Billie Eilish

My mom has always written songs. She's never made a penny off of it, but she's always done it. I don't actually fully know the origin of that in her life. I don't know what switch flipped for her that made her start writing songs. Should have asked her before this interview. That was kind of always in our house. She was sitting down at the piano. and singing stuff. And I was like, what is it?

My mom has always written songs. She's never made a penny off of it, but she's always done it. I don't actually fully know the origin of that in her life. I don't know what switch flipped for her that made her start writing songs. Should have asked her before this interview. That was kind of always in our house. She was sitting down at the piano. and singing stuff. And I was like, what is it?

My mom has always written songs. She's never made a penny off of it, but she's always done it. I don't actually fully know the origin of that in her life. I don't know what switch flipped for her that made her start writing songs. Should have asked her before this interview. That was kind of always in our house. She was sitting down at the piano. and singing stuff. And I was like, what is it?

She's like, I'm writing it. So that was real. People write new stuff. And our dad doesn't write at all, but he's a pretty good pianist. And he would sit around and plunk out Beatles songs or play pieces he liked. When I was 12, I started singing in this choir and I immediately was very smitten with this girl in the choir who was 13. I might've even been 11.

She's like, I'm writing it. So that was real. People write new stuff. And our dad doesn't write at all, but he's a pretty good pianist. And he would sit around and plunk out Beatles songs or play pieces he liked. When I was 12, I started singing in this choir and I immediately was very smitten with this girl in the choir who was 13. I might've even been 11.

She's like, I'm writing it. So that was real. People write new stuff. And our dad doesn't write at all, but he's a pretty good pianist. And he would sit around and plunk out Beatles songs or play pieces he liked. When I was 12, I started singing in this choir and I immediately was very smitten with this girl in the choir who was 13. I might've even been 11.

It was never going to happen, but I was hopeful. And I had this fantasy that I would be in the choir rehearsal room before anyone else got there playing a tune wistfully. Yes. And that she'd come in and it would win her over. This was really concocted. I know it well.

It was never going to happen, but I was hopeful. And I had this fantasy that I would be in the choir rehearsal room before anyone else got there playing a tune wistfully. Yes. And that she'd come in and it would win her over. This was really concocted. I know it well.

It was never going to happen, but I was hopeful. And I had this fantasy that I would be in the choir rehearsal room before anyone else got there playing a tune wistfully. Yes. And that she'd come in and it would win her over. This was really concocted. I know it well.

And the only thing in my way was I had to learn. how to sing and play piano.

And the only thing in my way was I had to learn. how to sing and play piano.

And the only thing in my way was I had to learn. how to sing and play piano.

Small. And so I set about doing that. And I asked my dad, like, I want to learn how to play this song. And he said, okay, there's like four chords in it. And he taught me the four chords. And that took like a week to learn just sort of shapes on piano. And then I said, oh, thanks for teaching me that. I want to learn this other song. And he was like, this other song is the same four chords.

Small. And so I set about doing that. And I asked my dad, like, I want to learn how to play this song. And he said, okay, there's like four chords in it. And he taught me the four chords. And that took like a week to learn just sort of shapes on piano. And then I said, oh, thanks for teaching me that. I want to learn this other song. And he was like, this other song is the same four chords.

Small. And so I set about doing that. And I asked my dad, like, I want to learn how to play this song. And he said, okay, there's like four chords in it. And he taught me the four chords. And that took like a week to learn just sort of shapes on piano. And then I said, oh, thanks for teaching me that. I want to learn this other song. And he was like, this other song is the same four chords.

And that completely turned my world upside down. Like the idea that I'd learned all this stuff without trying to learn all this stuff was so thrilling. And pop music is absolutely like that. I don't know if either of you play anything, but there is such commonality in the sort of music underneath the song that if you want to play some song by this artist, you're also learning 600,000 other songs.

And that completely turned my world upside down. Like the idea that I'd learned all this stuff without trying to learn all this stuff was so thrilling. And pop music is absolutely like that. I don't know if either of you play anything, but there is such commonality in the sort of music underneath the song that if you want to play some song by this artist, you're also learning 600,000 other songs.

And that completely turned my world upside down. Like the idea that I'd learned all this stuff without trying to learn all this stuff was so thrilling. And pop music is absolutely like that. I don't know if either of you play anything, but there is such commonality in the sort of music underneath the song that if you want to play some song by this artist, you're also learning 600,000 other songs.

But you have a very strange order of events, which is you have written Ocean Eyes for your own band. Yeah. A couple of things happen. I get Logic Pro, the DAW, which is same as Pro Tools or Ableton or something. A software on my computer to record. Start teaching myself how to do it. Go on YouTube to learn. I have one friend, Frank Dana, who's popular at his school. Huge currency at 17.

But you have a very strange order of events, which is you have written Ocean Eyes for your own band. Yeah. A couple of things happen. I get Logic Pro, the DAW, which is same as Pro Tools or Ableton or something. A software on my computer to record. Start teaching myself how to do it. Go on YouTube to learn. I have one friend, Frank Dana, who's popular at his school. Huge currency at 17.