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    Billie Eilish on her 'Barbie' 'anti-single': 'The song was an excuse to say the truth'

    LOS ANGELES — Billie Eilish has seen your "What Was I Made For?" TikToks, and yes, they wrecked her too. "When the song started to have a life of its own there, I spent one night staying up late looking at all the videos," Eilish said, about the reactions to her emotionally ransacked ballad from this summer's blockbuster "Barbie." Thousands of women posted their own childhood and present-day ...
    by August Brown, Los Angeles Times Oct 12, 2023 4 minutes
    Billie Eilish arrives for the world premiere of "Barbie" at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, on July 9, 2023.

    LOS ANGELES — Billie Eilish has seen your "What Was I Made For?" TikToks, and yes, they wrecked her too.

    "When the song started to have a life of its own there, I spent one night staying up late looking at all the videos," Eilish said, about the reactions to her emotionally ransacked ballad from this summer's blockbuster "Barbie."

    Thousands of women posted their own childhood and present-day videos to match the film's montage, reflecting on how adult life and disappointments have changed them. "It ruined my night," Eilish said, affectionately. "It made me glow that I'm being a voice for women in a way. But I also thought about how it's just devastating

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