Billie Eilish opens up about surreal stardom at the tender age of 18: ‘People put on a green and black wig and pretend to be me’
While maintaining her rock star attitude for Dazed magazine’s World, Interrupted issue, Billie Eilish stripped down her eccentricities for the cover.
The 18-year-old Bad Guy hitmaker’s piercing blue eyes, which were shot by filmmaker Harmony Korine, stared soulfully into the camera.
For the second version of the April cover released on Thursday, the four-time Grammy winner sported her signature green rooted brown tresses behind a massive black garment.
Ocean Eyes: Billie Eilish stripped down her eccentricities for an additional cover for Dazed magazine’s World, Interrupted issue, shot by filmmaker Harmony Korine
‘People put on a green and black wig on and go out in public and pretend to be me,’ the LA native told the outlet, which will be be distributing the issue digitally for free to help connect people through this collective crisis.
The print issue, which features a double-sized poster of the singer in a pajama-inspired version of her quintessential baggy silhouette, featured that quote, which is under a picture of her in front of a white limo.
Last week, the publication released the first look of Ocean Eyes songstress on an additional cover in the back on a limo, which will be available virtually on April 9 and hits newsstands on April 16.
‘People put on a green and black wig on and go out in public and pretend to be me,’ she told the outlet, which will be be distributing the issue digitally for free during the pandemic
‘Making this issue of Dazed free and available for everybody to access, wherever they are in the world, is a gift to all of our readers who are facing a whole new kind of present in the wake of this crisis,’ said Isabella Burley, editor-in-chief of Dazed.
Eilish is one of many artists that had to cancel upcoming performances in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
On March 13, the singer updated fans on Twitter that the Where Do We Go? tour in North American would be ‘postponed until further notice.’
At-home performance: Despite her thwarted tour plans, she shared her tremendous talent with a special performance on Homefest: James Corden’s Late Late Show Special this week
”I’m so sad to do this, but we need to postpone these dates to keep everyone safe,’ she wrote.
Despite her thwarted tour plans, the performer shared her talent with a special performance on Homefest: James Corden’s Late Late Show Special this week.
Billie, who advised viewers to ‘pretend it’s Christmas vacation’ by playing games and enjoy life, sat at a piano, and sang Everything I Wanted, accompanied by brother Finneas, 22, who produced the song.
The accomplished siblings also shared that they’ve been watching a lot of TV, including the 2008 Jim Carrey movie Yes Man, the Netflix show Love is Blind, Hulu’s Hillary Clinton documentary Hillary and BBC Three’s Fleaba.
Quarantining together: The accomplished siblings said they had been watching a lot of TV, including the 2008 Jim Carrey movie Yes Man, the Netflix show Love is Blind, Hulu’s Hillary Clinton documentary Hillary, and BBC Three’s Fleabag