Billie Eilish has turned all her Instagram followers into “Close Friends” (Photo Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Billie Eilish has caused a huge stir on social networks following she uploaded a story on her Instagram account of a person apparently drowning. The Instagram story, which can be interpreted in hundreds of ways taking into account the singer’s particular personality, made a huge echo when thousands of people began to report that this image was only available to Billie’s “close friends.”
As many know, “close friends” is an Instagram feature that allows users to limit the reach of their posts to whoever they decide can see their content. When Billie’s story just appeared, her followers showed enormous emotion, because for a moment they considered that, among her 120 million followers, she had chosen them to be her “close friends.” she.
Billie EIlish posted an image of a drowning person for all her close friends on Instagram (Credits: Instagram/Billie Eilish)
However, as the minutes passed, more and more people reported that they had access to the image, so sooner rather than later, Billie’s fans realized that it was only necessary to follow her on Instagram to automatically access her “close friends.” ”.
Despite not being as “special” as they thought, Billie’s fans continue to show their excitement at being part of her “close friends.”
“On my resume I’m going to say that I was among Billie Eilish’s best friends,” “Yes, I’m actually talking to my most personal friend: Billie Eilish,” “Billie Eilish: I don’t care what this is, I’ve never felt luckier.” ”, “Me feeling special because I am in Billie’s close friends, and that if she got the whole f*cking world in, goodbye, don’t talk to me anymore”, are some of the comments that can be found on the networks regarding the new move from the What Was I Made For singer.
Although the pop star has not given any explanation in this regard, everything indicates that a new musical era is approaching for Billie Eilish. This was speculated a few weeks ago when she changed her Instagram profile photo to a completely blue background. Later, the artist uploaded a photo wearing a star balaclava with a brief but powerful message: “my album is mastered.”
Everything indicates that Billie Eilish has started promoting her next album (Credits: Instagram/Billie Eilish)
Now, including all his fans in his “close friends” would be a marketing strategy to officially announce his next record production.
It was on July 30, 2021 when Billie Eilish presented Happier Than Ever, her second studio album. Since then, she has shared a couple more songs (TV and What Was I Made For) independently that, so far, it is not known if they will be part of her new production.
Eilish has just had a very prolific few months following sweeping the previous awards season with What Was I Made For, a song the artist wrote for the Barbie movie. Best Original Song at the Golden Globes, Best Song at the Oscars and Record of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance of the Year and Best Song for a Visual Medium at the Grammys were some of the awards that Billie accumulated this last year.
Billie Eilish has had one of the most successful seasons of her career thanks to her most recent single “What Was I Made For?” (Photo Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)