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Interesting facts about Billie Eilish: Billie Eilish, a pop idol aged twenty-two, has taken the music industry by storm with her peculiar style, dominant melodies and relatable lyrics. Since her debut album to her classic fashion choices, she is one of the most influential and celebrated A-listers of our day. Below are 31 amazing things you should know about this young superstar:
- The full name of Billie Eilish is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell. She almost had a first name like that as well because when she was pregnant their mother’s four-year-old brother began calling Billy “Pirate” during his pirate phase.
- Eilish was born on December 18, 2001 in Los Angeles, California. Her parents are Maggie Baird and Patrick O’Connell who both work in entertainment business.
- Billie Eilish was homeschooled, which led her towards an interest for writing songs. She followed the footsteps of her elder brother Finneas; now a successful musician himself who has been collaborating with Eilish ever since.
- Eilish started writing songs at the age of 11. The initial song “Ocean Eyes” came out on SoundCloud in 2016 via Finneas’ assistance and henceforth became RIAA certified platinum with a peak position of number eighty-four on Billboard Hot 100.
- Billie Eilish has songs on both seasons of the “13 Reasons Why” soundtrack Season one has “Bored” by Billie while season two features “Lovely,” a collaboration between her and Khalid.
- Finneas is responsible for co-writing most of Elish’s songs, he also helps produce them as well as perform live shows together with his sister.
- Eilish has named Lana Del Rey as one of her major musical influences, among others including The Beatles, Avril Lavigne, and Justin Bieber.
- Billie Eilish opts to put on oversized attire in order to ward off body shamers. She also takes inspiration from Tyler the Creator.
- Eilish has been vegan since around 2014. Billie O’Connell’s brother and mother are both songwriters, while her father plays the piano and ukulele too.
- Billie Eilish’s favorite TV show is “The Office,” and she even used samples from one of the episodes in her song “My Strange Addiction.” They say she has watched it 12 times so far.
- At eleven years old, Eilish was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome; subsequently she has revealed a lot about how she suffers from this condition.
- Billie Eilish says that she never smiles in photographs because it makes her feel “weak and powerless”.
- Within a year, Eilish progressed from performing for a crowd of five hundred people at sixteen years old to playing for an audience of forty thousand people.
- Billie Eilish asks for almost full control over everything related to her look, music, videos and social media –she would rather die than let someone else take over just to make things easier.
- Despite having more than twelve million followers on Instagram; however, Billie is rather hesitant about social media calling it dangerous when used improperly.
- Billie Eilish became the youngest individual and first lady to have ever win the four biggest Grammy Awards consisting of best new artist, record of the year and song of the year (both for “Bad Guy”), as well as album of the year (for “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”) in one night.
- Eilish’s first tour was called “Don’t Smile at Me” which she began in 2017. The album’s title was literally a warning that Billie does not like being smiled at and she feels obliged to smile back.
- Billie Eilish’s Instagram handle @wherearetheavocados was made due to a grilled cheese sandwich she once made when she was ten years old but forgot to add avocado.
- Eilish’s first real composition is about an apocalypse inspired by “The Walking Dead,” named “Fingers Crossed”.
- In 2016 her bone and hip muscle got separated while dancing with seniors in her dance class, making her bone pop out.
- Eilish has never used drugs or smoked in her life.
- Billie Eilish is the very first person born during 2000s to have a number one album on their debut release week.
- As a horror fan some of Billie’s favorite films are The Babadook, American Horror Story, and The Walking Dead among other things.
- A black-eyed picture of herself with black tears running down it was drawn by one of Eilish’s fans; she loved it so much that she gave it to her director who drew inspiration from it for a music video which eventually became “When the Party’s Over”
- But Billie still sees herself as just Billie even though there are so many people who rely on her to make music out there in the world, she says that she knows it’s a responsibility and won’t let it change who she is.
- Growing up in Highland Park, California has also been an experience of questioning if we were safe due to the level of crime within our estate, even one time our neighbors were arrested by the FBI for money laundering.
- The second studio album Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish was released in 2021 which featured confessional songs, with some addressing the pitfalls of her being a celebrity.
- Three original songs written by Finneas and Eilish were made for the soundtrack of animated film “Turning Red” in 2022.
- In 2023, Eilish combined forces with Labrinth (rapper and singer-songwriter) on a ballad called “Never Felt So Alone”.
- Finneas and Eilish recorded their single “What Was I Made For?” for Barbie (2023). It won song of the year at the Grammy Awards in 2024 as well as Golden Globe for best original song but was nominated for Academy Award for best song too.