Overview
- Accepting WSJ Magazine's Music Innovator Award, Eilish asked, “If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? … give your money away, shorties,” after urging greater empathy and support for those in need.
- Stephen Colbert announced she will direct $11.5 million from her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour to The Changemaker Program backing food equity, climate justice and carbon‑reduction efforts.
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan were in the audience; People cited an unnamed eyewitness saying Zuckerberg did not clap, a detail not independently confirmed and with no public response reported.
- Coverage notes Zuckerberg and Chan’s philanthropic record, including signing the Giving Pledge and a 2015 plan to give 99% of their Facebook shares through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
- Reports tie Eilish’s remarks to her sustainability practices on tour and highlight the strong online reaction that praised her for pressing the ultra‑wealthy on giving.