Billie Eilish: "Music was never what I really wanted to do"


"I love music so much, but it was never the first thing I thought of doing," admits Billie Eilish.
Billie Eilish talks about the success of her career, remembers her first experiences in the public eye and reveals her goals for the future.

The pop star and her brother and Finneas co-star are pictured in the new issue of Billboard "Managers" with the people who helped them build their careers, managers Danny Rukasin and Brandon Goodman, and talk to the magazine about their incredible journey. .

Asked if she wanted to be involved in music forever, Billie Eilish replied: "I do not really think there is a time when I will stop. I imagine my future and the things I want to achieve and… I do not know, it is difficult "

"I do not know if I should even say that, but music was never what I really wanted to do. I love music so much, but it was never the first thing I thought of doing. "For Finneas, it was really different."

Finneas called his sister "multitasking", to which he replied: "I did many different things."


Finneas then pointed to Billie Eilish's love of fashion and directing, with the 20-year-old singer saying: "Yes, and music was the underlying love that no matter what I did, it was always there, so I guess "Subconsciously it was what I loved most, but I had so many other goals in my life."

"I do not feel that these goals will not be achieved, I feel optimistic about them," he continued.

Last year, I did so many things I dreamed of doing many years ago, simply because I said, 'Oh, I can really do this now,' as if nothing was stopping me. "I do not think about the end of my career, when I will be alone on a ranch", he stressed.

Billie Eilish also shared her thoughts on the idea of ​​a long and healthy career.

"It really is something I think about a lot," he admitted.

"It's really hard to maintain a career over time and the more I exist as Billie Eilish, the more I realize we have to look at it through a different lens. "Because when I was 'hot' or whatever, when you have that first moment of 'boom' everyone looks at you," he explained.

"I feel that this will literally never go away, in all the bad and all the good ways. "In fact, it was John Mayer who said something to Finneas that made me think about it."


Finneas took the floor and described: "We were at an airport in Wisconsin in the summer of 2019 and it was really crazy, all the Transportation Safety staff were filming Billie, like it was a zoo."

As Billie Eilish commented: "Everywhere we went, it was a nightmare."

Finneas continued: "I said, 'Everything is just crazy right now.' And John said, "Oh, Billie is very strong. "It's like seeing an animal on safari."

"And it's scary," said Billie Eilish. "You feel like it will never end, because when you are young, it does not compare to anything else. But it is changing. "It does not last for a really long time, which is very, very good," he said.

"It was interesting to see how the two years went by. I admire much more the people who came before me. When I was 15, 16, 17, I did not think about the things that all artists went through before me to get where they are. "Now I see how hard these people have worked and I note it, I really note it," he explained.

"I do not want to say anything 'I're going to do this or that', but I think it 's amazing when people have great careers," said Billie Eilish.