"Billie Eilish" by Armani White / Bitch I'm Stylish

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"Billie Eilish" by Armani White or Bitch I'm Stylish, Glock Tucked, Big T-Shirt, Billie Eilish, is a rap song by Philadelphia rapper Armani White released in May 2022. The song was teased on TikTok numerous times by White starting in February 2022, where it gained viral spread on the platform, inspiring a trend where users somersault and transition their outfits from a baggy shirt to another article of clothing.

Origin

On February 16th, 2022, rapper and TikToker^[1] @armaniblanco (Armani White) posted a video teasing his new song "Billie Eilish," named after the pop artist of the same name, garnering over 3.4 million views in six months (shown below, left). White continued to tease the song on TikTok^[2] over the following months, including in a skit on February 23rd, garnering over 3.1 million views in the same span of time (shown below, right).

On April 5th, White then posted a video to TikTok^[3] where he transitions outfits over the song, garnering over a million views in three months (shown below, left). On April 11th, he shared a video to TikTok^[4] about Billie Eilish sharing a video using the song on her Instagram story, garnering over 3.9 million views in four months (shown below, right).

On May 19th, White released the song officially, announcing it in a video on TikTok.^[5] On May 23rd, White then posted a music video for the song to YouTube,^[6] garnering over 8.6 million views in three months (shown below).

Spread

The song became popularized as a backing track on TikTok in the months after Armani White began teasing it in early 2022, with numerous TikTokers setting AMVs and compilations of Billie Eilish to it.^[7]^[8] On July 13th, 2022, White appeared on Genius to explain the lyrics of the song, garnering over 80,000 views in a month (shown below).

"Bitch I'm Stylish" Outfit Transition Trend

In August 2022, TikTokers began a trend set to the song where they wear baggy clothes and then somersault, cutting to an outfit change after they get up. For example, on August 17th, TikToker^[9] @in_the_nic_of_time posted a video doing the trend, garnering over 25 million views in a week (shown below, left). On August 21st, TikToker^[10] @brookemonk_ posted a video doing the trend, garnering over 20 million views in three days (shown below, right).

On the same day, August 21st, 2022, TikToker^[11] @tabithaswatosh posted a video following the trend, garnering over 15.4 million views in three days (shown below).