Billie Eilish likes to buck conventions and so do her fans. Even though the 18-year-old singer has been a recognizable name in music for over two years now (depending on what you define as “recognizable”), her considerable fanbase still doesn’t have a unified name by which they refer to themselves.
Over the years, we’ve seen a wide and creative array of fandom names for musical artists–Directioners (One Direction), Swifties (Taylor Swift), the Beyhive (Beyoncé), Little Monsters (Lady Gaga), the list goes on. But there hasn’t even been too much public debate as to what Eilish fans are called. They’re just… Billie Eilish fans, right?
A tweet from Billie Eilish stan account @ccharteilish sparked a discussion last week with a tweet in which they referred to Eilish fans as “Avocados.”
“Avocados! Let’s help @selenagomez get #1 on Billboard Hot 200! Buy and Stream #RARE!” they tweeted.
The connection between the “Bad Guy” singer and millennials’ fave toast topping is a random and somewhat outdated one, but it wasn’t just pulled out of thin air.
Before Eilish began topping Billboard charts, she went through a series of different usernames on social media—old school style, aka random descriptors rather than just first and last name. The most prominent one was @wherearetheavocados, which was her Instagram name for a time.
“I made this grilled cheese once, I was in the kitchen and I wanted some avocado, I was home alone, so I just screamed ‘where are the avocados’ and I decided to make that my username and here we are,” Eilish explained in a 2017 interview. “Now there are fan accounts like billiesavocados, herearetheavocados, therearetheavocados and it’s just this random thing I thought of four years ago.”
But Eilish fans don’t seem interested in Avocados being their defining term. If Eilish ditched the account, avocados are basically dead to them.
“That was a long time ago,” Twitter user @bilfavor wrote. “Even billie cringes at the mention of them now.”
Almost all the fans who chimed in on the debate agreed.
“Imagine saying ‘I’m a loyal avocado’ ‘I trust other avocados’ ‘you’re a fake avocado because you don’t stream billie’s music,’” Twitter user @maryumdeeme joked.
Avocados???? Imagine saying "I'm a loyal avocado" "I trust other avocados" "you're a fake avocado because you don't stream billie' s music" kajsksjskshdhjs
A few fans came up with alternative suggestions since the avocado tweets basically opened a floodgate of discussions over a nameless fandom.
“We don’t have a name but I call us eyelashes,” Twitter user @LukeygagaX wrote, to which another user jokingly said Eilish fans should be called “billie-vers,” an apparent riff on Justin Bieber’s Beliebers.
So the fandom remains either torn on a name or just insistent that there is no name and never will be a name because Billie Eilish fans aren’t going to be chained down by the traditions of internet society.
After a Billie Eilish updates account posted a tweet encouraging Eilish fans to stream Selena Gomez's new album Rare, people everywhere expressed outrage over the account referring to the fandom as "Avocados." While the suggestion makes thematic sense, since Eilish's former social media handles were indicative of her ...
However, one thing that might shock you is that her fans don't have an official name or title. While BTS has the ARMY and Taylor Swift has Swifties, Billie's fans are simply Billie Eilish fans! Originally, her fans were jokingly referred to as “Avocados,” and even Billie herself now cringes to hear this.
4. What are Billie Eilish fans called? Well, Billie Eilish's fandom was the 'Avocados' but she's since changed her Instagram name from @wherearetheavocados. Her fans now want the 'Eyelashes' or 'Pirates'. [
What does Billie Eilish eat? It's no secret that the musician loves avocados. (After all, she enjoys a good avocado-themed filter and her Instagram handle used to be @wherearetheavocados.)
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"I made this grilled cheese once, I was in the kitchen and I wanted some avocados, I was home alone so I just screamed, 'where are the avocados' and I decided to make that my username and here we are."
Eilish previously stated that she's been vegan since she was 12, which was nine years ago. In 2022, she spoke about her diet in a clip posted to Instagram. The celebrity said: “I was raised vegetarian, and I chose to stop eating all animal products when I was 12.
No doubt influenced by her mom, Maggie Baird, an activist and celebrity in her own right, Eilish told Vogue that she went vegan at the age of 12. After learning about the atrocities of the meat and dairy industries, she couldn't erase this dismal reality from her mind.
4. What are Billie Eilish fans called? Well, Billie Eilish's fandom was the 'Avocados' but she's since changed her Instagram name from @wherearetheavocados. Her fans now want the 'Eyelashes' or 'Pirates'. [
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