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Billie Eilish Beekeeper refers to American singer Billie Eilish's veiled sequined white bonnet she wore at the 47th annual American Music Awards in November 2019. Its likeness to a beekeeper's head gear sparked conversation online, most notably on Twitter.

Origin

On November 24th, 2019, the American Music Awards Twitter^[1] account posted a picture of Billie Eilish on the red carpet wearing her sequined veiled bonnet (shown below). The tweet gained over 2,800 likes ad 500 retweets in two days.

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On November 24th, 2019, Entertainment Tonight's Twitter account posted a red carpet interview with Billie Eilish with the caption "@billieeilish is our humble Queen at the #AMAs" (shown below). The tweet garnered over 1,700 likes and 250 retweets in two days.

That same day, many Twitter users made the comparison of Eilish to a beekeeper. Twitter user @PHlLLIE^[2] tweeted "billie eilish said aha fuck dem bees they cant get me now" (shown below, left) and received over 50 likes in two days. Twitter user @bilslucifer^[3] tweeted and edited image of Eilish with the caption "billie the bee keeper at ur service" (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 25 likes in two days.

Twitter user @newdresswift posted a video of someone in a beekeeper suit in using the nobody: format (shown below). The post accumulated over 160 likes in two days.

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