Finneas defends sister Billie Eilish after her ‘Guess’ verse is called ‘predatory’

Finneas O’Connell is standing up for his little sister and collaborator, Billie Eilish, after a TikTok user described her verse on Charli XCX’s new “Guess” remix as “high-key predatory.” 

The song — originally released on the extended edition of Charli’s latest album, Brat — features Charli declaring that listeners want to “guess the color of my underwear” and “know what I’ve got goin’ on down there.” She tapped Eilish to join her for a new version of the track, which was released on Friday.

The “Birds of a Feather” singer fully committed to her own sultriness with her verse, singing in part, “I wanna try it, bite it, lick it, spit it / Pull it to the side and get all up in it / Kiss it, bite it, can I fit it? / Charli likes boys, but she knows I’d hit it / (Knows I’d hit it) / Charli, call me if you’re with it.” 

In response to her lyrics, a user who goes by the name @windows199x called out the Oscar winner in a scathing TikTok. “Billie’s verse on ‘Guess’ is high-key predatory, but y’all blinded by her usual queerbaiting for commercial gain,” they wrote. “Ever since the ‘Lost Cause’ controversy, she’s been reducing girls to mere objects, all in an effort to convince the masses that she’s actually into them lol. Charli is 32 and engaged FYI.”

A representative for Eilish did not immediately respond to Entertainment Weekly’s request for comment. 

Eilish’s older brother did not take the user’s allegations lightly. “What a take, you little clown,” O’Connell commented on the TikTok, per The Independent. “I got to watch the entire internet slam my sister for queerbaiting for an entire year when, in reality, you were all forcing her to label and out herself.” His response has since been deleted.

Eilish was accused of queerbaiting online in 2021 following the release of her “Lost Cause” music video, which featured her and several other women dancing, flirting, eating snacks, and playing games during a sleepover. At the time, she posted several photos from the shoot on Instagram with the caption “I love girls.” 

She has since spoken out about her sexuality, telling Rolling Stone in April that she’s “been in love with girls for my whole life.”