Billie Eilish has publicly challenged Elon Musk over his soaring wealth through a series of Instagram Stories calling out billionaire hoarding.
Two weeks after using her WSJ Innovator Awards speech to call out the ultra-wealthy, pop megastar Billie Eilish has now taken her message directly to Elon Musk.
Posting a series of Instagram Stories on Thursday, the 23-year-old singer shared infographics from the campaign group My Voice, My Choice, outlining hypothetical ways Musk could redistribute his future trillion-dollar fortune.
The proposals included ending world hunger within five years by contributing $40bn annually through 2030, providing universal access to safe drinking water for $140bn a year over seven years, and rescuing more than 10,000 endangered species for as little as $1–2bn annually.
Another suggested that $53.2bn could rebuild Gaza and other devastated parts of the West Bank.
After sharing the slides, Eilish added her own blunt caption: “Fking pathetic psy b**ch coward" - clearly targeted at the Tesla and SpaceX CEO.
Musk - already the world’s richest man - is edging closer to becoming the world’s first trillionaire thanks to a wildly optimistic Tesla pay package potentially worth $1 trillion (€865bn) if he meets performance targets over the next decade.
The vote passed with more than 75% in favour at the company's annual meeting last Thursday despite declining sales and criticism over unprecedented executive pay.
Musk was not present when Eilish addressed the WSJ audience two weeks ago, which included billionaires Mark Zuckerberg, George Lucas and Hailey Bieber.
At the Innovator Awards, she had taken aim at extreme wealth in the room. “There’s a few people in here who have a lot more money than me,” she said. “If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?”
She added: “No hate, but yeah, give your money away,” and argued that “people need empathy and help more than, kind of, ever, especially in our country.”
It was revealed at the event that Eilish will donate $11.5m from her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour to The Changemaker Program - an initiative focused on ending poverty, fighting inequality and stopping climate change.
