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Billie Eilish reflects on 7 years of her career, discussing music releases, tours, Oscar wins, personal growth, and future aspirations. Learn about her journey, challenges, and successes.
Published December 18, 2024
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Billie Eilish
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SPEAKER_01: And then it’s October 18th. SPEAKER_01: Again. SPEAKER_00: I think it’s October 18th. SPEAKER_00: It’s October 18th. SPEAKER_01: October 18th.
SPEAKER_00: My name is Billie Eilish. SPEAKER_00: Billie Eilish. SPEAKER_00: Billie Eilish. SPEAKER_00: Billie Eilish. SPEAKER_00: Billie Eilish. SPEAKER_00: Billie Eilish. SPEAKER_00: I’m Billie Eilish. SPEAKER_00: I’m 15. SPEAKER_00: 16. SPEAKER_00: 17. SPEAKER_00: 18. SPEAKER_01: I’m 22.
SPEAKER_01: This is the first year in my life that I keep forgetting how old I am.
SPEAKER_01: 257,000. SPEAKER_01: 6.3 million. SPEAKER_01: 40.7. SPEAKER_01: 67.5. SPEAKER_01: 94.1 million followers. SPEAKER_01: 106. SPEAKER_01: About 110. SPEAKER_01: 120 million?
SPEAKER_01: Another year. SPEAKER_01: Seven years. SPEAKER_01: This is the eighth video, right? SPEAKER_01: But it was seven years ago today that we started this.
SPEAKER_01: We didn’t put out a video last year. SPEAKER_01: It’s true. SPEAKER_01: It was a big, big year. SPEAKER_01: Just the whole Barbie thing. SPEAKER_01: Swarm. SPEAKER_01: Tour. SPEAKER_01: I finally played Brazil. SPEAKER_01: I finally played Brazil. SPEAKER_01: Labyrinth. SPEAKER_01: Yep. SPEAKER_01: Live at the O2. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Coachella. SPEAKER_01: Bad guy. SPEAKER_01: Went diamond.
SPEAKER_01: I have the most monthly listeners right on Spotify in the entire world. SPEAKER_01: So I surpassed a hundred million monthly listeners and then now I am the most streamed artist in the world on Spotify. SPEAKER_01: I released my album, went on tour again.
SPEAKER_01: I made so many new friends, adopted another dog. SPEAKER_01: It’s been a friendship filled year.
SPEAKER_01: I and Phineas won an Oscar for, what was I made for? SPEAKER_01: I can’t even really describe how amazing that was. SPEAKER_01: And then it was like, we were the youngest people in history to win two or something crazy. SPEAKER_01: Ooh.
SPEAKER_01: Want to rescue some horses, maybe skydive, like a bungee jump off of a cliff or something. SPEAKER_01: I really want to do stuff like that, things that I could die because of. SPEAKER_01: I want to adventure so bad. SPEAKER_01: I do want to skydive, haven’t done that yet, be doing racing, be doing stunt driving. SPEAKER_01: I definitely want some more piercings. SPEAKER_01: I want some more tattoos, another dog, be hanging out with your family, be making new friends, be having new friends, be having good sex.
SPEAKER_01: I’ve done nothing but make friends all year and, and gotten so close with people that I wasn’t with before and became friends with people I used to be friends with again. SPEAKER_01: And just like, it’s just been a year filled with friendship, which honestly, even though I was saying a lot of things that I want to do, that was the real, that was like the thing that I wanted to do. SPEAKER_01: And I really did it and it was awesome.
SPEAKER_01: And yes, I’ve had a lot of good sex, so you’re welcome, Billie. SPEAKER_01: I want you to have fixed the little chip. SPEAKER_01: You can see it. SPEAKER_01: 2018 did it to me. SPEAKER_01: And when I’m smiling, my tooth is so ugly. SPEAKER_01: Whiten those suckers. SPEAKER_01: I’ll let, have you know, Ms. Red Hair, that I chipped another tooth. SPEAKER_01: So not only did I not fix the other chip, but I also chipped another one. SPEAKER_01: So now I have a chip here and a chip here. SPEAKER_01: I also remember really wanting me at that time to fix this little gap as well. SPEAKER_01: And I’m in the process, okay?
SPEAKER_01: Don’t do that thing again, where you just do what somebody else wants to do. SPEAKER_01: We’re not going to let somebody take away my sparkle, as they say. SPEAKER_01: Solid advice. SPEAKER_01: And I haven’t done that. SPEAKER_01: That really has stuck in my head. SPEAKER_01: And I think that I used to pretend like I was doing that. SPEAKER_01: But I think since then, I really have been doing that.
SPEAKER_01: And I don’t, I’m, I’m really, I really trust myself. SPEAKER_01: And I think like, especially that 2022 girl, I don’t think like I trusted her. SPEAKER_01: So I really trust myself now and I’m not going to let any of that stuff happen again. SPEAKER_01: And it hasn’t happened again. SPEAKER_01: And I’ve been very cautious about that.
SPEAKER_00: Brockhampton. SPEAKER_00: Tierra Whack. SPEAKER_00: Techno. SPEAKER_00: Arlo Parks. SPEAKER_01: The Doe. SPEAKER_01: Cake. SPEAKER_01: The Cardigans. SPEAKER_01: Dora. SPEAKER_01: You Know Who. SPEAKER_01: And then also me. SPEAKER_01: Deftones. SPEAKER_01: A lot of Deftones. SPEAKER_01: Mazzy Star.
SPEAKER_01: This album called Sunburn by Dominic Fyke. SPEAKER_01: Honestly, I’ve been listening to a lot of Lady Gaga. SPEAKER_01: Like old Lady Gaga. SPEAKER_01: It’s so good. SPEAKER_01: Alejandro. SPEAKER_01: And Poker Face. SPEAKER_01: And GUI. SPEAKER_01: And Born This Way.
SPEAKER_01: Fruitvale Station. SPEAKER_01: Eye Origins. SPEAKER_01: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is a solid choice. SPEAKER_01: Sicario. SPEAKER_01: That shit is fire. SPEAKER_01: Furtvale Station. SPEAKER_01: That movie’s fucking fire though. SPEAKER_01: It’s a great movie.
SPEAKER_01: Secretary. SPEAKER_01: I feel really good about it. SPEAKER_01: I think we’re like 85% done. SPEAKER_01: Maybe 90. SPEAKER_01: It’s very genuinely like what I wanted to make. SPEAKER_01: I think. SPEAKER_01: It’s true. SPEAKER_01: Like it was just such a drag. SPEAKER_01: It was so punishing. SPEAKER_01: But I feel like it is the best thing that I’ve. SPEAKER_01: Phineas and I have ever made. SPEAKER_01: And I’m so endlessly proud of it.
SPEAKER_01: Like you don’t even know. SPEAKER_01: I used to have this feeling with my music. SPEAKER_01: Like I liked it. SPEAKER_01: But I was kind of embarrassed for people that I thought were cool to listen to it. SPEAKER_01: Like anytime somebody that I thought was really cool said they listened to my song I’d get all embarrassed and nervous and kind of frustrated and annoyed honestly. SPEAKER_01: I’d be like no. SPEAKER_01: Don’t listen to that. SPEAKER_01: Like that’s private. SPEAKER_01: And I think I wasn’t as proud of it. SPEAKER_01: And I think that now in my life and where I am in my career. SPEAKER_01: I really stand for my music. SPEAKER_01: Like I feel really proud of it.
SPEAKER_01: There’s this one song called Lunch that I think people might like a lot. SPEAKER_01: There’s a song called Birds of a Feather. SPEAKER_01: Damn I’m giving you titles. SPEAKER_01: Whoa. SPEAKER_01: My prediction then that I don’t know why I didn’t even say. SPEAKER_01: But it was what I was thinking then was. SPEAKER_01: I thought Lunch would be the hit. SPEAKER_01: But I also remember being like. SPEAKER_01: But watch Birds of a Feather is going to end up being the real hit. SPEAKER_01: Lunch was like big when this album came out. SPEAKER_01: And then Birds. SPEAKER_01: Birds is number one.
SPEAKER_01: Lowest point of the year was probably. SPEAKER_01: In January I had a meeting with like my managers and stuff. SPEAKER_01: They were showing me the schedule for the whole year. SPEAKER_01: And I sat there and was totally silent and totally still. SPEAKER_01: And just tears like just streamed down my face. SPEAKER_01: That was a horrible. SPEAKER_01: A horrible day. SPEAKER_01: Gosh. SPEAKER_01: I mean you know. SPEAKER_01: I was like. SPEAKER_01: I had just turned 17. SPEAKER_01: And. SPEAKER_01: Life was seeming very daunting. SPEAKER_01: And ended up being even. SPEAKER_01: More intense than I ever cried about. SPEAKER_01: I. SPEAKER_01: If I had really known how it would all go. SPEAKER_01: I would have been. SPEAKER_01: I would have been. SPEAKER_01: Balling my eyes out for. SPEAKER_01: Days. SPEAKER_01: But also. SPEAKER_01: I would have been excited at the same time. SPEAKER_01: The reason I was crying. SPEAKER_01: In that story. SPEAKER_01: Is because I was looking at. SPEAKER_01: My touring schedule. SPEAKER_01: And it was like. SPEAKER_01: You know it’s horrifying to see. SPEAKER_01: Your life planned out like that. SPEAKER_01: Two years in advance. SPEAKER_01: It’s like. SPEAKER_01: Especially for like a little girl. SPEAKER_01: I wish that I hadn’t had to. SPEAKER_01: Deal with that.
SPEAKER_01: But also like. SPEAKER_01: My life’s fucking awesome. SPEAKER_01: And I. SPEAKER_01: I’m really. SPEAKER_01: I’m really lucky. SPEAKER_01: At the same time.
SPEAKER_01: Touring. SPEAKER_01: Used to be something. SPEAKER_01: That. SPEAKER_01: Was. SPEAKER_01: Extremely. SPEAKER_01: Unpleasant. SPEAKER_01: And I would dread it. SPEAKER_01: And I would only dread it. SPEAKER_01: And. SPEAKER_01: The only reason I. SPEAKER_01: You know. SPEAKER_01: Did it at all. SPEAKER_01: Was because I love performing. SPEAKER_01: And I always have. SPEAKER_01: And even when I dreaded those tours. SPEAKER_01: And. SPEAKER_01: You know. SPEAKER_01: Hated the whole process. SPEAKER_01: I loved performing. SPEAKER_01: At the end of the day.
SPEAKER_01: I had this moment. SPEAKER_01: Like a year ago. SPEAKER_01: Or two. SPEAKER_01: A year ago. SPEAKER_01: I think. SPEAKER_01: Where. SPEAKER_01: I was kind of like. SPEAKER_01: Touring is. SPEAKER_01: Doesn’t have to be miserable. SPEAKER_01: And I don’t have to just. SPEAKER_01: Sit through it. SPEAKER_01: And take it. SPEAKER_01: I can make it fun. SPEAKER_01: I mean. SPEAKER_01: I’m the fucking boss. SPEAKER_01: For God’s sake. SPEAKER_01: And. SPEAKER_01: I. SPEAKER_01: Sat down. SPEAKER_01: With my. SPEAKER_01: Touring team. SPEAKER_01: And I was like. SPEAKER_01: Let’s figure out. SPEAKER_01: All the ways. SPEAKER_01: To make this fun. SPEAKER_01: Because. SPEAKER_01: This is my job. SPEAKER_01: And it’s my life. SPEAKER_01: And I want to keep doing it.
SPEAKER_01: And I don’t want to. SPEAKER_01: You know. SPEAKER_01: Be so. SPEAKER_01: Tortured by it. SPEAKER_01: That I end up. SPEAKER_01: Never doing it again. SPEAKER_01: Because I’m. SPEAKER_01: Resentful of. SPEAKER_01: You know. SPEAKER_01: Surrounding. SPEAKER_01: That is. SPEAKER_01: Just like. SPEAKER_01: Joyous. SPEAKER_01: And filled. SPEAKER_01: Laughter. SPEAKER_01: And love. SPEAKER_01: And. SPEAKER_01: For the first time. SPEAKER_01: In my life. SPEAKER_01: Once again. SPEAKER_01: I’m. SPEAKER_01: The words. SPEAKER_01: Are coming out of my mouth. SPEAKER_01: That are. SPEAKER_01: I wish this tour. SPEAKER_01: Would never end.
SPEAKER_01: And. SPEAKER_01: Oh. SPEAKER_01: I do have a concert tonight. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: And I had one last night. SPEAKER_01: And the night before that. SPEAKER_01: And tomorrow. SPEAKER_01: I’m on SNL. SPEAKER_01: Three show nights in a row. SPEAKER_01: Is like. SPEAKER_01: A lot. SPEAKER_01: But. SPEAKER_01: It’s okay.
SPEAKER_01: It was at the crocodile. SPEAKER_01: In Seattle. SPEAKER_01: And it was like. SPEAKER_01: 500. SPEAKER_01: I think. SPEAKER_01: Was that me saying. SPEAKER_01: That was my biggest show. SPEAKER_01: Wow. SPEAKER_01: Uh. SPEAKER_01: It’s impossible to try to. SPEAKER_01: You know. SPEAKER_01: Take in. SPEAKER_01: And acknowledge. SPEAKER_01: Even. SPEAKER_01: I mean. SPEAKER_01: It’s. SPEAKER_01: It’s so. SPEAKER_01: I can’t really think about it. SPEAKER_01: Too much. SPEAKER_01: Because. SPEAKER_01: It’ll make me cry. SPEAKER_01: And then it’ll also give me. SPEAKER_01: An existential. SPEAKER_01: Crisis. SPEAKER_01: But. SPEAKER_01: I can’t. SPEAKER_01: Believe. SPEAKER_01: The way. SPEAKER_01: My life has gone. SPEAKER_01: And where it is now. SPEAKER_01: I mean. SPEAKER_01: It’s just like. SPEAKER_01: The craziest. SPEAKER_01: Thing in the world.
SPEAKER_01: No one. SPEAKER_01: You listeners. SPEAKER_01: Don’t understand. SPEAKER_01: How unpleasant it is. SPEAKER_01: To collaborate with people. SPEAKER_01: It is not a fun experience. SPEAKER_01: The back to back. SPEAKER_01: Ah. SPEAKER_01: I mean. SPEAKER_01: It’s Charlie though. SPEAKER_01: But it’s Charlie. SPEAKER_01: Also like. SPEAKER_01: Charlie and I. SPEAKER_01: Did this collab. SPEAKER_01: In like. SPEAKER_01: The greatest way possible. SPEAKER_01: Like. SPEAKER_01: My ideal way. SPEAKER_01: Where. SPEAKER_01: You know. SPEAKER_01: She put out. SPEAKER_01: Her amazing album. SPEAKER_01: Guess was. SPEAKER_01: On the extended version. SPEAKER_01: And. SPEAKER_01: I heard it. SPEAKER_01: Cause somebody. SPEAKER_01: Posted it. SPEAKER_01: Because it came out. SPEAKER_01: And I remember being like. SPEAKER_01: Hot. SPEAKER_01: Wow. SPEAKER_01: Such a hot song. SPEAKER_01: Wow. SPEAKER_01: That’s such a good song. SPEAKER_01: God. SPEAKER_01: I wish I had a song like that. SPEAKER_01: And I just went on with my life. SPEAKER_01: And then. SPEAKER_01: Like. SPEAKER_01: Weeks later. SPEAKER_01: Phineas went to her show. SPEAKER_01: He was talking with like. SPEAKER_01: Her. SPEAKER_01: And like. SPEAKER_01: One of her team mates. SPEAKER_01: Or something. SPEAKER_01: I don’t even know. SPEAKER_01: Who he was talking to. SPEAKER_01: And. SPEAKER_01: They just talked about like. SPEAKER_01: You know. SPEAKER_01: Ah. SPEAKER_01: Would Billy be down. SPEAKER_01: You know. SPEAKER_01: We should do a. SPEAKER_01: Billy should hop on something. SPEAKER_01: And. SPEAKER_01: Like. SPEAKER_01: Had a call with her. SPEAKER_01: Talked about it. SPEAKER_01: It was gonna be another song. SPEAKER_01: And then. SPEAKER_01: We decided on Guess.
SPEAKER_01: And then like. SPEAKER_01: She sent us stems. SPEAKER_01: Phineas and I. SPEAKER_01: Went on a hike. SPEAKER_01: Came back. SPEAKER_01: Went into the studio. SPEAKER_01: Sat there. SPEAKER_01: Played the song. SPEAKER_01: Wrote a verse. SPEAKER_01: Sent it back. SPEAKER_01: That’s my dream. SPEAKER_01: That’s my dream. SPEAKER_01: Phineas came up with like. SPEAKER_01: The first line being. SPEAKER_01: Don’t have to guess. SPEAKER_01: The color of your underwear. SPEAKER_01: And then I was like. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Period. SPEAKER_01: And then we both just sat there. SPEAKER_01: Twiddling our thumbs. SPEAKER_01: Writing. SPEAKER_01: And then. SPEAKER_01: Wrote that verse. SPEAKER_01: Sent it back. SPEAKER_01: She sent something back. SPEAKER_01: For her. SPEAKER_01: I sent something back. SPEAKER_01: For her. SPEAKER_01: And then. SPEAKER_01: We literally shot a video. SPEAKER_01: Like. SPEAKER_01: Two days later. SPEAKER_01: And then. SPEAKER_01: The video got edited. SPEAKER_01: The next day. SPEAKER_01: And it came out. SPEAKER_01: Like. SPEAKER_01: The next day. SPEAKER_01: It was the craziest. SPEAKER_01: Fastest. SPEAKER_01: Like. SPEAKER_01: That is the dream. SPEAKER_01: That is the fucking dream.
SPEAKER_00: It’s a picture of me. SPEAKER_00: And Charlie XCX. SPEAKER_00: And it has. SPEAKER_00: 69,608 likes.
SPEAKER_01: Oh my god. SPEAKER_01: So cute. SPEAKER_01: So innocent. SPEAKER_01: And just excited about everything. SPEAKER_01: Wow. SPEAKER_01: That’s so funny. SPEAKER_01: Full circle. SPEAKER_01: Huh? SPEAKER_01: Any person that I have ever been around. SPEAKER_01: I’m dating. SPEAKER_01: It’s so crazy. SPEAKER_01: Literally any man that I am near. SPEAKER_01: It’s like. SPEAKER_01: That’s. SPEAKER_01: That’s Billie’s boyfriend. SPEAKER_01: And that’s the person she’s dating. SPEAKER_01: It’s crazy. SPEAKER_01: And then it’s weird. SPEAKER_01: Because. SPEAKER_01: I’m like. SPEAKER_01: Actually photographed more. SPEAKER_01: With women. SPEAKER_01: And way. SPEAKER_01: Way more incriminating photos. SPEAKER_01: Of me with women. SPEAKER_01: Than men. SPEAKER_01: And they’re like. SPEAKER_01: Billie and her best friend. SPEAKER_01: It’s really funny. SPEAKER_01: It’s so weird.
SPEAKER_01: I’ll see you next time. SPEAKER_01: And the time after that. SPEAKER_01: And the time after that. SPEAKER_01: Tell I’m an old lady. SPEAKER_00: Speaking of old ladies. SPEAKER_00: Mom. SPEAKER_00: This is my mom. SPEAKER_00: She is sick as a booty. SPEAKER_02: I don’t mind. SPEAKER_02: I can stay here that long. SPEAKER_02: I love you. SPEAKER_02: I love you too. SPEAKER_00: Hello baby. SPEAKER_00: His grandma. SPEAKER_00: I love you Billy. SPEAKER_00: Mommy. SPEAKER_00: Come Heather. SPEAKER_00: Hi. SPEAKER_00: I love you so much. SPEAKER_00: I love you very much. SPEAKER_00: Mother. SPEAKER_00: Join me again. SPEAKER_02: That was a lot. SPEAKER_00: New hair. SPEAKER_00: Hi. SPEAKER_00: Hi. SPEAKER_00: She’s back. SPEAKER_00: We’re back. SPEAKER_00: Hi mom. SPEAKER_00: Hi precious. SPEAKER_00: Isn’t she so pretty. SPEAKER_00: I love you. SPEAKER_01: I love you so much. SPEAKER_01: I love you so much. SPEAKER_01: I love you so much. SPEAKER_01: You’re sweet.
SPEAKER_01: Seven years to the day mom. SPEAKER_01: Oh my gosh. SPEAKER_01: And we were in New York. SPEAKER_01: Remember? SPEAKER_02: Oh my gosh. SPEAKER_01: On the first one. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_02: That was crazy. SPEAKER_02: We never knew what was going to happen with it. SPEAKER_01: I know.
SPEAKER_01: I just was saying it. SPEAKER_01: She’s the one that helps me. SPEAKER_01: Have a brain and. SPEAKER_01: You know. SPEAKER_01: Use my platform for good and. SPEAKER_02: No. SPEAKER_01: Do all the things I need to do. SPEAKER_02: Yes.
SPEAKER_02: I hope you have a very busy year. SPEAKER_02: What? SPEAKER_02: What? SPEAKER_02: With your album comes out and you have so much fun and you have such a fun year making videos and playing pickleball and cooking and not jumping off of things.
SPEAKER_01: Dude I’m going to be. SPEAKER_01: You just have to accept I’m going to jump off stuff.
SPEAKER_01: And you stay healthy. SPEAKER_01: I’ve been cooking. SPEAKER_01: You have been cooking. SPEAKER_02: I’ve actually been cooking. SPEAKER_01: I’ve been reading. SPEAKER_02: Good friends and you take good care of yourself and you laugh so much and you have so much fun and I love seeing it.
SPEAKER_01: Love it. SPEAKER_01: I love you. SPEAKER_01: Look. SPEAKER_01: Oh my gosh. SPEAKER_01: Off to MSG. SPEAKER_01: We go. SPEAKER_01: Mwah. SPEAKER_01: Muah. SPEAKER_01: Huh huh huh huh huh. SPEAKER_01: Look me out.
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