The singer won the prize at last night’s (February 1) ceremony in Los Angeles for her ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ track ‘Wildflower’. She was bleeped as she said “fuck ICE” while hitting out at the agency, which, since the beginning of 2026, has been connected with the deaths of at least eight people, sparking protests across the country.
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“I feel so honoured every time I get to be in this room. As grateful as I feel, I honestly don’t feel like I need to say anything but that no one is illegal on stolen land.
“And, yeah, it’s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, and I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting, and our voices really do matter, and the people matter, and fuck ICE.
"We just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting," she urged
Billie Eilish has urged other famous people to speak out about ICE’s actions in Minnesota.
The pop star took to her Instagram Stories amid what the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has described as “the largest mass deportation operation in American history”.
She also shared a video from her brother and collaborator Finneas about the death of Alex Pretti at the hands of ICE. He called out conservatives’ hypocritical gun law arguments in attempting to justify the fatal shooting of the 37-year-old nurse.
“It was like, ‘Well, [Pretti] had a gun’. Shut the fuck up!” he said. “You’ve spent 30 years straight telling us that children have to die so that we’re allowed to legally carry weapons, everywhere in the United States.
Billie Eilish shares new Instagram stories regarding ICE:
“hey my fellow celebrities u gonna speak up? or” pic.twitter.com/8qjBsh0l3y
— Pop Base (@PopBase) January 26, 2026
Billie Eilish is using her platform to amplify protests against the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which has come under fire (even more than usual) for the killing of a Minnesota woman earlier this week. (Billboard report)
Two days after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis — the pop star shared several back-to-back posts condemning the organization. The first one was a graphic calling ICE a “federally funded and supported terrorist group,” with the original creator describing the agency’s actions as “tearing apart families, terrorizing citizens, and now murdering innocent people.”
The second post Eilish reshared on her Story calls on the country to “abolish ICE,” listing 32 people who reportedly died in ICE custody last year. The third encourages U.S. citizens to call their representatives in Congress to demand that ICE be defunded, and for the officer who fired the deadly shot in Minneapolis to be arrested and charged immediately.
Billboard has reached out to the White House and the Department of Homeland Security for comment.
Even Trump struggled to explain what happened after he personally watched the video of the shooting in the Oval Office with a New York Times reporter also in the room. “Well … I … the way I look at it … it’s a terrible scene,” the newspaper reports of the twice-impeached POTUS’ reaction to the footage. “I think it’s horrible to watch. No, I hate to see it.”
“Give your money away, shorties”Billie Eilish calls out billionaires to their faces and donates $11.5million from tour to charity.
"if you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" -Billie at the @WSJ Innovator awards tonight in New York! pic.twitter.com/YjSoi4Ei0R
— Billie Eilish Society (@BillieSociety) October 30, 2025
Jane Fonda is relaunching the Committee for the First Amendment — an entity that was first founded at the beginning of the Cold War by the actress’ father, Henry Fonda — with the help of 600-plus creators. In addition to the aforementioned pop stars, John Legend, Barbra Streisand, Janelle Monae, Bonnie Raitt, Finneas, Maggie Rogers and Patti LuPone have also joined the cause, which aims to call out and stand against infringements on free speech.
“Today, we relaunch the Committee for the First Amendment,” reads a statement signed by all of the new committee members. “This Committee was initially created during the McCarthy Era, a dark time when the federal government repressed and persecuted American citizens for their political beliefs. They targeted elected officials, government employees, academics, and artists. They were blacklisted, harassed, silenced, and even imprisoned.”
“The federal government is once again engaged in a coordinated campaign to silence critics in the government, the media, the judiciary, academia, and the entertainment industry,” it continued. “We refuse to stand by and let that happen.”
