21 Issues Billie Eilish Revealed In Annual Interview

Should you’re a Billie Eilish fan to any diploma, you understand about her well-known annual interviews with Self-importance Truthful. She does the very same interview yearly, with the identical questions — all whereas reacting to the solutions she gave when she was youthful.

Effectively, get able to really feel previous, as a result of the primary interview was in 2017 and the final one simply got here out — that means we’re now on the EIGHTH YEAR. As a Billie fan who remembers the primary interview vividly, this shocked me to my core.

And on this 12 months’s interview, Billie did NOT disappoint, revealing tons of attention-grabbing particulars about her 12 months. And I am telling you, it is fascinating whether or not you are a Billie fan or not. So right here goes my helpful little recap:

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In one of many first clips, Billie says her age — 22 on the time of filming, however she’s now 23. “That is the primary 12 months in my life that I preserve forgetting how previous I’m,” she explains.

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In a dialogue about her largest accomplishments of the 12 months, profitable her second Oscar for “What Was I Made For?” was an enormous one. “I sort of can’t consider that occurred once more,” she says, noting that she’s now the youngest individual to win two Oscars. “I really feel pleased with it. I’m proud to have made it.”

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In a clip from two years in the past, Billie says, “I actually wanna do […] issues that I may die due to,” like bungee leaping and skydiving. And 2024-Billie reacts to this with a thumbs up, indicating that she has certainly performed some death-defying actions this 12 months.

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And in case there are any super-fans on the market — or anybody who’s tremendous thinking about tattoos — Billie reveals that she’s gotten extra tattoos this 12 months too.

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Billie additionally reveals she’s made much more connections as of late. “I’ve performed nothing however make associates all 12 months, and gotten so shut with folks that I wasn’t with earlier than, and have become associates with folks I was associates with once more,” she says. Billie notes that her 12 months was “stuffed with friendship,” which was the one factor she needed most in earlier years.

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In response to a different purpose she made final 12 months — the place she stated she needs to have “good intercourse” sooner or later — Billie replies, “Sure, I’ve had loads of good intercourse. So, you’re welcome, Billie.”

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Billie opens up about her tooth being an enormous insecurity — there’s even a clip of her calling them “ugly” in a earlier 12 months. “I chipped one other tooth,” she stated this 12 months. “So not solely did I not repair the opposite chip, however I additionally chipped one other one.” She identified the place her chips are.

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In a clip from final 12 months, Billie discusses not eager to do something doesn’t need to do — and never letting different folks take away her “sparkle.” This 12 months, she says she’s caught to her purpose. “I actually belief myself, and I believe, like, particularly that 2022 woman, I don’t suppose I trusted her. So I actually belief myself now, and I’m not gonna let any of that occur once more.”

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And this miiiiight give some extra context to that 2022 clip — as a result of proper after, Billie talks about how “scary” falling in love is. “It’s arduous to know what’s happening, since you’re sort of blinded by this curtain of lust and love and admiration,” she stated, noting that she’s been “cautious” as of latest.

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And OK, this can be a massive one. Billie stated her favorite artist of the 12 months is none apart from Girl Gaga. “Like, previous Girl Gaga. It’s so good. ‘Alejandro’ and ‘Poker Face’ and ‘G.U.Y.’ and ‘Born This Means.’”

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Alongside these traces, she stated her favorite film of the 12 months is Secretary, the 2002 romcom starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, together with Fruitvale Station. The latter, she’s talked about as her fave in earlier interviews, however Secretary is a brand new addition.

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After all, Billie launched her third studio album this 12 months, Hit Me Laborious and Comfortable. And truly, she says that making the album was “such a drag.” “It was so punishing,” she admits. “However I really feel like it’s the smartest thing that Finneas and I’ve ever made.”

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In a clip from final 12 months, we see Billie predict which songs can be well-liked — and TBH, she completely nailed it. “There’s this one music referred to as ‘Lunch’ that I believe folks may like quite a bit,” 2023 Billie says. “There’s a music referred to as ‘Birds of a Feather.’”

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A giant matter on this 12 months’s video was touring, since Billie is presently on the highway. “Touring was once one thing that was extraordinarily disagreeable,” she revealed, “and I might solely dread it. And the one motive I, you understand, did it in any respect was as a result of I liked performing, and I all the time have.” So yeah, we realized Billie used to not like touring.

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However she’s not too long ago modified her tune. “I had this second like a 12 months in the past, the place I used to be sort of like, ‘Touring doesn’t should be depressing. And I don’t have to only sit via it and take it. I could make it enjoyable. I imply, I’m the fucking boss, for God’s sake!’” So she sat down along with her staff and found out “methods to make [touring] enjoyable.” “I don’t need to be so tortured by it that I find yourself by no means doing it once more as a result of I’m resentful,” she says.

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Billie reacts to a clip of her from 2017, the place she says her largest present ever on the time was 500 folks. “I can’t actually give it some thought an excessive amount of as a result of it’ll make me cry,” 2024-Billie says, “after which it’ll additionally give me an existential disaster. However I can’t consider the best way my life has gone.”

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In response to a query about which artist she’d like to collab with, 2023-Billie says, “Nobody. You listeners don’t perceive how disagreeable it’s to collaborate with folks. It’s not a enjoyable expertise.”

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After which a photograph of Billie with Charli xcx, who she did certainly collab with this 12 months, got here on the display…so Billie discusses how the collab with Charli was her “best means” — in that it was very fast, and didn’t require a lot additional work.

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In relation to the “Guess” collab, too, Billie revealed that their collab “was going to be one other music.” However ultimately, in fact, they selected “Guess,” a music Billie referred to as “sizzling.”

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Sorry, one final Charli xcx one…Billie reacted to a clip of her from the 2017 interview that was soooo meta. Within the clip, 2017-Billie holds up a photograph of her and Charli xcx, as a result of it was the most-liked picture on Billie’s Instagram on the time. And now, seven years later, they collabbed for the primary time. “Wow, that’s so humorous! Full circle, huh?” Billie stated.

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Billie talked about some attention-grabbing discrepancies within the rumours that flow into about her — notably in the case of courting. “Actually any man that I’m close to, it’s like, ‘That’s Billie’s boyfriend.’ It’s bizarre, as a result of I’m really photographed extra with ladies, and far more incriminating images of me with ladies than males, and so they’re like, ‘Billie and her greatest buddy!’”