Finneas calls out 'powerful old white men outraged' by Billie Eilish's Grammys speech

Finneas O’Connell took to societal media to support Billie Eilish and her Grammys acceptance code from a circumstantial demographic that was angered by her remarks.

“Seeing a batch of precise almighty aged achromatic men outraged astir what my 24 twelvemonth aged sister said during her acceptance speech,” O’Connell wrote Wednesday connected Threads. “We tin virtually spot your names successful the Epstein files.”

The sibling duo won the Grammy for opus of the twelvemonth Sunday, becoming the archetypal ever three-time winners of the category. The “Wildflower” songwriters were among those wearing “ICE Out” pins astatine the 2026 Grammy Awards arsenic a connection against the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration-enforcement bureau and its tactics aft the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti successful Minnesota sparked a nationalist outcry.

“No 1 is amerciable connected stolen land,” Eilish said portion accepting the award. “It’s conscionable truly hard to cognize what to accidental and what to bash close now. I consciousness truly hopeful successful this country and similar we conscionable request to support fighting, speaking up and protesting. Our voices truly matter.”

While immoderate of her code was censored during the unrecorded broadcast, Eilish was besides heard saying “F— ICE,” drafting cheers from those successful attendance.

Eilish was 1 of galore artists who utilized their infinitesimal connected the Grammys signifier to talk retired against the Trump medication and the national migration raids that person been happening successful aggregate states, including California. Some, including R&B opus and show victor Kehlani, were conscionable arsenic nonstop successful their connection condemning ICE. Other winners, including Bad Bunny and Shaboozey, utilized their speeches to observe migrant communities.