Billie Eilish Gets Real with Lana Del Rey on Coming Out in the Spotlight
In a recent interview with Lana Del Rey for Paper Magazine, Billie Eilish talked about the challenges of growing up in the spotlight. At 22, she reflected on her quick rise to fame starting at 13 with "Ocean Eyes." Eilish discussed her song "Lunch" from her new album "Hit Me Hard and Soft," which helped her explore her sexuality. She shared how writing the song, both before and after her first same-sex experience, was key in discovering who she is. Eilish described the weirdness of personal growth happening so publicly and how everyone knows her business before she can even process it herself.
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00:00In a newly published interview between Lana Del Rey and Billie Eilish, the Lunge singer
00:04got vulnerable talking about growing up in the spotlight.
00:08It's no secret that growing up as a star has its challenges, and Billie Eilish has
00:12had her fair share.
00:14Eilish dropped her newest album, Hit Me Hard & Soft, back on May 17, topping the album
00:19chart in 16 countries and debuting at number two on the Billboard 200.
00:24So it's quite easy to forget that Eilish is only 22 years old and was thrust into the
00:29spotlight with her first hit, Ocean Eyes, at just 13 years old.
00:34One of the most popular songs off of Hit Me Hard & Soft is Lunge, a fun, catchy anthem
00:39about Eilish discovering her sexuality.
00:42In an interview with Rolling Stone back in April, Eilish spoke candidly about how writing
00:46the song helped her in her journey, sharing,
00:48"'That song was actually part of what helped me become who I am, to be real.
00:52I wrote some of it before even doing anything with a girl and then wrote the rest after."
00:57And Eilish just opened up a bit more about actually releasing Lunge and coming out, in
01:02an interview with Lana Del Rey for Paper Magazine, sharing,
01:05"'It's so weird to grow up and change in front of the world.
01:09The craziest part is discovering things about myself and then suddenly everyone else knows.
01:13And I don't even have a second to think about how it makes me feel.'"