A Tsakanin COVID-19, Billie Eilish tana Tallafa Studio ɗin Rawar da Ta Taimakawa Kaddamar da Ayyukanta
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Ƙananan 'yan kasuwa suna jure wa mummunan tasirin kuɗi da cutar sankarau ta haifar. Don taimakawa wajen sauke wasu daga cikin waɗannan nauyin, Billie Eilish da ɗan'uwanta / furodusa Finneas O'Connell sun haɗu don yin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen Pay It Forward Live na Verizon, rafi na mako-mako wanda ke nuna taurari waɗanda ke aiki don tallafawa ƙananan kasuwanci. Don wasan kwaikwayon nasu, 'yar'uwar' yar'uwar pop duo ta haskaka Cibiyar Revolution Dance, ɗakin raye-raye na California wanda su biyun suka kira "gida na shekaru masu yawa" a matsayin matasa masu rawa, sun yi musayar ra'ayi a lokacin rafi.
Wataƙila Eilish an fi saninta da ƙaƙƙarfan bututunta da bajintar rubuce-rubuce, amma kamar yadda ta yi bayani a lokacin raye-rayenta na Pay It Forward, “rayuwarta gaba ɗaya ta kasance rawa” kafin ta fara mamaye taswirar pop. Don taimakawa tallafawa Cibiyar Rawar Juyin Juya Halin, inda ita da O'Connell suka ce sun yi rawa tsawon shekaru, ma'auratan FaceTimed tare da masu ɗakin studio, Julie Kay Stallcup da miji Darrell Stallcup, kuma sun ƙarfafa masu kallon rafi-rafi don ba da gudummawa ga ƙaramin kasuwanci.
Duk da "ɗaukar babban fa'idar kuɗi" a yayin rufe ɗakin karatun su, Julie Kay da Darrell sun ce sun ci gaba da biyan ma'aikatan su cikakken (👏) da kuma mayar da kuɗin karatu ga waɗanda suka daina karatun a sakamakon cutar. Sun kuma bayar da azuzuwan raye-raye don ɗalibai su iya yin aiki cikin keɓewa, masu ɗakin studio sun raba yayin rafi. (Duba waɗannan sauran masu horar da motsa jiki da ɗakunan karatu waɗanda ke ba da azuzuwan motsa jiki na kan layi a yanzu.)
Kamar yawancin ƙananan 'yan kasuwa da ke kewaya cutar ta COVID-19, Stallcups sun ce suna ɗaukar abubuwa "a kowace rana" kuma, a halin yanzu, suna maraba da gudummawa. Don taimakawa tallafi na haɓaka sigina, Eilish ta raba abubuwan tunawa daga ita da lokacin ɗan'uwanta a ɗakin rawa-gami da labarin da ke bayan "Ocean Eyes," waƙar da ta mamaye mawaƙin zuwa tauraruwa, kuma hakan ya faru an ƙirƙira shi tare da haɗin gwiwar tsohon malamin rawa, Fred Diaz.
Eilish ta bayyana cewa lokacin tana da shekaru 13, Diaz ta nemi ita da ɗan uwanta su rubuta waƙar da Diaz zai iya ƙirƙira waƙa. Kwanaki biyu bayan haka, 'yar'uwar' yar'uwar duo sun ɗora "Ocean Eyes" zuwa SoundCloud don Diaz, kuma waƙar ta kasance mai saurin kamuwa da cuta, wanda ke nuna farkon aikin waƙar su, Eilish ya raba yayin rafi. Ta ce "Wannan gidan rawa na rawa ya cancanci dukkan yabo ga farkon wannan tafiya," in ji ta. (ICYMI: Billie Eilish Ya Isar da Saƙo Mai Ƙarfi Game da Kunyar Jiki A Cikin Sabon Sabon Aiki)
A matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin rafi na raye-raye, Verizon yana ba da gudummawar $ 10 ga ƙananan kasuwancin don kowane amfani da hashtag #PayitForwardLIVE, har zuwa $ 2.5 miliyan. "Kananan kasuwancin wani yanki ne mai mahimmanci na al'ummarmu, kuma yana da matukar muhimmanci mu tallafa musu yayin wannan rikicin," in ji Eilish a cikin wata sanarwa gabanin ta Pay It Forward live-stream. "Ina alfahari da samun damar yin hankali ga waɗannan kasuwancin na cikin gida, waɗanda suka yi tasiri a rayuwata, kuma suna ƙoƙarin sanya duniya ta zama wuri mafi kyau."