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Billie Eilish accepted the Music Innovator Award at the 2025 WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards in New York City.
During her speech, Eilish encouraged those with wealth to use their money “for good things.”
Host Stephen Colbert later announced Eilish’s $11.5 million donation to various organizations.
Billie Eilish used her moment onstage at the WSJ Magazine 2025 Innovator Awards to deliver a message to wealthy individuals.
The “Birds of a Feather” singer accepted the Music Innovator Award at Wednesday night’s ceremony at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, where she spoke candidly to the crowd. “We’re in a time right now where the world is really, really bad and really dark, and people need empathy and help more than, kind of, ever, especially in our country,” she

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