Billie Eilish

And it's like, hey, you produce, right? And you're like, well, not really. And he's like, that's fine. Let's do some stuff. What a huge vote of confidence. And the real truth is like neither of us were good at making music at all. But I suddenly was making stuff with him and we're putting it on SoundCloud and his friends are listening to it and telling me I did a good job at producing it.

And I'm feeling so cool. I sort of say to Billy at some point in the summer of 2015, I'm like, do you want to sing on some stuff? I'll write some stuff for you and you can sing on it.

And I'm feeling so cool. I sort of say to Billy at some point in the summer of 2015, I'm like, do you want to sing on some stuff? I'll write some stuff for you and you can sing on it.

And I'm feeling so cool. I sort of say to Billy at some point in the summer of 2015, I'm like, do you want to sing on some stuff? I'll write some stuff for you and you can sing on it.

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So she starts singing. She's 13. So she's just now at the age where she can maybe even tolerate me saying, do another take of that verse a little more angry or whatever. Right, right. And so we start recording and it's fun. And I'm still got this band and the band is in sort of first stage of crisis. The other guys had finished high school.

So she starts singing. She's 13. So she's just now at the age where she can maybe even tolerate me saying, do another take of that verse a little more angry or whatever. Right, right. And so we start recording and it's fun. And I'm still got this band and the band is in sort of first stage of crisis. The other guys had finished high school.

So she starts singing. She's 13. So she's just now at the age where she can maybe even tolerate me saying, do another take of that verse a little more angry or whatever. Right, right. And so we start recording and it's fun. And I'm still got this band and the band is in sort of first stage of crisis. The other guys had finished high school.

I was homeschooled and I was like, I'm going to die for this.

I was homeschooled and I was like, I'm going to die for this.

I was homeschooled and I was like, I'm going to die for this.

And our drummer, my friend David, who now is also a successful, great music producer, which is awesome, is in the same boat I am. He's like, I'm going to not go to college. Like I'm going to make music. And the other two guys are like, okay, we're going to go to college. College seems pretty cool. Our band sucks.

And our drummer, my friend David, who now is also a successful, great music producer, which is awesome, is in the same boat I am. He's like, I'm going to not go to college. Like I'm going to make music. And the other two guys are like, okay, we're going to go to college. College seems pretty cool. Our band sucks.

And our drummer, my friend David, who now is also a successful, great music producer, which is awesome, is in the same boat I am. He's like, I'm going to not go to college. Like I'm going to make music. And the other two guys are like, okay, we're going to go to college. College seems pretty cool. Our band sucks.

We were not like Green Day. We were not making Dookie at 18. We were making like terrible music. And I write the song Ocean Eyes that I think is like, I appreciate myself sitting there, but it doesn't feel like something for my band. There's a kind of a femininity to it, to me. I hear it and I think I'd rather hear a girl's voice sing this.

We were not like Green Day. We were not making Dookie at 18. We were making like terrible music. And I write the song Ocean Eyes that I think is like, I appreciate myself sitting there, but it doesn't feel like something for my band. There's a kind of a femininity to it, to me. I hear it and I think I'd rather hear a girl's voice sing this.

We were not like Green Day. We were not making Dookie at 18. We were making like terrible music. And I write the song Ocean Eyes that I think is like, I appreciate myself sitting there, but it doesn't feel like something for my band. There's a kind of a femininity to it, to me. I hear it and I think I'd rather hear a girl's voice sing this.

No, the band was like a stupid pop band. I write this kind of sad ballad song. Yeah, yeah. There's not even a place for guitar on this. How am I going to break the news to our guitarist? And so I say to Billie, do you have any interest in singing the song I wrote? And she sang it and I thought it sounded beautiful. And we recorded it and we put it on SoundCloud.