Billie Eilish compares her music to The Beatles...and Lana Del Rey!
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Billie Eilish recently opened up on how she was initially surprised when people thought her music was "depressing". The 20-year-old singer reportedly believes that she has more in common with The Beatles than "dark" music as she believed that her songs never carried such a vibe.
According to Ace Showbiz, while speaking on the new Audible series 'Origins', the pop sensation said, "It was so weird to me when I was first coming up and, and the thing everybody said was, like, 'Billie Eilish's music is so depressing, and it's so sad, and it's too dark.'"
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Eilish continued, "I was like, 'What are you talking about? Have you listened to The Beatles 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' and 'Yesterday', and Lana Del Rey? Like, what the hell?'"
Eilish notes that her hits like 'Bad Guy', 'Everything I Wanted' and 'Happier Than Ever' are examples of lyrics that are "real." She added, "It was so surprising to me that people thought anything I was creating was dark. I mean, it's real."
Eilish is all set to explore her musical beginnings in 'Origins'. It will also feature singers like Doja Cat, King Princess, Koffee, Mickey Guyton, Flying Lotus, Camilo, and Tobe Nwigwe. All episodes of 'Origins' will be available on Audible from November 17, 2022. The interviews will also feature musical performances.
In a separate interview, the singer-songwriter said she would "rather die" than not become a mother, but she also "dreads" it. The 'Lovely' hitmaker also feels anxious about protecting her future children when they grow up, as it is a "scary" time to be young in America at the moment.'
"[I would] rather die [than not have kids], I need them. The older I get, the more I experience things, I just think, ugh, what am I going to do when my kid thinks that this is the right thing to do and I'm, like, no, it's not! And they won't listen to me," the musician told The Times.
Talking about the Texas shooting, Eilish asked, "Why is it okay to be scared to go to school? You go to school and be prepared for a life-changing traumatic experience or dying. What? Who? Where is the logic there?"
On being asked what gets her excited, she said, "Uh, I'm excited to play games. I love playing games. I'll play games with anybody at any time. Literally anything."
The award-winning star spoke about the process of touring and how it feels. She said, "It's kind of a crazy thing that a human does, touring. It is so unnatural for us as people to have such high highs and such low lows. It feels like a blur. It’s like you're living five different lives at once, bonkers but amazing."
