{"id":321802,"date":"2026-02-05T15:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/321802\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:04:08","slug":"finneas-defends-billie-eilishs-grammys-speech-from-old-white-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/321802\/","title":{"rendered":"Finneas Defends Billie Eilish’s Grammys Speech From ‘Old White Men’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFinneas<\/a> defended his sister Billie Eilish<\/a> after she was criticized by \u201cvery powerful old white men\u201d for her Grammys<\/a> acceptance speech<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe duo won Song of the Year for \u201cWildflower\u201d on Sunday night and Eilish used the opportunity to condemn ICE and speak up for the rights of immigrants. Both siblings wore\u201dICE Out\u201d pins as Eilish urged people to stand strong against the ongoing ICE raids. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cNo one is illegal on stolen land,\u201d Eilish said. \u201cIt\u2019s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now\u2026 I just I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting, and our voices really do matter, and the people matter.\u201d Before walking off stage, Eilish declared: \u201cFuck ICE.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLast night, Finneas took to Threads<\/a> to support Eilish. \u201cSeeing a lot of very powerful old white men outraged about what my 24 year old sister said during her acceptance speech,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe can literally see your names in the Epstein<\/a> files.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEilish wasn\u2019t the only artist to speak out against ICE<\/a> and the current administration at the Grammys. Bad Bunny\u00a0shared arguably the most pointed<\/a>\u00a0and poignant words while accepting the Grammy for Best M\u00fasica Urbana Album, which began: \u201cBefore I say, \u2018Thanks to God,\u2019 I\u2019m going to say, \u2018ICE out.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPrior to the main telecast, Kehlani ended Best R&B Performance award speech with a vociferous, \u201cFuck ICE.\u201d And\u00a0Shaboozey dedicated<\/a>\u00a0his first Grammy \u2014 Best Country Duo\/Group Performance for \u201cAmen,\u201d his collaboration with Jelly Roll \u2014 to the \u201cchildren of immigrants.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tAlong with all the speeches, numerous artists showed up to the Grammys and\u00a0walked the red carpet<\/a>\u00a0while sporting \u201cICE Out\u201d pins. These included Eilish, her brother\/collaborator Finneas, Justin and Hailey Bieber, Brandi Carlile, Jack Antonoff, Bon Iver\u2019s Justin Vernon, Margo Price, and Samara Joy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWildflower\u201d is the fourth single from Eilish\u2019s third studio album, 2024\u2019s\u00a0Hit Me Hard and Soft. The win marks the singer-songwriter\u2019s 10th Grammy. Eilish won Song of the Year in 2020 for her colossal hit, \u201cBad Guy,\u201d and again in 2024 for the Academy Award-winning single \u201cWhat Was I Made For?\u201d from the\u00a0Barbie\u00a0soundtrack. She also took home Album of the Year for\u00a0When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Finneas defended his sister Billie Eilish after she was criticized by \u201cvery powerful old white men\u201d for her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[264],"tags":[8170,18,117,20121,155318,11555,19,17,337],"class_list":["post-321802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-billie-eilish","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-epstein","tag-finneas","tag-grammys","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116018640651136909","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}