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Harry Fletcher
Jun 26, 2022
BBC
Lily Allen joined Olivia Rodrigo on stage at Glastonbury on Saturday to sing a version of her song F*** You, aimed at the US Supreme Court following the reversing of Roe v Wade.
The powerful moment came after the official overturning of the landmark Mississippi case challenging a state law banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy earlier this week.
Rodrigo introduced Allen to perform a special rendition of her 2009 hit and named the five Supreme Court members individually in front of the capacity crowd.
Introducing the song, Rodrigo said: “I’m devastated and terrified [by the ruling] and so many women and girls are going to die because of this and I wanted to dedicate this next song to the five members of the Supreme Court who showed us at the end of the day they truly don’t give a s*** about freedom.”
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The crowd applauded the message, before the 19-year-old named the individuals.
\u201colivia rodrigo at glastonbury name dropping the justices of the supreme court who voted to overturn roe v wade \u201cwe hate you\u201d and then singing fuck you by lily allen to them yea that\u2019s my girl.\u201d— bri (@bri) 1656182594
“This song goes out to the justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Brett Kavanaugh.”
Allen proceeded to give the middle finger as Rodrigo said: “We hate you guys.”
The pair are the latest musicians to speak out against the ruling at Glastonbury this year.
Phoebe Bridgers made a powerful appearance at the festival on Friday, leading a 'f*** the Supreme Court' chant.
The powerful moment came during Rodrigo's set on SaturdayBBC
“In all honesty, it’s like super surreal and fun. But I’m having the sh**tiest day,” she said, addressing the crowd.
“Are there any Americans here?” she asked, before saying: “Who wants to say ‘f*ck the Supreme court on three?’”
The singer then counted to three and led the chant.
She went on to say: “F*** that sh*t. F*** America. Like…f*** you. All these irrelevant old motherf***ers trying to tell us what to do with our f***ing bodies. Ugh. F*** it.”
Billie Eilish also addressed the issue during her headline set on Friday, saying: "Today is a really, really dark day for women in the US and I'm just going to say that because I can't bear to think about it any longer at this moment."
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