Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connel, better known
as Billie Eilish is a singer and songwriter from the US. She was born in December 18th 2001
in Los Angeles, US
Her parents, Patrick O'Connel and Maggie Baird
are linked to the world of acting, and have always been
very interested in music. She has an older brother
Finneas with whom she has a very close
relationship, she considers him
her best friend, they were both homeschooled
since their parents thought they could develop more of their
artistic skills this way. With this
Billie started to become insterested in different disciplines
she took dancing and horse riding classes and she joined
the Los Angeles childrens choir when she was eight
her brother also started to experiment with music
writing and producing his first songs until,
in 2015 he wrote the single, Ocean Eyes
for his band The Slightys
but he didn't really like his voice for the song
he asked Billie to sing it and record it
and he was surprised by his sisters talent
who by then was only 14 years old
happy with the result, they decided to upload the song to soundcould just for fun
but they didn't imagine that it would become so popular in so little time
it only took 24 hours for it
to have thousands of reproductions
and the record label didn't take long to offer a contract
when they saw the potential of this young artist
she signed for the label Darkroom
the subsidiary of interscope
and by mid - 2016
she started to release music professionally
she released the single, Six Feet Under
and re-edited and re-released Ocean Eyes
with a promotional video, it gave very good credits
with the in the public, Billie released
her first EPE in august 2017
with the title " Dont Smile At Me "
" Bellyache" " Watch " or " idontwannabeyouanymore "
or as some of her promotional singles
making her more and more successful
it was certified a school by the record industry association of America
after selling more of half a million copies
in march that same year
she published a new song, Bored
which was part of the soundtrack of the Netflix series, 13 reasons why
her music style has been praised for combining
melodic and slow parts with more discordant ones
with a dark look
among her influences, Billie always mentions
the Beatles, Green Day or the singer Avril
Lavigne. Though she admits Hip Hop music
has also influenced her style. Both in music and
in her physical appearance
In fact, she's very interested in fashion and she plans on releasing her own clothesline
bright colors, loose pants and hair with different colors
are part of her personal style. In February 2018
she started
the Where's My Mind Tour which finished two months
later. During summer that same year, she collaborated with
U.S. singer Khalid in the song
Lovely which also became part of the soundtrack of 13 Reasons
Why. That year, she became the youngest
artist in history to be included
in the BBC prestigious list Sound Of
which tries to find the most promising young artists
Billie Eilish is now
preparing the tour presentation of her first studio album
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
which will be published this coming March 29
We have already heard some previews like You Should See
Me In A Crown or When The Party's Over.
Only 17 years old and she has achieved
a lot already. Without a doubt, she
will make it to the top of the hit-list
all around the world
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