Billie Eilish With Headcount To Encourages Fans To Vote In Midterm Elections

Fans who check their voter registration status on HeadCount.org will get the opportunity to enter to win a VIP trip to see Eilish perform live in Australia and New Zealand.

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Billie Eilish is joining forces with HeadCount, a non-partisan voter engagement organization, to get her fans voting in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections. 

“I’m working with HeadCount to encourage everyone to show up at the polls and use their voice during these midterm elections,” Eilish said in a statement about her collaboration with the organization, which is part of its “Good to Vote” initiative. “With what is going on in our country, we need to get out to the polls and vote for what we believe in. Not showing up is not an option.

” Fans who check their voter registration status through HeadCount’s website can win a chance to travel to New Zealand and Australia to see Eilish perform. The sweepstake includes two premium tickets, travel accommodations, and signed merch from Eilish.

Along with accessing the website, fans can text “BILLIE” to 57568 to win tickets to her shows in Australia and New Zealand on Sept. 10 and Sept. 13.

This isn’t the first time Eilish has collaborated with HeadCount to encourage fans to vote. In 2020, she shared a video saying she felt a “responsibility” to speak out against Donald Trump ahead of the election that year.

With eight million 18 to 19-year-olds eligible to vote for the first time this year, and nearly half of 18 to 24-year-olds not currently registered to vote, Gen Z represents a significant demographic that could greatly affect laws and policies across the country, a news release states.

“I really couldn’t want to be involved in politics less; I’d rather be doing literally anything else than talking about this,” she said before adding, “There just comes a certain point where you can’t ignore it and you can’t be silent. Especially having the platform that I have, I don’t want to waste that. So I think it’s really important that we all talk and speak up, even if we’d rather die.”

Eilish and her brother Finneas also met with Joe Biden at the White House earlier this year. “Billie and Finneas were supporters during Biden’s campaign and the Biden family have been long-time fans of their music,” the White House said.

“When I heard my friends @billieeilish and @finneas were in town for a show, I knew I had to invite them over to the White House,” added President Joe Biden on Twitter. “Great to see you and your family — and I’m glad you got to meet Commander.”

When I heard my friends @billieeilish and @finneas were in town for a show, I knew I had to invite them over to the White House. Great to see you and your family — and I’m glad you got to meet Commander. pic.twitter.com/6glg618sil

— President Biden (@POTUS) February 10, 2022

Fans can check their registration status, register to vote, and enter the contest by visiting HeadCount.org/Billie or by texting “BILLIE” to 57568.

Eilish — whose most recent album, Happier Than Ever, peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in 2021 — will bring her tour to Asia in August before heading to New Zealand and Australia.