base talk Billie releasing 9 vinyl variants after environmental claim

[Johnny Jacobs]

Did she seriously drag artists for numbers and money and then did the same thing later? 

 

Edited April 8 by Johnny Jacobs

[Cloröx]

1 minute ago, wish said:

https://store.billieeilish.com/pages/sustainability

 

SUSTAINABILITY

 

For her forthcoming album, Billie EIlish will be releasing a limit of 8 variants of vinyl through her website as well as all major retailers including Target, Amazon, and Walmart; each on the same day, containing the same track-listing across the board and all produced with the most sustainable practices available. The standard black variant is made from 100% recycled black vinyl. The remaining 7 colored vinyl will be made from ECO-MIX or BioVinyl. The former is created using 100% recycled compound made of leftovers from any color which cannot otherwise be used. These pieces are recycled and re-used for production of future discs; therefore, every disc will be unique and look different from the last. Additionally, Billie is using recyclable compound for her single LP colors, collecting all first run scraps to re-use for additional runs later. BioVinyl helps reduce carbon emissions by 90% vs. virgin vinyl by using non-fossil fuel materials like used cooking oil or industrial waste gases while maintaining the same audio and optical quality as conventional vinyl.

All vinyl packaging is made from FSC® certified recycled paper/boards made 100% from post-consumer waste and recycled pre-consumer fibers. The ink used is raw plant-based and water-based dispersion varnish. In place of shrink-wrap, the sleeves are 100% recycled and re-usable. For shipping, all finished goods are packaged and shipped to depots in up to 93% recycled and 100% recyclable shipping boxes.

 

Cassette shells will be made from recycled shell pieces that are ground down and re-used to make new cassette shells. Absolutely no plastic cassette boxes will be used; instead FSC certified eco-friendly stock to make o-cards will be used in their place. Compact Disc packaging will be made from softpaks, with zero plastic jewel boxes. All softpaks will be made from FSC Certified stock with 100% renewable fibers and up to 30% post-consumer recycled fibers that are 100% recyclable.

Recognizing sustainable design as an imperfect journey of efforts, Billie is using a range of solutions as she works with her team towards constant improvement. All merchandise clothing uses residual dead stock from prior productions, organic or recycled polyester or cotton, non-toxic dye inputs and intentional design processes for circularity, reduced climate impact and regeneration to reduce harm to people and planet. Posters are made from 100% recycled paper.

 

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Leave her ALONE and simply click away if you don't like her. Y'all are so tired at this point.

All this essay yet still doesn't change the fact she's a hypocrite for being chart and money hungry 

[wish]

1 minute ago, RideOrDie said:

Billie stomped on my fave at the 2020 Grammys and I will NEVER get over it

So sorry to hear that 

[Juánny]

Love Billie, and can't wait to own one of these vinyls, but next time she should be more careful about criticizing others for releasing multiple variants of vinyls and then do the same herself. I understand she is using recycled material, but those still use significant energy and materials to create and ship these variants that are being sold as collection items for fans, so it is still wasteful in a way that she was originally talking about having fans buy multiple versions of the same physicals. I'm not saying anything necessarily about her doing something wrong or right, but she shouldn't have been throwing stones from inside glass houses like that, it just opens her up to these accusations of hypocrisy. 

 

 

[JO1s]

9 colors of recycled material with the same tracks and covers…

 

Why do y'all purposely play obtuse with these newer pop girls?

[punisher]

6 minutes ago, Kyoto said:

Talk about a miserable fanbase

a hit dog gon' holler

[Peak Now]

 

People trying to convince others that selling the exact same vinyl in different colors is somehow better than vinyls with non-superficial differences will never not be funny

[Prodigal Self]

5 minutes ago, enchanted0 said:

I guess it gives the fans more option to choose. But still, by releasing 9 variants she also gives her fans the option to collect them everything. It's basically the same as the different covers and tracks, except that there's less efforts put in. There is no doubt that various covers give them more incentive to purchase, but is it really that different? Different covers are just more options, exactly the same as different vinyl colors.

you can't even make a CLOCK out of them!!!

[stevyy]

That is why, our teens should stay in school longer and not become millionaire superstars. 

 

I hope that my son who will be born in June can still live and breathe. 

[Mandalore]

2 minutes ago, Johnny Jacobs said:

Does she seriously drag artists for numbers and monry and then do the same thing later? 

 

Yeah 'cause she's a phony and a fraud who grew up on Justin Bieber music but wants to be marketed as the second coming of Kurt Cobain.

[airplane]

A bit hypocritical ngl. this recent sustainibility/eco-friendly trend that celebrities and universities have put on is just a facade. they don't practice what they preach. why is she clogging up the factories with 9 variants? imagine the fumes

Edited April 8 by airplane

[ctlp27]

19 minutes ago, 40_L3VE said:

Are people still missing her point on purpose?

 

Unless every version has different / exclusive songs, she's not playing the same game certain other artists play, where you have to collect all variants like effing Pokemon to get the full album.

 

 

eta:

 

"...each on the same day, containing the same track-listing across the board and all produced with the most sustainable practices available..."

 

 

And that's the difference - for the slow folks in the back.

You're asking people to read her actual quote. Too much hard work lol

[Redstreak]

20 minutes ago, St. Charles said:

Wasn't the whole point that she used recycled materials to make the vinyls? How is this hypocrisy?

She also called out multiple editions as money hungry

[Wolf Alice]

3 minutes ago, airplane said:

why is she clogging up the factories with 9 variants? imagine the fumes

like? do the recycled materials magically transform into vinyls themselves?  They still need to go through the regular production cycle 

[sweetkiss]

not OP being caught not understanding sustainability 

[RideOrDie]

11 minutes ago, wish said:

I can't say anything to the original post so I have to completely change the quote and bring up racist awards won based on internal politics and networking to defend my nepo baby, industry plant fave who wouldn't exist without Lana Del Rey and who can't write a song without her brother

So sorry to hear that 

Edited April 8 by RideOrDie

[Brikenbur]

20 minutes ago, 40_L3VE said:

 

 

"each on the same day, containing the same track-listing across the board and all produced with the most sustainable practices available"

 

Same album, just different colors.

Oop they came for Parkwood and TAS a bit 

[Mariya Takeuchi]

containing the same track-listing across the board

 

[EndofASadMovie]

Fans having to buy 4-5 vinyl versions with the same contents and the same covers to get a signed one?

is this the worst vinyl gimmick yet

Edited April 8 by EndofASadMovie

[newaespa]

doing for the $$ too, right?

 

unless she is selling to the fans for a buck or something?

 

but anyway i love my environmental queen so much, i gonna purchase 100 copies and throw to the sea  

[NoOneDiesFromLove]

But it's wasteful!!!!

 

But artists do that to inflate sales!!!!

[Mandalore]

1 minute ago, EndofASadMovie said:

Fans having to buy 4-5 vinyl versions to get a signed one?

is this the worst vinyl gimmick yet

But! It's the same tracklist! I don't know, that kinda makes it worse 

 

[tost1]

sustainaBillie did that

[getBusy]

Just because something's recycled doesn't mean it's SUSTAINABLE. These vinyl's still have to be produced, packaged and shipped. 
 

Using recycling as an excuse is pure greenwashing. 

Edited April 8 by getBusy

[LiamVillain]

I mean she might be right about "sustainabilliety"
but 9 variants + bundle in the UK are still... 

Edited April 8 by LiamVillain