Staff Writer Madison Menchaca

Singer, songwriter Billie Eilish age 18 recently won five Grammys. She won Album of the Year, the Song of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Record, and Pop Vocal Album of the Year. She credited her brother with helping inspire her to make her music. In a recent interview with Jimmy Fallon Billie’s brother confirmed that he and Billie were chosen to write a new song for the upcoming James Bond movie.
In Eilish’s songs, she expresses feelings and reflects on relationships. The meaning of “idontwannabeyouanymore” expresses how Eilish feels about herself. Throughout the song, the words are directed towards her. In a video with Genius she states how she feels, “You wanna be me ?”, and “I look over at the mirror, over here. I don’t wanna be you.” Her words also communicate she knows others are trying to help, “As many people can try to help me and talk to me and whatever but it doesn’t change anything.”In the lyrics “was I made from a broken mold” she is referring to when she was a child and she would make candles. When she would take the candles out of there mold it would sometimes break.
In the song “Everything I wanted” Eilish reflects on her relationship with her brother. In an interview with future sounds (with Annie Mac) she says why she wrote the song). She wrote the song because she had a dream that she killed herself and no one cared. But she knew her brother would always be there for her.
In the song “Lovely” ft. Khalid she talks about the feeling of being trapped in one’s mind with overwhelming depression. This song was created to raise awareness about mental health issues. Being teens both artists have dealt with mental health issues. In a video interview with Genius Khalid said, “Me being a teenager and seeing my friends deal with mental health issues and mental health problems myself, you know, I felt like it was necessary for me to step up.” The song was also featured on the 13 reasons why season two soundtrack.
In the song “Xanny”, Billie wrote this song because some of her friends are addicted to drugs. Throughout the song, she expresses how she feels about being around them. The lyrics “what is it about them,” she is trying to understand why her friends aren’t doing anything to quit. She feels as if her friends are unable to interact with one another because they are always surrounded by drugs.
Eilish has been recognized for her style as well, usually wearing oversized baggy clothes. The reason she does this is she doesn’t want people shaming or sexualizing her body. This way no one can have an opinion about her body. She has stated, “I never want the world to know everything about me.”
Billies brother Finneas revealed where he and Billie get their inspiration from in a recent interview with Jimmy Fallon. They get inspiration from random sounds they find. For example Billie recorded a sound of her dentist using a drill to shave down her teeth and put it into her song “Bury a friend”. Another sound they used was the sound the telescopic pole (crosswalk) makes in Australia when it tells them they can cross, they put that sound in “Bad guy”.
Billie Eilish inspires millions of fans around the world.
“I love her because when I first started listening to her I was going through a tough time and then she helped me get over it with her music and I also just fell in love with her unique and one of a kind voice,” freshman Brandon Fine said.