Billie Eilish On Body Shaming And Her Style Evolution

Billie Eilish has by no means shied away from difficult problematic physique picture requirements.

Speaking to Vogue about her newest perfume, Billie No. 2, the 21-year-old singer/songwriter opened up about her personal physique picture and embracing femininity.

“I spent most of my life being very masculine and boyish, and I kind of recently, in the last couple of years, was kind of like, ‘You know what, I’m allowed to be whatever I want to be when I want to be it,’” she stated.

“I don’t have to all the time show to everybody that I’m a tomboy. Like, that’s what I’m, however I additionally am this sort of lady. I’m additionally female, and I’m additionally attractive, and I’m additionally cute, and I’m additionally similar to, not one of the above, and I’m simply me.”

The “Happier Than Ever” singer shared that she’s striving to embrace her sense of hyper-femininity on her phrases. “I’m trying to be more comfortable wearing makeup, like a lot of makeup,” she added. “Obviously, I wear a little makeup all the time, but it’s just like, big faces of makeup…it’s something that I look up to, and I admire, and for me, I’m just like so scared of it.”

Billie then expressed her multifaceted persona when speaking concerning the time she wore a black, sheer Simone Rocha robe on the 2023 Met Gala. Once the occasion was over, she was fast to alter. “I went back to the hotel and was just like, get this offfff me!” she stated. “I put on big North Face pants, a big zip-up jacket, a backward hat, and some Jordans — and that’s how I feel the best. I feel so powerful like that.”

And it is this versatility inside her picture that has sadly sparked pointless criticism of her look. “Dude, I don’t even know. It’s tough, man,” Billie stated. “Honestly, no person can say something about my physique that I don’t have a stronger opinion about.”

“I also think that if I was younger, like if the internet talked about me the way they do now when I was like 11, I don’t think I would be able to exist, to be honest.”

While she’s embraced her evolving id, Billie admitted that the criticism nonetheless impacts her. “I like myself more than I used to, and I’m more interested in how I feel than how they feel. But then also that might be a load of bullshit because it still hurts my feelings like a sonofabitch.”