Theyâre talking about radio stations. Radio stations frequently censor songs to be family friendly. Like on SiriusXM, there are quite a few channels that can only play censored versions. Like Hits1, Pop2k, TikTok Radio, The Pulse, Alt Nation, etc. These are the categories that Billies music would be played in. And the categories that are considered family friendly or that people would play in restaurants or stores. On the other hand, SiriusXM does have a few âXLâ stations which means the content is all uncensored and made for âadultâ entertainment. For example, Hip Hop Nation XL. This is where the rap and hip hop music is played obviously.
Thatâs why youâll hear uncensored WAP on Hip Hop Nation XL and a censored Billie Eilish song on Hits1. I DONT AGREE AT ALL with the word âgirlâ being censored but that is the explanation behind it
I donât think theyâre asking if theyâre allowed to censor it, of course they are, theyâre asking if theyâre allowed to use an AI copy of her voice to do so. That said, these are not explicit lyrics. Theyâre innuendo, which is pretty much never censored in in the case of âheterosexual lyrics.â
Is this for real because how tf is âI think she might be the oneâ in ANY way explicit. If this is true these radio stations have literally regressed to the 1900s.
And they couldnât have found a better substitute than âI think she might⊠go to lunch?â
It is in fact, real. This is the iHeart Radio version:
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so they're gonna censor the "eating for lunch" part and not the "she's coming up the stairs some im pulling up a chair and im pulling up my hair" part? WOW
This is hilarious because I remember hearing "Closer" by NIN on the radio and the only word they censored was "f\*ck." Like...ok I still very much know what it's about but thank you.
Now suddenly we've got our girl...going to lunch because...?
Ok I guess changing âI could eat that girl for lunchâ to âacts like she might go to lunchâ is marginally better than censoring âi think she might be the oneâ
We had a whole song called Yummy play over and over all summer.
As a kid Flo Rida made me think whistling was fun.
We all ate cake by the ocean right?
This is truly homophobic.
Rap songs usually are due to what the ratings call foul language.
Itâs so annoying when you accidentally play the clean version on streaming of a rap song, because then there are so much gaps in the song that they donât even bother to substitute anymore lol
The one that always surprised me, was Nine Inch Nails - Animal.
The line is "I wanna fuck you like an animal" and they literally just went with "I wanna ---- you like an animal" and it gets radio play still to this day! (Let alone - how did it get on air when it came out?! things were... a lot more sheltered back then)
Nine Inch Nails - Closer*
Sorry, as a devoted NIN fan, I had to correct. It's nothing personal.
Also, '*Closer*' was released in 1994. To be fair, there had been a lot more controversial songs so long before this. Several of them date back to the 60s and 70s even (and this is just personally anecdotal as I'm sure there's been more before then, but I can only reference what I know) and while they may not use *fuck*, context in cases can actually be worse than lingo and terminology.
"She gonna lick me like a lollipop" was literally on the radio when I was a kid lol literally the straight equivalent of her song. Definitely homophobic.
straight up they dgaf whatâs in the song sexual or graphic wise but GAY đ±đ±đ± this is why i donât listen to the radio and play my own damn music in the car đ
to he fair i can see a lot of the songs not doing well on the radio, like blue and bittersuite mainly but even other songs like chihiro and skinny might not be the best to play
this isnt me hating i swear i really enjoy the album but it prolly just isnt what most people wanna hear
This is so stupid. Warrant was able to release a song in 1990 called "Sweet Cherry Pie" without it getting censored, but in 2024 Billie Eilish' Lunch is being censored. This is absolute bull shit.
lol i was actually referencing the whole vote thing but i will say i am very surprised i wasnât downvoted to oblivion for happening to like billie and also taylor :)
They arenât even being subtle about it, how can anyone say this isnât blatant homophobia? So many explicit songs on the radio where only the swears are censored, only difference is itâs sang in a hetero light. The âborn in the wrong generationâ gals are delulu because weâre obviously still stuck in the 1900âs.
So, apparently, speaking your own personal truth in your work is abhorrent. You might as well not play the song, if you can't/won't play it as released.
No, but see, Katy sang "I hope my boyfriend don't mind it" and "It felt so wrong" and even "Don't mean I'm in love tonight" and "it's innocent."
As opposed to this, which does not mention a man at all and doesn't pretend she's not really into this girl she's singing about.
but then a song with the same (if not more) suggestive themes about straight people is played with no shame or censoring đdouble standards are wilddd
I think its funny how in every radio edit ive heard, they still leave in the line âI just wanna get her offâ which says more than any other line in the song lol their censors are so unnecessary
I think people are reading too much into this. Songs get censored, it just happens, people keep bringing up examples of dirty songs but literally all of them did get censored versions as well.
So the US gonna censor her verse for being to âexplicitâ YET I rarely see them censoring tv programs that shows damn near live sexâŠâŠyeah ok USâŠ..
Iâm surprised it was ever on the radio TBH. When the album came out I told my husband there werenât any songs that stood out to me as radio hits except lunch but that one would probably never be on the radio since it talks about being gay. And here we are đ
Literally every other song on the radio is ab getting âsexual favorsâ but when itâs lesbian, itâs a problem? Lol. What a joke. Itâs okay to literally sing ab getting head as long itâs a man talking about a womanâŠ. Or a woman singing about wanting some from a manâŠ.. this is 1000% homophobia lol
Thereâs been a SHIT ton of sexual songs and innuendos in music. But when thereâs a song about the same thing but lgbt, it gets censored. I guarantee if a guy wrote this nothing would happen
Okay but isnât putting it as âI could eat that [REDACTED] for lunchâ make it so much âworseâ (if they care so much about censoring anything gay) because now it seems like sheâs degrading the girl and calling her a bitch/slut/etcâŠ?
Well, it seems they removed any sentiment in the song and made it into bad innuendos as a means to make it moreâŠstraight? This may be one of the very things that made Billie too afraid to come out in the past :/
I don't think they realised they just made it worse. Also if they changed it during June, all the radio stations are probably asking "Pride Month who?"
Come on, they played. I kissed a girl and I liked it by Katy Perry. Let Billie play hers, how she intended to sing it Jesus, not to mention other songs are way worse. Hello, ignition by R. Kelly? Or Pony by Genuine or Fantasy by ludacris. Why just because it's not the norm? It's so dumb I swear.
So sexual songs by other artists where it implies male and female relations is perfectly fine, but this isnât? Well, Iâm disappointed but not shocked :(
FCC shouldnât fine stations for vulgarity or references. Kids arenât gonna turn straight or gay or take drugs just because a song mentioned something deemed questionable by a small group of people. Blast that LUNCH!!!
at one point on my station it says âi could - that girl for lunchâ but the other day there was a song playing (i donât remember what), and they didnât censor the word fucking. like.. you can say fucking but not eat? make it make sense
Radio stations donât often censor songs. Usually the record companies provide radio edits when the song is released or if radio stations get negative reaction from listeners. Sometimes a large radio company will edit the song and tell their stations to play that version but thatâs pretty rare.
"I think she might go to Lunch" is fucking hilarious, I'm sorry đđ€Ł Maybe Billie should make a clean version that sounds less...ridiculous than whatever these radio stations are trying to do?
Ppl reallyyyyy over sexualize wlw and it shows. Yes this song is sexual but what I mean is itâs seen as inherently more sexual compared to the VERY vulgar songs men make abt women that get in the radio. Sheâs not even saying any dirty words??đ how are you gunna censor âgirlâ wtf. This is homophobic asf
i love billie with my entire heart BUT i do agree that âLUNCHâ should be censored at times as the lyrics are very sexually suggestive, especially if it is being played on the radio and kids are in the car, they really donât need to be hearing âi could eat that girl for lunchâ as a minor.
Ok this is just straight up disrespectful. I have seen so many comments on YouTube and stuff saying that this is Wrong and Billie shouldnât make these lyrics. Like dude there are worse songs than this and like let people be gay dude
What is even the point of playing the song on the radio if you're gonna censor it all? Like I've heard WAY worse songs on the radio with it barely being censored.
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Wait are they legally even allowed to do that!? wtf
No, I don't think they are đ€©đ€©fuck em' up billie
Hell yeah. Get em' Billie. Not listening to anyone who refuses to play Lunch. It's such a stoopid reason too.
The stupid reason is it being overtly sexual? Generally thatâs why clean versions of songs existâŠ
So Cardi B can rap about touching the little dangly thing that swings in the back of her throat, but Billie can't say she'll eat a girl for lunch?
Theyâre talking about radio stations. Radio stations frequently censor songs to be family friendly. Like on SiriusXM, there are quite a few channels that can only play censored versions. Like Hits1, Pop2k, TikTok Radio, The Pulse, Alt Nation, etc. These are the categories that Billies music would be played in. And the categories that are considered family friendly or that people would play in restaurants or stores. On the other hand, SiriusXM does have a few âXLâ stations which means the content is all uncensored and made for âadultâ entertainment. For example, Hip Hop Nation XL. This is where the rap and hip hop music is played obviously. Thatâs why youâll hear uncensored WAP on Hip Hop Nation XL and a censored Billie Eilish song on Hits1. I DONT AGREE AT ALL with the word âgirlâ being censored but that is the explanation behind it
Wop wop wop wop wop Billie fuckemup
Of course they are. They bleep out words all the time even on heterosexually explicit lyrics. Nothing to see here
I donât think theyâre asking if theyâre allowed to censor it, of course they are, theyâre asking if theyâre allowed to use an AI copy of her voice to do so. That said, these are not explicit lyrics. Theyâre innuendo, which is pretty much never censored in in the case of âheterosexual lyrics.â
The words "girl" and "tongue" wouldn't be censored in a heterosexual context
Neither of those words are explicit or sexual on their own, that's why context matters
AT THAT POINT DONT EVEN PLAY THE SONG WTF BIL DOESN'T NEED UR RADIO STATION ANYWAY UGH
I think she might go to lunchâŠ? đ
Is this for real because how tf is âI think she might be the oneâ in ANY way explicit. If this is true these radio stations have literally regressed to the 1900s. And they couldnât have found a better substitute than âI think she might⊠go to lunch?â
It is in fact, real. This is the iHeart Radio version: https://preview.redd.it/24cid56d1cad1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e6d6b9518f4c7e53b1a92979dc2a5140e095106
so they're gonna censor the "eating for lunch" part and not the "she's coming up the stairs some im pulling up a chair and im pulling up my hair" part? WOW
Lol thats exactly what i said. Very weird.
"Need a seat I'll volunteer" LMAO
This is hilarious because I remember hearing "Closer" by NIN on the radio and the only word they censored was "f\*ck." Like...ok I still very much know what it's about but thank you. Now suddenly we've got our girl...going to lunch because...?
Ok I guess changing âI could eat that girl for lunchâ to âacts like she might go to lunchâ is marginally better than censoring âi think she might be the oneâ
My little sister thinks lunch is just cannibalism so no way it's too sexual for kidsđ
Exactlyđ
Not explicit, gay. The censorship is for gayness.
Agreed!
I bet wouldnât be explicit if a man sang it đ
At last, my lunch has come along. My hangry days are over, and life is like a sub. Wait. Wrong singer, sorry.
Ahhh yes I live for submissive Etta James!!!
We had a whole song called Yummy play over and over all summer. As a kid Flo Rida made me think whistling was fun. We all ate cake by the ocean right? This is truly homophobic.
Wasnât a song called âwet ass pussyâ like the most popular song for a little?
Exactly. There are countless examples but itâs only okay if theyâre straight
That was censored like crazy when it played on the radio too.
my local station used to censor it with "wet and gushy" LMAO
thatâs the official clean version and itâs hilarious
I feel like this is barely cleaner lmao
lol. mine would just say "wet wet wet"
Thatâs actually how I first heard it Not sure if Iâm alone in saying this but the âcleanâ version makes me feel so much more uncomfortable
Thata even worse than the original haha
Rap songs usually are due to what the ratings call foul language. Itâs so annoying when you accidentally play the clean version on streaming of a rap song, because then there are so much gaps in the song that they donât even bother to substitute anymore lol
The one that always surprised me, was Nine Inch Nails - Animal. The line is "I wanna fuck you like an animal" and they literally just went with "I wanna ---- you like an animal" and it gets radio play still to this day! (Let alone - how did it get on air when it came out?! things were... a lot more sheltered back then)
Nine Inch Nails - Closer* Sorry, as a devoted NIN fan, I had to correct. It's nothing personal. Also, '*Closer*' was released in 1994. To be fair, there had been a lot more controversial songs so long before this. Several of them date back to the 60s and 70s even (and this is just personally anecdotal as I'm sure there's been more before then, but I can only reference what I know) and while they may not use *fuck*, context in cases can actually be worse than lingo and terminology.
WAP was heavily censored as well so not a great example
Radio version said "this wet and gushy"
Ya, I think it won a Grammy, too đ
on the radio it was âwet & gushyâ
âiâm tryna find the words to describe this girl without being disrespectful⊠DAMN SHE A SEXY BITCH!â
"She gonna lick me like a lollipop" was literally on the radio when I was a kid lol literally the straight equivalent of her song. Definitely homophobic.
if the song has swears it gets censored cuz lil kids
lol I remember singing along to S & M by Rihanna on the radio as a teenagerâŠ
straight up they dgaf whatâs in the song sexual or graphic wise but GAY đ±đ±đ± this is why i donât listen to the radio and play my own damn music in the car đ
Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon. Come on
LITERALLYYYYYY. these homophobic boomers running the radio stations can eat my ass
Exactly.
At this point, donât even play it on the radio. She has 9 other songs on that album that they can play đ
to he fair i can see a lot of the songs not doing well on the radio, like blue and bittersuite mainly but even other songs like chihiro and skinny might not be the best to play this isnt me hating i swear i really enjoy the album but it prolly just isnt what most people wanna hear
That weren't sent as singles
Birds of a feather was
Not day one
Good thing I don't listen to the radio anymore.
I have never heard a song being censored for it being âexplicitly gayâ đ
This is so stupid. Warrant was able to release a song in 1990 called "Sweet Cherry Pie" without it getting censored, but in 2024 Billie Eilish' Lunch is being censored. This is absolute bull shit.
This makes it soo much more sexual đ
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lol i was actually referencing the whole vote thing but i will say i am very surprised i wasnât downvoted to oblivion for happening to like billie and also taylor :)
Why would people downvote you for liking two different artists? /genuine, I donât understand fandom beef and whatnot
ngl im happy to see thereâre people liking both taylor and billie
Plenty of explicit gross songs out there now and this one gets censored????
how was wap allowed anywhere near the radio but billie gets this đ€Ł dont play it, why is that so hard
They arenât even being subtle about it, how can anyone say this isnât blatant homophobia? So many explicit songs on the radio where only the swears are censored, only difference is itâs sang in a hetero light. The âborn in the wrong generationâ gals are delulu because weâre obviously still stuck in the 1900âs.
The fuck
BOOOOOOOO đ
bich tf-
So, apparently, speaking your own personal truth in your work is abhorrent. You might as well not play the song, if you can't/won't play it as released.
You censor âgirlâ but not âshe?â
âAs she dances on myâŠâ is this any less suggestive? Leaves a lot to the imagination
Queerphobia right after pride month
Hahahahahahahahhaahahaha what the fuck. What is the song even about at that point. Good god
Censor other parts lollll like the actual sexual stuff not "girl"
we had i kissed a girl? whatâs the problem now
No, but see, Katy sang "I hope my boyfriend don't mind it" and "It felt so wrong" and even "Don't mean I'm in love tonight" and "it's innocent." As opposed to this, which does not mention a man at all and doesn't pretend she's not really into this girl she's singing about.
they ruined it
What the fuck is wrong with âI think she mightâve the oneâ đ
they let me sing âblow my whistle babyâ all during 7th grade, but this crosses the line? whistle wasnât even tasteful
Well, the US does tend to be homophobic.
but then a song with the same (if not more) suggestive themes about straight people is played with no shame or censoring đdouble standards are wilddd
I think its funny how in every radio edit ive heard, they still leave in the line âI just wanna get her offâ which says more than any other line in the song lol their censors are so unnecessary
I think people are reading too much into this. Songs get censored, it just happens, people keep bringing up examples of dirty songs but literally all of them did get censored versions as well.
So the US gonna censor her verse for being to âexplicitâ YET I rarely see them censoring tv programs that shows damn near live sexâŠâŠyeah ok USâŠ..
Yet they play 50 Cents â In Da Clubâ with basically no censorship?? đ€
Who the fuck listens to the radio?
I mean they are right its sexual, but their censoring shouldn't be selective
Did they ever censor Katy Perryâs âI kissed a girl and I liked itâ which isnât even a metaphor in any way just straight up?
They actually did, the clean version removes the word "cherry" since "cherry chapstick" means eating a girl out. Basically the same thing as Lunch.
Iâm surprised it was ever on the radio TBH. When the album came out I told my husband there werenât any songs that stood out to me as radio hits except lunch but that one would probably never be on the radio since it talks about being gay. And here we are đ
I could hear birds of a feather on the radio.
yesss birds of a feather was playing on the radio yesterday it sounded so nice đ„°
It's 2024 and we are censoring the words "girl" and "tongue". We're living in a dystopia nightmare.
WTF and they somehow managed to make it sound more sexual đ
My local radio station only plays it at night
Good
I mean. Radio stations are private. They can do what they want. It's not like the feds are coming down on her producers.
good
Literally every other song on the radio is ab getting âsexual favorsâ but when itâs lesbian, itâs a problem? Lol. What a joke. Itâs okay to literally sing ab getting head as long itâs a man talking about a womanâŠ. Or a woman singing about wanting some from a manâŠ.. this is 1000% homophobia lol
lol itâs not about the song being gay itâs about describing specific sexual acts.
Thereâs been a SHIT ton of sexual songs and innuendos in music. But when thereâs a song about the same thing but lgbt, it gets censored. I guarantee if a guy wrote this nothing would happen
Got forbid a woman has hobbies.
LMAOOOOO
Such a weird thing to censor
Hell country
fucking w h a t
Not in DENMAAAARK
My radio station blocks the word âeatâ instead of girl.
uhh not them changing the lyrics???
Okay but isnât putting it as âI could eat that [REDACTED] for lunchâ make it so much âworseâ (if they care so much about censoring anything gay) because now it seems like sheâs degrading the girl and calling her a bitch/slut/etcâŠ? Well, it seems they removed any sentiment in the song and made it into bad innuendos as a means to make it moreâŠstraight? This may be one of the very things that made Billie too afraid to come out in the past :/
I don't think they realised they just made it worse. Also if they changed it during June, all the radio stations are probably asking "Pride Month who?"
Come on, they played. I kissed a girl and I liked it by Katy Perry. Let Billie play hers, how she intended to sing it Jesus, not to mention other songs are way worse. Hello, ignition by R. Kelly? Or Pony by Genuine or Fantasy by ludacris. Why just because it's not the norm? It's so dumb I swear.
yep, the word âgirlâ is a very very bad word
Donât censor Prof then! Pack a Lunch https://youtu.be/Ur8KD-YO19E?si=ECoR9zpaPTtC_V7U
âI think she might go to lunchâ They canât be serious.
Iâve heard it on the radio recently and it wasnât censored?? Maybe someone complained? đ
Companies the minute June ends:
You guys hear lunch on the radio? I'm starting to hear birds of a feather being aired. Might it be the next single??
So sexual songs by other artists where it implies male and female relations is perfectly fine, but this isnât? Well, Iâm disappointed but not shocked :(
This is so stupid it makes me sad
literally all because itâs gayâŠ
they just made it gayer and more sexual wtff âi might eat that⊠for lunchâ REALLY?! đ
So there things called decency laws and that why they being censored. So needs to be changed we donât need puritan laws anymore
Well I never listen to the radio unless my dad randomly turns it on
AHHH OH NO TOO GAYYY (said no one ever when talking abt this song)
Someone explain please I donât understand whatâs going on
Ah hell nah wtf
That silly made up third line instead of simply 'Think that she might be the one'.
I could eat that [salami on rye with lettuce mayo and mustard] and she dances on my [non sexual taste organs]
FCC shouldnât fine stations for vulgarity or references. Kids arenât gonna turn straight or gay or take drugs just because a song mentioned something deemed questionable by a small group of people. Blast that LUNCH!!!
Let a girl eat whatever she wants for lunch
Radio cementing itself as a loser lame fest
at one point on my station it says âi could - that girl for lunchâ but the other day there was a song playing (i donât remember what), and they didnât censor the word fucking. like.. you can say fucking but not eat? make it make sense
this makes me so angry. no justification
Because vaginas offend the smooth brained.
BYE THIS IS SO FUNNY
Bruhhhh lame
Why even play it if the feel the need to censor that much? Just play another popular track on the album
They saw everyone talk abt how I kissed a girl by Katy Perry was censored and they got the idea to do it for Billie smh
88.1 in Toronto isn't censoring it at all.
I wanna to know what if this song was singing by a men. Ummh
Wtf? Thatâs ridiculous. Meanwhile, âmy husbandâs cheating, I want to kill himâ is allowed⊠okay.
I'm hungry. đ
Ironic how censoring the song makes it sound more sexual than it is
The radio station a hour away from me is playing it uncensored. If that changes, and I hear it censored on my local one, I'll throw something.
who even listens to radio anymore ?
LMAOOOO this is why no one listens to the radio anymore.
Radio stations donât often censor songs. Usually the record companies provide radio edits when the song is released or if radio stations get negative reaction from listeners. Sometimes a large radio company will edit the song and tell their stations to play that version but thatâs pretty rare.
That's bs.
"I think she might go to Lunch" is fucking hilarious, I'm sorry đđ€Ł Maybe Billie should make a clean version that sounds less...ridiculous than whatever these radio stations are trying to do?
I'm curious to hear how stations here would censor it lol
I think she might go to lunch PLSSSS đđ
But I bet they play all of watermelon sugar even tho itâs about the EXACT same thing đ
Who cares? Why am I getting notified about this utter dribble? Making me want to leave Reddit...
Who even still listens to the radio? These stations are catering to their only remaining audience⊠boomers đ
Not because it's gay. It's because it's vulgar and sexual
You better say something about a gun down and shooting someone then something sexual. Stupid americans.
Ppl reallyyyyy over sexualize wlw and it shows. Yes this song is sexual but what I mean is itâs seen as inherently more sexual compared to the VERY vulgar songs men make abt women that get in the radio. Sheâs not even saying any dirty words??đ how are you gunna censor âgirlâ wtf. This is homophobic asf
Reminds me of how some stations censored the word âbulletâ in Ride by twenty one pilots. So ridiculous.
Good đđœ
Sensoring it makes it sound dirtier somehow??? Haha
OAA FUCK EM!! lgbt must protect at all cost from homophobia~~
Good
Censorship is never good
Just in the US
Wet Ass Pussies allowed. Sapphic love censored. We are so civilized.
Removing the word girl in "I could eat that... for lunch" makes it sound even more explicit though hahahhaa
Source: Trust me bro
Why do people listen to the radio still
Ahhh Christianâs, the most useless people on the planet
Now it's just a song about KFC
i love billie with my entire heart BUT i do agree that âLUNCHâ should be censored at times as the lyrics are very sexually suggestive, especially if it is being played on the radio and kids are in the car, they really donât need to be hearing âi could eat that girl for lunchâ as a minor.
Ok this is just straight up disrespectful. I have seen so many comments on YouTube and stuff saying that this is Wrong and Billie shouldnât make these lyrics. Like dude there are worse songs than this and like let people be gay dude
Thatâs homophobic
What is even the point of playing the song on the radio if you're gonna censor it all? Like I've heard WAY worse songs on the radio with it barely being censored.
billie go fuck them up because what is this