The song received several hundred thousand listens in two weeks, and Finneas's manager, Danny Rukasin, reached out to him to discuss Eilish's potential.
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The siblings uploaded the song to SoundCloud, where Diaz could access and download it. He gave it to Eilish when her dance teacher at the Revolution Dance Center, Fred Diaz, asked them to write a song for choreography. The track was written, mixed, and produced by Finneas, who had written and produced it originally for his band the Slightlys, before realizing it would be a better fit for Eilish's vocals. On November 18, 2015, Eilish released the song " Ocean Eyes". He wrote this song called 'She's Broken' and I wrote one called 'Fingers Crossed,' and we recorded them and put them out on SoundCloud, just for fun," she recalls. "The first songs that we worked on, we didn't write together. The first songs they recorded together were called "She's Broken" and "Fingers Crossed". In 2015, 13-year-old Eilish began working on songs with her brother Finneas, who had been writing and producing for several years and had his own band. Eilish had gone on some acting auditions, which she disliked however, she enjoyed recording background dialogue for crowd scenes and worked on the films Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Ramona and Beezus, and the X-Men series.
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The song is about the zombie apocalypse, inspired by the television series The Walking Dead from which she took script lines and episode titles that she added to the song as part of the assignment. She wrote her first "real" song at age 11 for her mother's songwriting class. Eilish also performed at talent shows and joined the Los Angeles Children's Chorus at age eight. Their parents encouraged the siblings to express themselves and explore whatever they wanted, including art, dancing, and acting. Eilish said her brother and mother inspired her to get into music. Baird taught Eilish and Finneas the basics of songwriting. Įilish and her brother Finneas were homeschooled by Baird, a decision their parents made to spend time with them and give them the freedom to pursue their interests.
She was brought up in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Her middle name, Eilish, was originally meant to be her first name, while Pirate was to be her middle name. She was conceived via in vitro fertilization. She is the daughter of actress and teacher Maggie Baird, and actor Patrick O'Connell, both of whom are also musicians, and work on Eilish's tours. Įilish with her mother, Maggie Baird, in November 2018īillie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell was born in Los Angeles, California on December 18, 2001. According to the RIAA and Billboard, Eilish is the 26th-highest-certified digital singles artist and one of the most successful artists of the 2010s. She was featured in Time magazine's inaugural Time 100 Next list in 2019, and the main Time 100 list in 2021. She is the youngest artist in Grammy history and second overall to win all four general field categories- Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year-in the same year. Her second album, Happier Than Ever (2021), reached number one in 25 countries.Įilish has received several accolades, including seven Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, one Guinness World Record, three MTV Video Music Awards, three Brit Awards, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Her next singles " Everything I Wanted", " My Future", " Therefore I Am", and " Your Power" each peaked within the top 10 in the US and UK. In 2020, she co-wrote and performed the theme song " No Time to Die" for the James Bond film of the same name, which topped the UK singles chart and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was one of the best-selling albums of 2019, buoyed by the success of its fifth single, " Bad Guy", Eilish's first number-one on the Billboard Hot 100. Her debut extended play, Don't Smile at Me (2017), was commercially successful, charting within the top 15 in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.Įilish's first studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019), debuted atop the US Billboard 200 and reached number one in the UK. The song was written and produced by her brother, Finneas O'Connell, with whom she frequently collaborates on music and in live shows. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single " Ocean Eyes", which was subsequently released by Darkroom, an imprint of Interscope Records. Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell ( / ˈ aɪ l ɪ ʃ/ EYE-lish born December 18, 2001) is an American singer and songwriter.
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