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Being a pop star once meant baring skin – now, for artists like Billie Eilish and Demi Lovato, it's all about emotional stripping

  • Written by Kristin J. Lieb, Associate Professor, Emerson College
Being a pop star once meant baring skin – now, for artists like Billie Eilish and Demi Lovato, it's all about emotional strippingDemi Lovato and other pop stars are increasingly opening up about their trauma.Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP Photo

In Billie Eilish’s 2019 video for “Bury A Friend,” the then-17-year-old singer blurs the lines between being in a nightmare and being committed to a psychiatric hospital.

“I want to end me,” she repeats six times...

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