Alright, Fortnite crowd, or should I say, Billie Eilish crowd?! Obviously, they wanted a rehearsal so they could bring back the emote into the Fortnite Item Shop after what felt like forever. And in our frenzy, some actually completely lost it, while others were there trying to question some life decisions, and some typical Fortnite fans just wanted to know where the Yellowjacket skin was!
And surely, the thoughts flowed around. Some jumped with hype, some confused, and some really just turned on the sound…like: “Why are they so freaking loud? Who in the rights of God ever decided that?” The emote’s a vibe where Billie floats through with her signature kinda swag moves to her track “Therefore I Am”; then you’ve got the extra sound effects… controversial ones. One player actually said, “If it didn’t have all the sound fx I would cop.” So true.
Enter the conspiracy theorists. Some gamers were convinced this was a new emote and panicked to grab it: “Fucking scared me I thought it’s new,” one person tweeted. Others pushed back: “Bro this has been in the shop more than 3 times tf you on?” Mixed messages, eh? Well, whether you sadly missed the first time or love Billie enough to buy it a second time (I don’t judge), it’s up for sale once again, and buyers are snapping it up. One purchaser even admitted, “I had no idea this was in the game I bought it so fast,” and resonates with that sentiment.
Someone else should have fed the weird record. A few players found themselves asking why some skins, like Yellowjacket, never popped up in their shops. “Where is the Yellowjacket?” one asked, while another queried, “is there a reason why I can’t see the Yellowjackets skin?” The shop algorithm stays unpredictable; all you can do is wait or, as one wise soul advised, “Buy directly through Epic store.” Good to go.
And those were the… rather entertaining side talks. One guy went deep worrying about Chun-Li’s feet looking like Donald Duck’s. One just wanted the movement animations back. And then there’s someone who bought the emote to “cry while flossing.” Honest content.
But that forever leaves the biggest question on everyone’s lips: When’s the next time this emote’s gonna come back? Because if history has anything to say about it, once something comes back in the shop, it either never returns again or becomes a permanent item. “Now the cycle starts where it’s never gonna leave again,” one player forecasted. On the dot.
The Billie Eilish emote is back, with a Fortnite community divided about it, and a wasteland is waiting to be claimed by the Mantra emote. Priorities, guys. Missed it this time? Then keep an eye on the shop, or just accept the fact that this emote will be in every one of those lobbies for at least the next month. Whatever happens, happy dancing!
