20 Billie Eilish Facts You Didn't Know...

Listen, I'm not shaming people for their looks, but I am though. You give an ugly guy a chance, he thinks he rules the world. This is when Tom Holland trolled Zendaya in front of tens of paparazzi. Zendaya tried to get in the car as fast as she could and didn't want any attention. First, Billie has Tourette's Syndrome, but her condition isn't what you actually might think. She was diagnosed with Tourette's when she was just 11, and her tics are quite noticeable. Billie was hiding her tics for years and was always asking the editors to cut them out of the video during the interviews, but one time, everything went absolutely wrong from the very beginning. And sadly, some people in the comments thought Billie was just making faces, when in reality it was her Tourette's tics. But in real life, most of her tics are very subtle, and you'd probably never notice them even if you talked to Billie in person. It was always a very complex topic for Billie, and yet she's happy she was brave enough to share it with her fans. Most importantly, Billie made it clear that Tourette's is a part of her life, but she surely doesn't want it to be the main part of her character. But what if I told you that Billie never grew out of her childhood fears? And while shooting the music video for You Should See Me in a Crown, Billie wasn't actually afraid of spiders crawling on top of her, cause she even put a live spider right in her mouth. Speaking of fears, Billie could easily die while shooting the cover for Hit Me Hard & Soft. The photo was taken in a very deep tank, and Billie was scared to death. For some reason, Billie decided to wear really heavy clothes, and even had some weights attached to her to keep her deeply underwater. And speaking of dangerous shoots, Billie said she will never use a green screen in her music videos, and since then, she does all of the risky stunts by herself. And while filming All the Good Girls Go to Hell, she wore wings that weighted over 70 pounds, and those left her with a lot of bruises on her body. But this isn't the hardest thing Billie had to go through. Her ex-boyfriend, Jesse Rutherford, was an absolute creep. Billie was his fan since she was 11, but they first met when she was 16 and he was 27. After their breakup, Jesse released a very mean song about his relationship with Billie, and he even blamed her for having the daddy issues. Billie responded with the song Wildflower, in which she sneakily mentioned her friend Devin Carlson, who started dating Jesse right after his breakup with Billie. But did you know that Billie Eilish was almost named Pirate? When Billie's brother Finneas was 4 years old, he was obsessed with pirates, and when he knew he was going to have a sister, he started begging his parents to name his sister Pirate. And when Billie's parents were actually about to name her Pirate, Billie's grandfather William suddenly passed away. She was eventually named after him. But Billie's parents still gave her a pirate middle name, so now her full government name is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell. And people know that Billie is a generational artist, but she also holds a plenty of some crazy world records. And first, there is something that might sound impossible for an average person, because Billie fit a ukulele in her mouth not once, but twice. And when she showed this trick on TikTok, everyone in her comments went crazy. Next record is even crazier though, because Billie literally broke the internet when she added a whopping 120 million people as close friends on Instagram. This number is so huge, it's literally every third person in America. But then, Billie Eilish became the first ever person born in the 21st century to get a number one hit on Billboard. And just when you think she couldn't possibly achieve anything more groundbreaking, she made history again by becoming the youngest musician ever to write a James Bond theme song. And I don't think any artist on this planet had so many world records at such a young age. And even though Billie is extremely famous, people know almost nothing about her family. And sometimes, Billie's dad becomes a comedian when he texts her. But what's actually crazy about Billie's family, is that both of her parents actually worked in the entertainment. Her father appeared in Iron Man movie as a journalist in the crowd. But that's nothing compared to Billie's mom, Maggie, who actually voiced Samara, one of the most important characters in Mass Effect 2. But the most wonderful part is how much Billie's parents believed in her talent. They were so committed to her dreams that they decided to homeschool her, just so she could more focus on her music. After Billie became famous and started touring, Billie's mom became her manager, while her dad handled all the technical stuff. And they both traveled with her on tours to make sure she will always feel good. But even such a wonderful family couldn't be perfect. Because one time, Billie's mom wrote a script for her little movie, and Billie wasn't really happy about it. But the funniest part is they actually kicked Billie out of the project and turned her childhood bedroom into the finesse room for the movie. But here's an incredible truth about Billie's childhood that might surprise you. Despite all her success now, Billie actually grew up in Highland Park, one of the toughest neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Living there wasn't easy at all, and the streets were so dangerous that Billie couldn't even go outside after dark. And hearing gunshots was just a regular part of her life. Not to say that her family was extremely poor, but her house was really small, and her family was barely getting any money. The acting careers of Billie's parents weren't really successful, so her dad even had to work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, as a construction worker, simply to feed the family. But the next thing is one of the saddest parts of Billie's entire life. Because in 2018, Billie lost someone who meant everything for her. On June 18th, 2018, XXXTentacion, who was a big friend of Billie, died. Billie and Jossé were having a really close connection, bonding over their unique way of seeing the world. They would spend hours texting each other, talking about how alien they felt in this life. Their connection became so meaningful to Billie that she wrote a special song called 6.18.18 to honor his memory after he died. XX had a pretty controversial life, and some people even tried to tell Billie how to feel about losing him. And this might be the saddest Billie Eilish moment I've ever seen. But when Billie steps into the studio, she takes dedication to a whole another level, and can easily spend thousands of hours working on her music. Recording a single vocal line could take her up to 100 takes for Billie, just to get every single note absolutely perfect. Finneas then carefully takes these takes together, turning them into one flawless track. Billie also records way more songs than she actually releases. People know about dozens of her unreleased tracks that surface online, including an exciting collaboration with Drake called Blind Faith. And we know Billie as one of the best-dressed artists on the planet. But there's one thing about Billie's style that she doesn't really like to talk about. It started back in 2020, when the world couldn't stop talking about her iconic neon green hair. But this wasn't just about looking cool. Billie actually kept that green color longer than any other hair color since she was 13, and there was a serious reason behind it. Because the color became a symbol of stability and a personal growth in her life. Then in 2021, something big happened. Right before dropping Happier Than Ever, Billie shocked everyone by going blonde. But just like her music, Billie's style keeps evolving. And in 2022, she switched to a stunning black. So keeping the same color for long enough means everything for Billie, since she knows her life's going well and her mental health is okay. But one time, thousands of people were bullying Billie Eilish because of her weight. In 2020, the internet showed its ugly side when people started body-shaming Billie over a single photo of her from a bad angle. But Billie proved once again that nothing can bring her down. A year later, she went on a tour that turned out to be one of the most physically demanding tours of her career. This wasn't just any regular performance schedule, because every night included intense choreography and non-stop movement across the massive stage. Billie started working out in May 2022, and what started as tour preparation actually turned into a life-changing journey. So a bad photo and a tour eventually made Billie Eilish become a happier person. But the world actually learned something new about Billie last year. In an interview with Variety, Billie finally opened up about being bisexual and talked a lot about her love with women. Billie even said that she thought it was obvious that she was bisexual, and she was shocked when she realized people still don't know that. Billie's feelings became even more clear in her song Lunch, where Billie was talking about how she can eat some girls for lunch. The best thing about Billie is what truly makes her one of the best artists of our generation, and I'm not talking about her music. During her show in February 2022, something really scary happened. Billie noticed a fan having trouble breathing in the crowd, and she immediately stopped the entire concert. It was a great move from Billie, but things only got worse from this moment. Kanye West suddenly asked Billie to apologize to Travis Scott, claiming she was throwing shade about the Astroworld tragedy. But Billie stayed true to herself and handled the drama perfectly. She said that she's never said anything about Travis and was just helping a fan. Responding to a mean comment by celebrities so classy and saving a fan's life at the same day is the thing only Billie could do. But coming up at number 5, we're gonna go back to where it all began. Because in 2015, Billie's dance teacher asked for a song to choreograph, and little did anyone know, this little homework will later change music industry forever. And my dance teacher was like, I know you like to make songs, like would you want to make like a song and we can like make a dance to it, I don't know, it might be fun. And I was like so excited about that. Billie's brother Finneas wrote Ocean Eyes for his own band, but then realized it would sound perfect with his sister's voice. My brother wrote the song and he wrote it for his band, and then one time he was like, if you want to sing this song because I feel like it would sound better in your voice. They uploaded it to SoundCloud just so her dance teacher could listen to it, but something absolutely incredible happened the same night. It was just like skyrocketing. I was sitting in a Starbucks, Finneas called me and he was like, dude, Ocean Eyes hit a thousand plays. I was like, you're lying. And it was the biggest moment. And I remember standing there and thinking, wow, like this is my moment. Nothing like this is ever going to happen again. And this is my moment. And I'm going to just take it in. And I'm so grateful for this. It's so cool. And then like the next week it was on the radio. And then here we are. Here's where the story gets even more crazy. Right around this time, Billie had to give up dancing because of an injury. But Ocean Eyes became such a massive hit that Billie signed with major record labels and the song went on to sell millions of copies worldwide. Even crazier fact is that Katy Perry had a chance to collaborate on Ocean Eyes before it came out, but turned it down thinking it was just another random artist. And she later admitted this was one of the biggest mistakes of her career. But even superstars like Billie sometimes find themselves in the middle of drama. Why is every pretty girl with a horrible looking man? Listen, I'm not shaming people for their looks, but I am, though. You give an ugly guy a chance, he thinks he rules the world. Being a huge eco activist, Billie doesn't just talk the talk because when she released a merch for her latest album, she proved that amazing music doesn't have to hurt the planet. The vinyl was made from 100% recycled materials. But even such a nice thing somehow started a big drama. On the same day when the album was released, Taylor Swift made an unexpected but very calculated move. Taylor released one of many expanded versions of her Tortured Poets Department album, along with tens of different vinyl variants. Because of this move from Taylor, Hit Me Hard and Soft ended up in second place on the Billboard charts. And obviously, Billie's and Taylor's fanbases started a drama. The whole situation got even crazier when Billie spoke up in a Billboard interview about artists releasing tons of vinyl variants just to boost sales. She called it extremely wasteful, and everyone knew exactly who she was talking about. But sometimes people try to cancel Billie Eilish over the dumbest reasons ever. When Billie first started making music, many people didn't understand why her songs carried such deep emotions. So Billie had to make a response. Needless to say, Billie was receiving tons of hateful comments online when she was just a teenager. While people were calling her emotions fake, she was actually going through the hardest times in her life. During these dark times, one person never stopped believing in Billie. And of course, it was her mom Maggie. Their bond became a literal lifeline, and Billie has been incredibly open about how her mother literally saved her life. When Billie was recording a very sad song, her mom asked her if she's seriously talking about hurting herself, and her voice was trembling in this video. And even seven years later, Billie keeps showing just how much her mom means to her. This powerful mother-daughter connection helped turn Billie's pain into a beautiful art that connects with millions of fans around the world. And Billie is a great performer. But sometimes, her fans can interrupt her shows, and it can go really wrong. Because one day, someone actually threw a bag of Takis right at Billie's face. But instead of getting mad, Billie just started eating them right on stage in the middle of the show. But sometimes, people can even throw their clothes at Billie. And it might seem funny at first, but Billie Eilish has to experience it during all of her shows. And sometimes, she can get tired of getting so many items thrown at her. But at number one, we truly have the most important thing for Billie herself. It all started when Billie and her mom founded a non-profit organization named Support & Feed in 2020. This organization actively fights climate change and helps to feed people in need for over five years now. What began in Los Angeles has now spread to 41 cities worldwide. Billie provides plant-based meals to communities in need, works with local restaurants, and teaches people about sustainable eating. Billie even set up eco-villages at every venue where fans could discover how their everyday choices can help saving the planet. And it wasn't just a concert. It was a chance to make a real change. Billie went from making eco-friendly vinyls to using literal solar power at her concerts. But Billie Eilish didn't stop here. What makes Billie truly special isn't just what she does, it's why she does it. Every time she steps on stage, every song she writes, and every small action she takes, it's all part of her mission. She's not just making music for herself or her fans, she's literally fighting for a better world. Billie knows that being famous comes with a huge power, and she managed to put her power in such wonderful things. So Billie isn't just a regular artist, she's a superhero.