fragrance smells wonderful

On the lookout for a present? Eilish’s sweet-yet-spicy vegan perfume may simply be it. Launched within the fall of 2021, the celeb had a hand in every part from the perfume notes to the bottle design. We’ve had a whiff and assume you’ll be pleasantly shocked by its complexity—that is definitely not the cloyingly candy fragrance one would count on from a 19-year-old. 

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She has her personal vegan chocolate bar

If given the chance, who wouldn’t need their very own line of vegan chocolate? As a limited-time promotion for her newest work Happier Than Ever, Eilish lent the album’s title to a vegan and natural, 35-percent cacao milk chocolate bar. The candy confection promptly bought out but it surely’s back in stock to fulfill your chocolaty cravings.  

11She’s a giver

Now we have to imagine that Eilish inherited her giving spirit from her mom. From supporting the now nationwide vegan starvation aid initiative, Support+Feed, to dropping off flowers and plant-based doughnuts to important staff on Mother’s Day, Eilish appears to take each alternative she will be able to to present again and unfold a bit of vegan pleasure. Her fame continues to develop, but it surely’s good to know that she retains herself grounded not solely by giving cash, however treasured time, to these in want. 

For extra about Billie Eilish, learn:
Billie Eilish Documentary Just LaunchedBillie Eilish, Moby, and Joaquin Phoenix Demand COP26 Stop Ignoring Animal Agriculture
Billie Eilish Launches Sustainable Apparel Line at H&M

Tanya Flink is a Digital Editor at VegNews in addition to a author and runner residing in Orange County, CA.