When two proficient indie musicians like Billie Eilish and Lana Del Rey stroll right into a room, magic occurs. The 2 sat down for a dialog with Interview journal, the place Eilish interviewed Del Rey about her upcoming album and the 2 shared tales about fame from two totally different generations.
“I knew for months earlier than I received my first iPhone that [my lock screen] was going to be that f*cking photograph of you with the bee in your lip,” Eilish stated about Del Rey whereas fangirling, additionally explaining that she lined Del Rey’s tune “Brooklyn Child” on the final college expertise present she carried out in earlier than she received well-known. Regardless of the 16-year age hole between Eilish, 21, and Del Rey, 37, the admiration is mutual.
“I keep in mind seeing the primary movies of you singing and I stated to my managers, ‘She’s the one,'” Del Rey advised the “Happier Than Ever” singer, earlier than teasing a observe off her upcoming album, set to launch March 10. “I used to be like, ‘That is the woman. She is not simply proficient. You may inform she’s type.’ It did not really feel such as you had been aspiring to be something. It is loopy to have that magical high quality.”
This stage of authenticity was a typical thread between the 2 musicians, who’ve prioritized being themselves from the very starting of their careers. However in carving out their very own style of music, which Eilish claims Del Rey paved for her, getting canceled or shopping for an excessive amount of into public notion have been issues for each artists.
“I do really feel like one incorrect step might spoil every little thing.”
“I keep in mind speaking to pals at the moment the place they had been like, ‘Are you afraid to make one misstep?’ I used to be like, ‘Yeah, I do really feel like one incorrect step might spoil every little thing,'” Del Rey stated. “That is why I used to be very tentative and did not speak an excessive amount of.” The “Summertime Disappointment” singer says the fast-paced information cycle of at this time has eased her worries in regards to the public’s notion, as a result of she is aware of “there’s all the time the following factor.”
Eilish, then again, admitted to nonetheless scuffling with cancel tradition. “They do not ever let something go. You actually cannot make a single mistake ever,” she stated. “It doesn’t matter what you do to redeem your self, it would not matter. They resolve that is who you might be and that you simply deserve dying.”
The 2 mentioned the jarring influence of social media and the way Eilish fortuitously has an amazing help system — together with Finneas, her brother and collaborator, and Jesse Rutherford, her boyfriend. The 2 agreed that whereas the web could be a darkish place, it is from actuality. “It is best to know that any time you ever felt like every a part of the world was towards you, no one else thought that. As a result of I discover myself considering all people hates me when actually, that is such a tiny sliver of actuality,” Eilish stated.
