Gen-Z singer, Billie Eilish, doesn't know who Van Halen is, and although we probably shouldn't be surprised that a 17-year-old pop artist doesn't know about a hair band from the '80s, she's getting dragged by fans anyway.
Gen-Z singer, Billie Eilish, doesn't know who Van Halen is, and although we probably shouldn't be surprised that a 17-year-old pop artist doesn't know about a hair band from the '80s, she's getting dragged by fans anyway.
Billie Eilish is being dragged by, presumably, her older fans, for not knowing who Van Halen is.
But in the words of Van Halen's "Jump", we gotta roll with the punches.
To be fair, I'm 99.9% sure that none of the members of Van Halen know who Billie Eilish is either.
Just to put things into perspective, Billie wasn't even born until 215 years after Van Halen's first album came out.
Just saying.
Really think about that...
Or Shawn Mendes, or Halsey, or Ariana Grande — the list goes on.
Case and point!
She has the chance to never have to listen to "Hot For Teacher" — a chance the rest of us never really had...
The same way that anyone born this year will probably have no idea who Cardi B is when they're teenagers.
It's the pop culture circle of life.
I mean, Van Halen is trending on Twitter for the first time in, probably, decades.
He brought up a very important point.
Thank you, Wolf Van Halen, for being the voice of reason. We appreciate you.
"Listen to what you want and don’t shame others for not knowing what you like."
When asked, she was familiar with Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, and Huey Lewis.
Let us know if you think it's unacceptable for a 17-year-old to have never heard of Van Halen!