I just wanted to be doing teenager s-,” says Eilish, who was 16 when she toured her four-times platinum debut album, “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” She grew depressed, and her body didn’t react well to the stress she was constantly coming down with laryngitis or developing fevers.
I hated the internet having a bunch of eyes on me. Which isn’t surprising, because the music industry didn’t see her coming either - a teenager with such a distinctive look and sound that mass appeal was in no way inevitable. But she felt ill-equipped to deal with the sudden onslaught of attention. After her debut single, “ Ocean Eyes,” became a viral hit on SoundCloud in 2015, she signed with Darkroom Records and landed a deal with Interscope. There was a moment not too long ago, admits the 19-year-old, when she was truly miserable. Is this what fame has done to Eilish? Taken the air out of the lungs of the wunderkind from Highland Park? Stripped her of her Rainbow Brite hair colors and oversize tees and turned her into a blond pin-up? “Happier Than Ever,” read the words above her face. Her eyes are blue and empty, staring vacantly into the distance. The lone teardrop isn’t obvious at first, shiny enough that it could just be part of her glittery makeup.
Billie Eilish is crying on the cover of her new album.
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