Billie Eilish

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**Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell** (born December 18, 2001), known as **Billie Eilish**, is an American singer, songwriter and producer. She became a breakout star at only 14 with her single "Ocean Eyes". Her debut EP *Don't Smile at Me* was released in 2017, and her debut album *When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?* was released in 2019. She writes and produces her music with her brother Finneas.

Her latest album *Happier Than Ever* was released in 2021.

## Billie about Aurora

Eilish has noted watching Aurora's music video for "Runaway" as an inspiration to become an artist herself.

> I grew up on so many, so many artists, but I feel like the moment... Actually I was like sitting on my bed, and I was like 12, and I had already started writing music, I just did it for no reason, kind of random, I have a lot of things I need to say, and I did not know how to say them. But I remember sitting on my bed when I was like 12 or 11 [ed: at least 13], and just like surfing YouTube as you do, and there was this little video and it was called 'Runaway' by Aurora, and I had no idea who that was, and I had no idea what the song was, but the thumbnail looked cool, so I clicked on it. And I remember just sitting there and the intro played, and I just was like: 'Oh! That's what I wanna do', and then it just like, immediately I was just like in love with that whole idea."
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## Aurora about Billie

With Billie Eilish a major star herself and crediting Aurora as an inspiration, press inevitably brought it up in interviews with Aurora. One of Aurora's responses:

> "I think Billie Eilish said that Runaway really inspired her to do music herself, and I think that's amazing cause then Runaway has served the purpose music should serve. I don't like when people say that: 'Runaway made her make music, so it's the song that did everything' Because it did NOTHING compared to... like she and her brother... they have done everything. It's just a tiny seed and they are the flower."
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In another interview, Aurora mentioned that she had purchased Eilish's debut album *When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?* before hearing it and stated that she liked Finneas' production, describing it as "lo-fi, but mixed by someone really good".

## Trivia

* Eilish and Aurora have met on two occasions and are both fans of each other's work.
* In October 2020, Aurora challenged Eilish (as well as Norwegian artist Sigrid) to perform for volunteers cleaning plastic off of beaches as part of the *Clean Sound Movement*.
* Billie recorded a video for Norwegian awards show NRK *P3 Gull* to congratulate Aurora with winning the P3 award 2022.

## References

1. ↑ https://smarturl.it/billiealbum
2. ↑ https://billieeilish.lnk.to/HappierThanEver
3. ↑ https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/05/billie-eilish-the-young-upstart-with-co-signs-from-lorde-and-halsey
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9tyECALPps&t=133s
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P\_-aEdRG95I&t=643s
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD4kEMuuji4&t=507s
7. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/iamAURORA/videos/388239492543820/?t=6
8. ↑ https://tv.nrk.no/serie/p3-gull/2022/MYNG22500022/avspiller#t=1t9m59s
9. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/reel/Clv6m1MqNOY/