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  • - It's so good. I just want her to be my mom

  • and sing to me every night.

  • - Breaking Bad season whatever looks a little crazy.

  • ♪ (punk rock intro) ♪

  • - ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ - Billie Eilish! Yes!

  • - Oh my god. "Ocean Eyes."

  • - This morning, I was listening to her,

  • and I was like, why have we never reacted to her?

  • And here we are!!

  • - ♪ I've been watching you ♪ - (sings along) ♪ For some time

  • She's so pretty.

  • - ♪ Can't stop staring... ♪ - (sings along) ♪ At your ocean eyes

  • Ah! - Oh my gosh.

  • I really love Billie so much.

  • - ♪ No fair

  • - She has a very pretty voice.

  • - She's gonna play a huge part in the music industry in the future.

  • She's young. She has potential with that.

  • - I know that when she made this song she was 14, right? Or 15.

  • She was super young. I love her!

  • - ♪ I've never fallen from quite this high

  • - Her voice is just so calming, and it's really cool.

  • - ♪ Those ocean eyes

  • - (sighs) I love Billie.

  • - I went to Agenda, which is like a festival,

  • and I saw her there live. I punched my way through that crowd

  • and saw her, and it was so good.

  • She's got a pretty good stage performance.

  • - She sounds like every pop female on the radio now.

  • A lot of pop singers now just somewhat have

  • this kind of wispy, more indie sounding voice.

  • - ♪ ...here pretty soon ♪ ♪ Lookin' through my room... ♪

  • - I love this song. - ♪ ...for the money

  • ♪ I'm bitin' my nails ♪ - (sings along) ♪ I'm too young

  • to go to jail ♪ - ♪ Kinda funny

  • - Her voice is just so good. Ah, I love her.

  • We stan a queen.

  • - I like the vibes.

  • - (sings along) ♪ Where's my mind

  • Dun, dun, dun, dun ♪ ♪ Maybe it's in the... ♪

  • - (sings along) ♪ GutterOh, look at her jump!

  • (sings along) ♪ My lover

  • - I like the yellow fit.

  • - Breaking Bad season whatever looks a little crazy. (chuckles)

  • - ♪ V is for vendetta ♪ ♪ Thought that I'd feel better

  • But now I got a bellyache ♪ - My stummy hurt.

  • - ♪ Fuh, fuh, fuh ♪ (laughs) She is so iconic.

  • - I can't even imagine having that much talent

  • and innovation at such a young age.

  • - It's not my really style of music, but I'm not gonna say she's bad.

  • She has a good voice.

  • - ♪ You'd say you'd stay, but then you'd run

  • - I haven't seen this one, but I know the song.

  • (sings along) ♪ Giving you what you're begging for

  • - This music video is artistically gorgeous. Ah.

  • It's so simple, but so interesting.

  • - ♪ ...what you say I need, say I need

  • - I don't know what's happening.

  • - I like her outfits she's had in the videos. They're pretty cool.

  • - ♪ ...me torn ♪ ♪ You're teaching me

  • to live without it

  • - She's a really big fan of the color jumpsuits.

  • - (sings along) ♪ I'm so bored

  • - ♪ I'm so bored

  • - She's bored. - ♪ So bored

  • - Well, you're in white nothingness. I'm very confused by all of these.

  • - I'm so bored. (laughs)

  • The visuals were simple but interesting.

  • I like the outfit. Her voice is pretty.

  • But then you listen to the lyrics and it's like, "Oh, okay." (laughs)

  • - She writes about topics that are so relatable,

  • and that's why people like her so much.

  • This song's literally just about being bored

  • and that's half of being a teenager.

  • - ♪ (vocalizing) ♪ - Oh, the vertical video! Oh.

  • (sings along) ♪ Don't be that way

  • - Is this supposed to be just a handheld phone

  • type of thing? It's, like, vertical.

  • - This is the newest music video, I believe, and it just came out

  • on IG TV. That's why it's vertical.

  • - In a way, she kind of reminds me of Poppy, too.

  • In a way when it comes to the aesthetics.

  • - ♪ Kind of mood that you wish... ♪ - (softly) It's so good.

  • I just want her to be my mom and sing to me every night,

  • like, oh my god.

  • - ♪ If "I love you" was a promise

  • Would you break it, if you're honest? ♪

  • - I feel like all the songs kind of are sounding the same, though,

  • which I'm not a huge fan of.

  • - I wish she had some upbeat songs,

  • and not kind of all really low and mellow.

  • - (sings along) ♪ I don't wanna be you

  • - ♪ Anymore

  • - That's so raw, how she looks in the mirror.

  • Must've been super hard for her to grow up with all these eyes on her

  • and people putting pressure on her to perform

  • and be this perfect role model when she's just a kid.

  • - This is teenage angst right here. This is all the middle school feelings

  • that I had, you know, all just bottled up in me.

  • She's just singing it for me.

  • - ♪ Thought I found a way

  • - Ah, yes! This song is so good!

  • - This is "Lovely" with Khalid. Ah.

  • - Love the Beats promo. (laughs)

  • - ♪ So I guess I gotta stay now ♪ - (sighs)

  • (sings along) ♪ I hope some day - ♪ I'll make... ♪

  • - Their voices sound good together.

  • - Her and Khalid are great, because they sing the same,

  • and they act the sa-- all of their stuff is the same.

  • - ♪ Wanna feel alive outside ♪ - And my soul like this.

  • - (sings along) ♪ Fight my fears ♪ ♪ Mm, isn't it lovely? ♪

  • Ooh. I like the clouds in the fog.

  • - This is a sick-looking video, not gonna lie.

  • - ♪ ...my mind of stone ♪ - It just gives me chills.

  • It's so good. - (sings along) ♪ Hello,

  • welcome home

  • - Wow. They sound really good together.

  • - Khalid was the breakout star for last summer,

  • and then Billie's this summer's breakout star,

  • and they're coming together.

  • - ♪ Lips meet teeth and tongue ♪ - This is interesting.

  • This looks like a rap video at first when you just got all the cars.

  • This is sick choreography, too.

  • - ♪ If we were meant to be... ♪ - Look at her! Oh my god. So good.

  • She matches the cars.

  • - (sings along) ♪ See what you wanna see,

  • but all I see is him right now

  • - She is stunning.

  • - ♪ With the fire that you... ♪

  • - I feel like I can't tell how old she is, like, looking at her.

  • She's one of those faces, like, could be 17, could be 25.

  • - I listened to this album on repeat for three months straight.

  • This was like the soundtrack of my life.

  • - The dance in this is (sighs) so cool.

  • - Wow, that is-- that was different.

  • I'm not the biggest fan of the music,

  • but I think the videos are really cool to look at.

  • - It's really interesting for someone so young

  • to be playing with such darker themes, but in such a positive way.

  • This music is reaching so many people.

  • - She has a beautiful voice. I really like her visuals.

  • For some reason, I haven't really looked into her,

  • but I can kind of see why a lot of people are into her.

  • - (FBE) So, those were all songs by... Billie Eilish!

  • - (sarcastic) Wow, who guessed it? Hmm.

  • - I've heard of that name. I know I have.

  • - (FBE) So, Billy is just 16 years old.

  • - 16 years old? A little too wise for her age.

  • - It makes me feel so unaccomplished. (laughs)

  • I'm one year older than her, and I don't got no (squeaks) music.

  • - (FBE) She's one of the most requested artists

  • that we've had to cover in the show for a while now.

  • - Yeah, I could see why.

  • - I'm so glad I get to be on this episode.

  • - (FBE) Given that she is a teenager, do you think it's mostly teens

  • who make up her fan base, because they can relate to her?

  • Or based on what you heard, do you think

  • that there are other reasons that she's been so requested?

  • - No, it's mostly teens to young adults.

  • - That 13 to 18 audience is probably--

  • because they're younger and they're going through stuff,

  • and, you know, they're doing all these new experiences

  • and that seems to be kind of her vibe.

  • - It's more scattered than just teenagers

  • just 'cause it's a familiar vibe that I doubt only teens feel.

  • - Her demographic is teens, but it's spread out more than that.

  • Everybody from every age group can feel

  • that certain type of emotion in everything.

  • - Teens nowadays aren't as... superficial as people like to say.

  • They like things that have more meaning

  • and things that are more interesting to think about.

  • - She gets a lot of heat because of the universal fan base.

  • When I was listening to her, my mom was like,

  • "If you listen to her lyrics," she's like, "she's 16,

  • and she's talking about topics that are that deep."

  • I'm like, "Mom! I'm a teenager.

  • I know exactly what she's talking about."

  • It's surprising to parents, because it's like,

  • I find this relatable, but I'm an adult.

  • - (FBE) She released her first single when she was 13 years old

  • on her SoundCloud page. - (sighs) That's so stressful.

  • - (FBE) She has since released two EPs, eight singles,

  • eight music videos, one of which that she directed.

  • - That is so wild.

  • - That's a crazy amount of pressure

  • for someone that young to be put in front of.

  • - (FBE) Despite her age, many have praised her mature lyrics

  • that are littered with metaphors, deeper meanings,

  • and from varying points of view, including one song

  • from the point of view of a serial killer.

  • - Interesting. Listening to the lyrics,

  • that's why I was like, "I don't know how old she is!"

  • (laughs) 'Cause she's mature,

  • but kind of has that young side to her still.

  • - (FBE) What do you think about her being able to establish

  • her career this much just by being at such a young age?

  • - It's inspiring, honestly, for people going

  • into their own endeavors. Makes you think, "Hey, I'm 16.

  • I could do something like this, too."

  • - That's lots of potential that's not gonna go to waste.

  • There's no boundaries when it comes to her, I guess.

  • There's really-- she's limitless. That's dope.

  • - She seems like someone who was born with kind of an older soul,

  • just born more mature than a 16-year-old.

  • In her music, she doesn't sound like this childish kid.

  • - It's really good that she's able to do that,

  • but at the same time, I feel like it could turn around

  • and bite her in the butt, because I feel like people

  • already expect so much of such a young person

  • that when she's older, they're gonna expect things to progress more.

  • - It's easier now for somebody to do that

  • just because of the internet. That's interesting,

  • somebody who's so young, like, how much will they change

  • if they keep with it as far into the future?

  • - (FBE) So finally, Billie is continuing to release

  • new projects and songs all the time. So, as all of you grow up

  • from teens to adults, do you think that Billie

  • will be one of the bigger artists for your generation in the future?

  • - I think that's definitely a possibility.

  • - I hope for her sake she is. (ding)

  • - She's already so far now. It can only get higher.

  • (ding) - Yeah, of course. (chuckles)

  • - I do. I think this is probably just a start for her.

  • - Billie Eilish is gonna do well even when she gets older.

  • I don't see her hype train coming down anytime soon.

  • - I so hope so.

  • I think she has so much going for her right now.

  • I just don't want her to burn out too young.

  • - She's got the talent and the voice.

  • I really hope that she can continue on

  • into my adulthood, 'cause that would be pretty cool.

  • - Hopefully, she stays and doesn't fall off.

  • I think she's headed in a very good direction.

  • And her voice can, I think, only get better at this point.

  • I mean, she's 16, and she's singing like that?

  • Man, I'm sure it's gonna be, like, (imitates air whooshing).

  • It can only go up.

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  • - Shoutout to Mini Bird and Rianna Ricci.

  • - Thanks for watching. Bye. - Hey, guys. Vartuhi here,

  • producer at FBE. If you wanna check out more episodes

  • on all sorts of artists, make sure to click down below. Bye!

- It's so good. I just want her to be my mom

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