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Hey everybody look at that. Hey everybody look at that.
Her new album is 'Hit Me Hard and Soft.' Her new album is 'Hit Me Hard and Soft.'
We're back here
with
Billy Eilish.
We're back here with Billy Eilish.
You recently told Rolling Stone that You recently told Rolling Stone that
I feel
like
this album is me. It's not a character.'
I feel like this album is me. It's not a
character
.'
What kind
of
character do you
What kind of
character
do you
think you were portraying
up
till now?
think you were
portraying
up till now?
Oo, um, honestly, I think that you know Oo, um, honestly, I think that you know
because, I, I had all my first moments and because, I, I had all my first moments and
I put all my stuff out when I was
like
a
I put all my stuff out when I was like a
very young teenager and very young teenager and
I think
for
a while I had this feeling that I was
like
I think for a while I had this feeling that I was like
very thought
of
as
one thing and I felt..
very thought of as one thing and I felt..
I felt
like
I really didn't
I felt like I really didn't
have room
to
do anything
but
the thing
have room to do anything but the thing
that people thought that I did. that people thought that I did.
And so, I think
with
'Happier Than Ever', which is
And so, I think with 'Happier Than Ever', which is
the last album that I put out, the last album that I
put out
,
it was almost
like
a reaction
of
like
a..
it was almost like a reaction of like a..
'You can't tell me what
to
do' you know, I was
'You can't tell me what to do' you know, I was
like
I'm going
to
do whatever I want
to
do
like I'm going to do whatever I want to do
and here it is and I think I may have and here it is and I think I may have
gone a little
like
, I
like
.. I was
like
..
gone a little like, I like.. I was like..
went really wanted
to
prove a point.
went really wanted to
prove a point
.
So I think I went so far
but
that's kind
of
So I think I went so far but that's kind of
what needed
to
do. I kind
of
needed
to
what needed to do. I kind of needed to
like
play this whole thing
of
like
I'm
like play this whole thing of like I'm
not what you think I am and whatever and not what you think I am and whatever and
I think that I thought at the time that I think that I thought at the time that
it was that it was very me and I it was that it was very me and I
realised in hindsight I was
like
..
realised in
hindsight
I was like..
I was just trying
to
be seen and.. and express myself
I was just trying to be seen and.. and express myself
and and and show that.. I .. and and and show that.. I ..
That people can be multifaceted and That people can be multifaceted and
I am one
of
those people and um I think that
with
I am one of those people and um I think that with
'Hit Me Hard and Soft' it's
like
the most,
'Hit Me Hard and Soft' it's like the most,
the.. the first time
since
I've been an
the.. the first time since I've been an
adult and maybe ever in my kind
of
adult and maybe ever in my kind of
creative life that it's been... creative life that it's been...
It's the most ... it's truly is the most
like
genuine
It's the most ... it's truly is the most like genuine
thing I've ever made. It feels very, very me. thing I've ever made. It feels very, very me.
It feels
like
all
of
the music is exactly who I am.
It feels like all of the music is exactly who I am.
All the visuals are All the
visuals
are
exactly who I am exactly who I am
and that's honestly terrifying and that's honestly terrifying
and that's why I'm literally shaking right now. and that's why I'm literally
shaking
right now.
Well, that that's cuz, requires vulnerability. Well, that that's cuz, requires
vulnerability
.
Right. Right.
and a character is protective. and a
character
is
protective
.
Yes Yes
It's a mask. It's a mask.
Yes. Yes.
Um ... you joined Lana Del Rey
at
Coachella.
Um ... you joined Lana Del Rey at Coachella.
I did! I did!
There you go. There you go.
There's Lana Del Rey
at
Coachella last month.
There's Lana Del Rey at Coachella last month.
And .. uh ... brilliant artist and .. uh ... And .. uh ... brilliant artist and .. uh ...
she introduced you
as
quote: "the voice
of
our generation".
she introduced you as quote: "the voice of our generation".
No pressure. No pressure.
Right! Right!
Well how is it
to
have
Well how is it to have
an artist that you admire you know describe you that way. an artist that you
admire
you know describe you that way.
I mean it's it's ridiculous I mean it's it's ridiculous
because it's
like
she's my the voice
of
because it's like she's my the voice of
my generation it feels
like
and
my generation it feels like and
I mean..she's the really
like
one
of
the main
I mean..she's the really like one of the main
top three reasons that I am the top three reasons that I am the
person that I am and the artist that I person that I am and the artist that I
am and that I even started making music am and that I even started making music
in
the first place and
in the first place and
it was crazy
to
hear her say that.
it was crazy to hear her say that.
I love her so much. I love her so much.
Your, your, your vocal style has had an Your, your, your vocal style has had an
influence
on
a lot
of
other artists and
influence
on a lot of other artists and
I'm, I'm just curious who were the people I'm, I'm just curious who were the people
that influenced your style because I hear... that influenced your style because I hear...
I'm going
to
go ahead I'm not gonna..
I'm going to go ahead I'm not gonna..
I hear a lot
of
people
but
go ahead. Who do you..?
I hear a lot of people but go ahead. Who do you..?
I would love
to
hear what you hear.
I would love to hear what you hear.
I hear Chet Baker. I hear Chet Baker.
Dude!
Dude
!
Well I was just I was.. was literally going
to
say it.
Well I was just I was.. was literally going to say it.
I mean Lana was a big one. I mean Lana was a big one.
Marina and the Diamonds was a big one. Marina and the Diamonds was a big one.
But, um I love singing it's, it's, literally But, um I love singing it's, it's, literally
like
obviously
but
no it's
like
truly
like obviously but no it's like truly
the thing I love most in the entire the thing I love most in the entire
world I love
to
sing so much and I
world I love to sing so much and I
always have and singers was my **** I mean always have and singers was my **** I mean
that's all I mean I I think one
of
my
that's all I mean I I think one of my
favorite singers in the world is
like
Ella
favorite singers in the world is like Ella
Fitzgerald. I love Ella Fitzgerald. I love Fitzgerald. I love Ella Fitzgerald. I love
Julie London and Johnny Mathis and Julie London and Johnny Mathis and
Harry Bellafonte, Sarah Vaughn, Chet Baker I know Harry Bellafonte, Sarah Vaughn, Chet Baker I know
I'm
like
I I'm I'm really that's the
I'm like I I'm I'm really that's the
kind
of
the vocalist that I've always
kind of the
vocalist
that I've always
been really drawn
to
and very inspired
been really drawn to and very inspired
by
and I feel
like
I don't know.
by and I feel like I don't know.
I feel
like
we're lacking
like
vocals.
I feel like we're
lacking
like vocals.
You know what I'm saying and I You know what I'm saying and I
don't know I love I love I don't know don't know I love I love I don't know
what the **** I'm saying you guys. what the **** I'm saying you guys.
Well, not every ... uh ... vocalist has a recognizable style Well, not every ... uh ...
vocalist
has a recognizable style
as
soon
as
you hear them and I you
as soon as you hear them and I you
know you know Billy Eiliish when you hear her. know you know Billy Eiliish when you hear her.
Was that a was that was that the Was that a was that was that the
product
of
your love
for
these other
product of your love for these other
artists just coming out
through
you or choice?
artists just coming out through you or choice?
I think that at first cuz you I think that at first cuz you
know I started recording when I was 13... know I started recording when I was 13...
And it you you got
to
take time
to
And it you you got to take time to
get
to
know yourself so I think that I
get to know yourself so I think that I
think
at
first it was I was singing the
think at first it was I was singing the
way that I knew how
to
sing and the way
way that I knew how to sing and the way
that I felt
like
it sounded good and
that I felt like it sounded good and
with
inspiration
of
my
from
my favorite
with inspiration of my from my favorite
singers and songs and artists and singers and songs and artists and
I think
over
time I learned who I was and
I think over time I learned who I was and
how I actually wanted
to
sound and what
how I actually wanted to sound and what
was genuine and that's why I think it's was genuine and that's why I think it's
really important that people are more really important that people are more
forgiving
forgiving
of
"inspiration" because I think that that
of "inspiration" because I think that that
we live
in
a world where
like
everyone
we live in a world where like everyone
wants
to
have everything be perfectly
wants to have everything be perfectly
original and no one's ever done it ever original and no one's ever done it ever
in
their lives and
like
absolutely you
in their lives and like absolutely you
don't want
to
copy anyone
but
you have.
don't want to copy anyone but you have.
to
let yourself be inspired and I think
to let yourself be inspired and I think
that when anybody ever
like
..
that when anybody ever like ..
when I hear a song or I see an artist do something when I hear a song or I see an artist do something
or somebody whatever some younger artist or somebody whatever some younger artist
comes out and they have a song that comes out and they have a song that
sounds
like
mine or their voice sounds
sounds like mine or their voice sounds
like
mine people are
like
and I'm just
like mine people are like and I'm just
kind
of
like
dude let them.
kind of like dude let them.
It's okay. It's okay.
Like let them figure it out. Like let them
figure it out
.
They're inspired and it's inspiration is going They're inspired and it's inspiration is going
to turn
into
more inspiration is going
to turn into more inspiration is going
to turn
into
more inspiration and I
to turn into more inspiration and I
think that that's you got
to
let yourself do that
think that that's you got to let yourself do that
Have you thought
about
Have you thought about
doing
like
an album
of
standards?
doing like an album of
standards
?
Yeah, yeah I would love
to
do.
Yeah, yeah I would love to do.
I would love you
to
do that. I would love
to
do that, Stephen.
I would love you to do that. I would love to do that, Stephen.
And if you need if you need And if you need if you need
anyone
to
do a duet
with
you just just
anyone to do a
duet
with you just just
give me a call, just give me a call. give me a call, just give me a call.
We have
to
take another break don't go away.
We have to take another break don't go away.
We'll be right back
with
more Billy Eilish everybody
We'll be right back with more Billy Eilish everybody
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