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Billie Eilish

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Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell is born in Los Angeles in 2001 into a family of artists. School happens at home, but music is everywhere: together with her older brother Finneas she records her songs in her bedroom. It is there, in that home bedroom, that she creates the song "Ocean Eyes" in 2015 and, aged 13, uploads it to the internet: where it goes viral overnight. What follows is one of the most unusual rises in pop history. Billie's music is whispered, dark and intimate, far from glossy mainstream pop. In 2019 her debut album 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' appears, with the global hit "Bad Guy". At the 2020 Grammys she sweeps all four main categories: the youngest artist ever to do so. Visually, too, Eilish breaks with expectations: at first she deliberately wears baggy, oversized clothes so as not to be reduced to her body: a much-noted statement against the pressure on young women in pop. She speaks openly about mental health, Tourette syndrome and her experience of fame. Still only in her early twenties, Billie Eilish has already won two Oscars for film songs (including the title song of the James Bond film 'No Time to Die') and is one of the defining voices of her generation. She stands for a new kind of pop star: quiet, vulnerable and at the same time radically independent.

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With which song was Billie Eilish discovered as a teenager?

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Ocean Eyes

She was only 13 when the song went viral.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? Eilish uploaded β€œOcean Eyes” to SoundCloud at 13 just for her dance teacher: overnight the song went viral.

With whom does Billie Eilish record her music?

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her brother Finneas

Almost all her songs are made with her older brother Finneas in his childhood bedroom, with no big studio at all.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? Many of her early songs were made in her family home's bedroom.

What is the name of Billie Eilish's 2019 breakthrough global hit?

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Bad Guy

It is from the debut album 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?'.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? β€žBad Guyβ€œ in 2019 even knocked a weeks-long number-one hit by Lil Nas X off the top.

Which record did Eilish set in 2020 at the most important US music awards?

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all four main Grammy categories (youngest ever)

At 18 in 2020 Eilish became the youngest person to win all four main Grammys (album, song, record and best new artist) in one year.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? These include Album of the Year and Record of the Year.

How does Billie Eilish's music sound compared to mainstream pop?

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dark and intimate (whispered pop)

Her sound is seen as a deliberate counterpoint to glossy mainstream pop.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? Instead of loud radio hits, Eilish relies on whispered vocals, silence and dark sounds: a new sound for a generation.

Why did Eilish deliberately wear baggy, oversized clothes at first?

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so as not to be reduced to her body

Eilish deliberately wore baggy clothes so no one could judge her body or reduce her to it.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? It was seen as a much-noted statement against the pressure on young women in pop.

For which film song did Eilish win one of her Oscars?

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No Time to Die (James Bond)

She has already won two Oscars for film songs.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? For the James Bond theme β€žNo Time to Dieβ€œ Eilish won an Oscar and later a second for β€žWhat Was I Made For?β€œ

Where is Billie Eilish from?

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Los Angeles

She was home-schooled and grew up surrounded by music.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? Eilish grew up in an artistic family in Los Angeles and was homeschooled.

Billie Eilish

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Which singer is shown here?

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Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish (b. 2001) is an American singer who became a global star as a teenager with her dark, intimate pop.

πŸ’‘ Did you know? At the 2020 Grammys, aged just 18, Eilish swept all four main categories as the youngest artist ever.

In which year was Billie Eilish born?

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2001

Born: 18 December 2001 in Los Angeles

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