Billie Eilish Biography

Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell (December 18, 2001) was born in Los Angeles, United States. American singer-songwriter considered one of the most outstanding artists in 2018. Known as Billie Eilish, she has attracted attention in recent years for her emotional songs in which she introspects and addresses issues such as love relationships, moving away from traditional musical models reflecting the characteristics of the young people of her generation.

 

Her videos have been highlighted by the high conceptual load that they integrate, drawing the attention of the current generation. Due to her overflowing talent, she has become the youngest artist to be included in the SOUND OF 2018 list.

Early life

Daughter of Patrick O’Connell and Maggie Baird, she has as a brother, singer, and songwriter, Finneas O’Connell, recognized for his appearance in the Glee series and some independent films. She was born into a family linked to the world of entertainment, such as acting, composition, directing, and production. Her mother, father, and brother appeared in the independent film, Life Inside Out, which was written by Baird.

 

Her father worked on plays like The West Wing, Iron Man, and Baskets. Growing up in this world, Eilish was influenced from an early age by music, participating at the age of eight in the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus. Through this, she took her first steps in the musical field, standing out for her vocal and beautiful ability intonation, in addition to having a unique tone of voice. During this period, she was attracted to music and began to explore styles, learning on a self-taught basis, which led to the creation of her musical style, also, she began to edit musical projects independently.

 

From the age of eight, she began to move into the music world. While she participated in the children’s choir, she took on the task of finding the style that she wanted and creating her way of presenting herself, improving her vocal technique, and experimenting in editing and songwriting. During these experimental walks, she was supported by her family, who gave her guidelines on song composition, editing, and production, by then her brother was a member of the alternative band, The Slightlys.

Beginnings

In 2015, Eilish and Finneas recorded the song “Ocean Eyes”, a song that they uploaded to the artist’s SoundCloud account; shortly after, the issue went viral, being shared on various social networks. After the success of the song, Eilish, was contacted by Danny Ruckasin, who became the singer’s manager, since then the artist has devoted herself fully to her career. At the end of 2016, she released the video clip of the song Ocean Eyes, in which the singer would appear dancing while interpreting the song. Later, she released the single Six Feet Under, followed by Ocean Eyes, this time with the collaboration of Darkroom and Interscope Records.

Career

In 2017, the EP Ocean Eyes (The Remixes) appeared, which included four versions of Ocean Eyes, in collaboration with artists such as Blackbear, Goldhouse, Astronomyy, and Cautious Clay. In August of the same year, she released her second EP titled, Don’t Smile at Me, under the Interscope Records label; the album consisted of nine songs, among which COPYCAT, party Favor, bellyache, and idontwannabeyouanymore stand out. In the first week after its release, the album was positioned in the music charts, reaching number 97 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.

Throughout 2017, Eilish released numerous singles, including Bored, a track that was part of the Netflix series 13 Reason Why. At the beginning of the following year, the singer announced the realization of her first tour, which was titled Where’s My Mind, throughout this, she visited various countries. The tour ended in August 2018. In this same year, she released the single Lovely, a song in which she collaborated with the famous artist Khalid, followed by, published the vinyl Don’t Smile at Me, in which she included the songs Party Favor and Hotline Bling by Drake, among others. She later released the single Bitches Broken Hearts, followed by You Should See Me in a Crown.

 

The most recent song by Billie was published in October 2018, with the name of when the party’s over, a song that has a video clip on YouTube, which has been reproduced 98,016,873 times. The career of the artist is just beginning, however, she has known how to consolidate and reach the young generation, with which she is deeply connected, her success is the reflection not only of her overflowing talent but of the topics and the good command that this has, of digital language, knowing how to communicate with the current generation, using the same language and inquiring about their problems, likewise, this has been presented honestly with the fans, being sincere and transparent.

 

So far in 2018, Eilish has stood out in the music scene, becoming considered one of the artists with the most potential of the time, at the same time, she is rescued as a leading figure of Psycho Pop. For her talent, she has been included in the list 30 under 30 2019 of Forbes magazine, she was also selected by the group of 170 critics and music experts, to be part of the BBC Sound Of 2018 list which recommends and highlights the most outstanding artists of the year. In the list, Eilish is the youngest artist. At the same time, she has been highlighted by Apple who awarded her the UpNext.