25th April, 2024
American singer Billie Eilish has opened up on her sexuality.
The 22-year-old multiple-Grammy winner said she is attracted to women.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Eilish said the reality of her sexuality dawned on her last year.
The singer spoke about the new era she is about to kick off, and how she’ll promote Hit Me Hard and Soft while prioritizing her mental health, privacy, and well-being.
“That song was actually part of what helped me become who I am, to be real,” Eilish says. “I wrote some of it before even doing anything with a girl, and then wrote the rest after.
“I’ve been in love with girls for my whole life, but I just didn’t understand — until, last year, I realized I wanted my face in a v*gina.
“I was never planning on talking about my sexuality ever, in a million years. It’s really frustrating to me that it came up,” she said.
On March 10, Eilish finds herself onstage at the Dolby Theater, accepting the award for Best Original Song — the same award she won in 2022 for “No Time to Die,” from the last James Bond movie — and becoming the youngest double-Oscar winner in history.
“I had a nightmare about this last night,” she told the crowd. “I just didn’t think this would happen. I wasn’t expecting this. I feel so incredibly lucky and honored.”
Unimaginably surreal moments like this have been happening to Eilish for a while now. At 17, she became a global sensation with When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, the now-classic 2019 debut that exposed her fragile psyche and rawest feelings of insecurity.