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Billie Eilish: 10 Things That Make The Grammy Award-Winning Singer Special
While still a teenager, US singer Billie Eilish became a pop culture icon while selling several hundred million records — the latest debuting at number one — and setting new standards for up-and-coming pop artists. Not only her music but her fashion and ethics have an enduring influence on young people. On February 3, Eilish kicks off her "Happier Than Ever" world tour (named after the eponymous album that topped the charts in 2021), and along the way will play three summer concerts in Germany.
So what makes Billie Eilish so special? At 20, the multiple Grammy Award-winner is more than an exceptional musical talent.
Here are 10 facts about the world-conquering artist Billie Eilish.
1. She isn't concerned with musical genres
Music was once classified according to genre. But since streaming services like Spotify sort their music by mood in automatically compiled playlists, genres seem outdated. At least, that's how Billie Eilish sees it: "Musical genre is not dead, but it should die," she said in a 2019 interview with German magazine Der Spiegel. She mixes-up pop, trap, emo, alternative, or, as in the song "Billie Bossa Nova," Brazilian beats. And yet you always recognize the Eilish sound due to her trademark whispering vocals, and the often dark and melancholic lyrics that her legions of fans can identify with.
2. She speaks out against body shaming
As a teenager, her trademark baggy clothes became a world fashion trend. Then in 2021, Eilish experimented with her look, showing up on the cover of Vogue in an Alexander McQueen corset. "My body was the initial reason for my depression when I was younger," she told Vogue.
In the past, the singer became the target of online hate comments criticizing her body. In response, she posted a video titled "Not My Responsibility" on YouTube. In it, she strips down garment by garment and criticizes strangers — mostly men — for judging her body without asking: "Though you've never seen my body, you still judge it — and judge me for it. Why make assumptions about people based on their size?"
3. She demands ethical fashion
The vegan singer is committed to animal rights and launched a vegan Air Jordan shoe collection with Nike in 2021. Her own perfume is also vegan. At the Met Gala in September 2021, she wore an extravagant dress by designer brand Oscar de la Renta — on the condition that the brand would remove animal fur from its range in return.
4. Youngest winner in all major Grammy awards
At the Grammy Awards in 2020, Eilish became the youngest person to win in all major categories, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Bad Guy." She was also awarded the Album of the Year for her debut, "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?"
She was the first person to achieve this feat of winning the "big four" awards in one year since US singer-songwriter Christopher Cross did so in 1981.
In the "Album of the Year" category, Billie Eilish is the youngest winner in the history of the award.
5. Gained fame on Soundcloud
She was a trailblazer in demonstrating how to become famous via the internet. In 2015, the then not quite 14-year-old uploaded her song "Ocean Eyes" to the online music service Soundcloud — originally as a song for a dance rehearsal. But then the song was clicked on and shared millions of times. This brought Billie Eilish to the attention of the Interscope Records label, which signed her and her brother Finneas. The rest is history.
6. She produces her songs with her brother Finneas
Finneas O'Connor is not only Billie Eilish's four-year-older brother, but also the producer and co-writer of her songs. The siblings grew up in Los Angeles in a family of artists and were home-schooled. They produced their first songs, including "Ocean Eyes," together in their bedrooms.
7. The youngest artist to perform a James Bond theme song
For Eilish, it was an important milestone when she was commissioned — as the youngest artist ever — to write the theme song for the latest James Bond film, "No Time To Die."
So-called Generation Z might not necessarily flock to James Bond movies, making other musical guest appearances arguably more relevant. For instance, Eilish's song "Bored" was featured on the soundtrack of the teen drama series "Dead Girls Don't Lie." The song "Lo Vas a Olvidar," which she recorded with Spanish singer Rosalia, became the soundtrack of the popular HBO series "Euphoria."
8. Uses Instagram for global reach about urgent topics
Some 100 million people follow Billie Eilish on Instagram. Eilish uses this influence to address issues that are important to her. When African-American George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in 2020, she wrote a post under the #blacklivesmatter hashtag calling on people to address racism and white privilege.
She has also shared on Instagram a link to the documentary "They're Trying To Kill Us," which she co-produced, and which is about — among other things — the connection between racism and food (in)justice.
9. She is open about her Tourette's condition
In 2018, the singer shared on Instagram that she had Tourette's syndrome after videos of her tics had been compiled and uploaded on YouTube. Eilish's tics are physical; verbal tics do not occur. In a 2019 interview with star TV host Ellen DeGeneres, she said: "It's something I've lived with my whole life. I just never said anything about it because I didn't want that to define who I was." She said that when she went public with her diagnosis, she noticed that many fans were also living with Tourette's and it created solidarity.
10. Combining global tour and environmental protection
Billie Eilish is publicly committed to environmental protection. She performed at the Global Citizen Live concert series in September 2021 to raise money for the fight against climate change, poverty and the consequences of the pandemic. She also addresses the climate crisis in her songs, as the music video for "All The Good Girls Go To Hell" demonstrates.
Now, her world tour is also supposed to be climate-friendly, even if this will difficult with all the air travel. Eilish aims to achieve a more sustainable tour, for example, by banning plastic straws and having fans bring their own water bottles to concerts. Environmentally conscious or not, Eilish fans can look forward to seeing the singer live again after a two-year break due to the pandemic.
This article was originally written in German.
Source: DW
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