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    Billie Eilish Knows What You're Afraid Of

    At 17, Billie Eilish is music's newest misfit pop star. Eilish, along with her producer and brother, Finneas O'Connell, discuss the artist's debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    by Michel Martin Mar 27, 2019 3 minutes
    "I just love the idea of glorifying people's biggest fears," Billie Eilish says.

    Billie Eilish prides herself on being intimidating.

    "I think I have a vibe that makes you not even want to ask me anything," she says with a laugh. "You don't want to say no to me."

    And so far, that vibe is working. At just 17, the LA-raised singer-songwriter makes music that is both haunting and oddly inviting. Her angsty, platinum-selling singles house dark electropop and her viral music videos toe the line between lurid and alluring.

    Born Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell to a family of entertainers, Eilish has spent her entire life singing, dancing and writing," a soul-stirring track produced by Finneas O'Connell, her older brother, onto SoundCloud. The pair wrote and produced the song right in O'Connell's bedroom and shortly after it went online, "Ocean Eyes" gained millions of plays. Since then, Eilish has signed a record deal and released her debut EP, 2017's all while maintaining the same formula of making music at home with her brother

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