April 21, 2024 • 11 mins
Billie Eilish joins #MostRequestedLive and shares her love for Lana Del Rey, the meaning behind her latest single 'What Was I Made For?', plus what she's been up to lately, and how much of an honor it would be to win a 2nd OSCAR award. Catch Billie's exclusive interview with Bennett now!
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(00:03):
Ladies and gentlemen. Billy Eilish justtalking with Bennett from most requested Lie Billy,
It's so good to see you youtoo. What's good? What's good?
What's happening. How's life been sincethe tour wrapped up? It's been
good. Just been working, makingmusic, taking bags, biking. I
(00:23):
don't know, just doing the deal. I had to say congratulations on this
song. What was I made for? This song is just so beautifully done
to me? Your voice has neversounded better. And you wrote this in
a day with Phineas. Is thatright? We wrote almost all of it
in a day. We wrote likeit was like at the end of a
super uncreative day and it was justlike a last minute like oh I should
(00:46):
we try to write this, andthen ended up just being so like out
of this world inspired and just wrotealmost the entire song and then the last
verse we wrote I think like twodays later, I believe. But some
times you need that. Sometimes youneed to like sit on it for a
second and then like you know,finish it off. But that's like really
really fast for us. We usuallytake like good, good solid chunks,
(01:08):
but like it's just like a sucha it's so obvious that we were that
inspired that it just was like therewas you know what I mean, it
just flowed. I was gonna askyou it was like the fastest song you've
ever written, Like maybe I thinkit's up there. There might be like
a couple other ones, but honestly, they I can't think of them right
now. So yeah, to me, like it's unbelievable, Like if music
(01:30):
comes this fast to you, whatin life do you actually procrastinate with?
WHOA uh? Work? Like,like you know what, I not even
work but texts. I don't betoo dude, I'm I'm just I don't
(01:51):
know. I don't I guess,I'm I guess. I just have to
accept that I'm just like a reallybad Texter and it the weird thing like
this is like a thing I reallyI find frustrating in my life, but
I have no plan to change.But I like, I just it doesn't
matter how much I like somebody,like at all, like at all,
(02:14):
Like I could I could be Icould love somebody and think they're the coolest
person and want them to think I'mso cool, and I just won't respond
to their text. But it hasnothing to do with them. I like
don't. I don't know what todo about it. Oh my god,
I just can't. I can't bringmyself to look at my texts at all.
I can't. I can't, Ican't do it. I'm the same
way. I want to be connectedwith people, yet I don't respond to
(02:36):
text. So yes, straight on? Yeah? Uh back to this song.
I love the OUTROI I'm gonna readthe lyrics even though you wrote them.
Uh think I forgot how to behappy. Something I'm not, but
something I can be, something Iwait for, something I'm made for.
I'd love this lyric so much.To me, it sounds incredibly hopeful.
Can you explain the emotion and themessage behind the lyric? Thanks for pointing
(02:59):
it out. Like that verse kindof goes unnoticed a little bit. I
mean, what's cool about that verseis again, we had written everything prior
to that the first night. Andwhat's actually funny is we the first night
we wrote the song, which wasJanuary sixteenth, and we'd, uh whatever,
(03:21):
it was January sixteenth. Then wewrote everything up until like that second
chorus, and we actually wrote abridge that we didn't end up using because
it was terrible and so to uswe did write the entire song that night,
and then the next couple of dayswe were like, this bridge sucks,
like what are we doing, Let'slet's figure this out. And so
(03:43):
I actually forgot about that. Butthen two days later we kind of went
back in and we were like,okay, scrap the bridge, it's trash.
We need like another another verse.And then we sat there and it
we kind of were stumped for asecond, and then happy was on our
mind, like the word happy wason our minds, and we originally had
(04:03):
that as the first verse. Itwas something like, uh, I want
to be happy or I don't knowhow to be happy, instead of I
don't know how to feel. Idon't remember. I don't actually remember,
but I remember that. That waslike we had some sort of idea but
we didn't really know what it was. And and then as soon as we
kind of hit that, like Ithink I forgot how to be happy.
(04:25):
Something I'm not, but something Ican be, something I wait for.
Because also, you know, wereally wanted it to end in this like
more hopeful place, because we easilycould have just been like, you know,
the song is devastating, and thenit ends devastating, but what what
was important to us was that that'snot you know what like the song it's
(04:48):
it's it's it's supposed to be likeI don't even know, like you know,
you can be miserable and also hopefuland and that's kind of I don't
know, it's hard to explain,but but that was like really important to
us, was like making sure thatit felt like it wasn't giving up,
(05:11):
Like you're not giving up, You'rejust expressing how you feel and one day
I might, you know, somedayI might and something I wait for and
something I made for and I'm gonnafind that thing. And also you know,
that was actually a moment we decidedto do that cause we were kind
of writing like a downer ending likejust like I'm never gonna be you know,
(05:31):
and then you know, we werekind of talking about it and and
this is when we kind of startedthinking about like me and I started thinking
about me, and I think wewere both like, let's write something that's
like more hopeful. And that wasmore of like a me Phineas being like,
hey, how about we be hopeful, like Billy, let's write something
(05:53):
hopeful, you know, And thenit's really him just being like, we're
gonna it's gonna get better and let'swrite about it. You know. Anyway,
that's a lot of talking. Ilove that because feelings are always temporary,
even happiness. So even if inthe moment you're not happy, it
means you're hopeful that in the futureyou can be and you will be.
I just love that, And thatwas like my biggest takeaway from the song.
(06:13):
I don't want to jinx it,but many people are saying this could
win Best Original Song at the Oscars, which would mean two for you.
Is that just crazy to think about? Like Leonardo DiCaprio has one and he
had to kill a bear in TheRevenant to get it. Like, isn't
this like is that unreal? Yeah? I mean, what the hell?
Like it's it's just so it's soinsane, dude, and it's so cool.
(06:39):
I mean, just like being justhearing my name in the same sentence
as like the Academy Awards is justlike when the hell did that, you
know, become my reality? Idon't know, it's really really amazing.
I'm just I would be honored toeven be thought of in the category at
all. So I'm I'm I.I'm like, I don't know, it's
(07:02):
so yeah. Yeah, where isyour oscar? Do you have a special
spot for it? Yeah, girl, it's like, uh, it's like
right in the center of one ofmy shelves, right at the top.
Oh yeah, it looks cute upthere. Absolutely. I thought this was
interesting. This happened just recently.Lana del Rey was talking to the Hollywood
(07:23):
Reporter and she had some really nicethings to say. She said, Billy
and Olivia are such good people.It's e fin awesome. I love them
and their music. It's not likeyou have to be nice to be good
at music, but if you happento be nice and a great singer,
it makes me happy for the culture. That's pretty cool. That's pretty cool.
My girl Lana is like, youknow, she's just the coolest man.
(07:46):
She's just like she'll never not beyou know, the top of the
top to me. You know,she's just she she created this this life
for us, us girlies, youknow, and me and all the other
artists that that kind of were becomingyou know people at the time of her
(08:11):
being so you know, on topand present in all of our lives.
Like she she really created a wholegeneration of people, and you know,
my music would not be what itis without her, and I wouldn't be
the artist that I am, youknow, without her. And I think
about it a lot. I playher albums just like unshuffle sometimes when I
(08:33):
do my like show warm up.I've actually done that many many times.
And you know, like my trainerlike wasn't like super familiar with her music,
and I was just like, oh, dude, Like, oh,
you know, what's so sick isfinding someone who's not really heard the music,
Like, especially when it's somebody likeLana who like everybody knows Lana.
You know, you can't find somebodythat hasn't heard Born to Die. And
(08:56):
then I know, you know,my bitch Christina been living under a rock
for years and she's like, what'sthis likeay, So it was I literally
sat her down and I was like, bitch, this is off to the
races, and this is Dian MountainDew, and this is ultra violence and
this, and I just was like, and I was pointing out all of
(09:18):
the ways that it was inspiring tome and Phineas, especially Phineas. You
know, Phineas has talked about howBorn to Die the album was like one
of the main reasons he wanted tostart producing in the first place, you
know, And that's I felt thesame with like singing and just being an
artist. Like that shit was incrediblylife changing for me. It was like
(09:39):
different than anything else I'd ever heard. And anyway, Lana is the best.
You gotta love her. And thefact that she's like saying that,
you know, like she doesn't needto say that, you know, she
doesn't need to be supporting me andsupporting you know, Olivia, and supporting
anybody younger and like becoming whatever,like she hasn't she doesn't owe anybody anything.
(10:00):
And the fact that she's so givingand like so uh kind, and
you know, she she calls mesometimes and like she's just like I don't
know, she's just really generous andand just she's good people, ma'am.
So calling is the way to getto you, not texting. If you
if they call, you'll answer yes, But I will not answer a FaceTime.
(10:22):
I don't know. It's just,dude, I'm weird about this stuff.
I'm like, I just you can'ttake it personally. And I see
these I've seen tiktoks where it's likeif somebody who doesn't respond to your text,
just except that they don't like you, and I'm like, no,
no, it's me. Oh,it's just me. Oh my god,
I just have issues. As theway to that, the way to do
(10:43):
it is call me on the phoneright right in the right time. Be
psychic and be aware that it's theright time. Is that too much?
Right? People? These dude?Billy is so good to You're always awesome
to chat with and hope to talksoon. Yeah, just congrats on everything.
(11:07):
So much good to talk to you.
Ladies and gentlemen. Billy Eilish justtalking with Bennett from most requested Lie Billy,
It's so good to see you youtoo. What's good? What's good?
What's happening. How's life been sincethe tour wrapped up? It's been
good. Just been working, makingmusic, taking bags, biking. I
(00:23):
don't know, just doing the deal. I had to say congratulations on this
song. What was I made for? This song is just so beautifully done
to me? Your voice has neversounded better. And you wrote this in
a day with Phineas. Is thatright? We wrote almost all of it
in a day. We wrote likeit was like at the end of a
super uncreative day and it was justlike a last minute like oh I should
(00:46):
we try to write this, andthen ended up just being so like out
of this world inspired and just wrotealmost the entire song and then the last
verse we wrote I think like twodays later, I believe. But some
times you need that. Sometimes youneed to like sit on it for a
second and then like you know,finish it off. But that's like really
really fast for us. We usuallytake like good, good solid chunks,
(01:08):
but like it's just like a sucha it's so obvious that we were that
inspired that it just was like therewas you know what I mean, it
just flowed. I was gonna askyou it was like the fastest song you've
ever written, Like maybe I thinkit's up there. There might be like
a couple other ones, but honestly, they I can't think of them right
now. So yeah, to me, like it's unbelievable, Like if music
(01:30):
comes this fast to you, whatin life do you actually procrastinate with?
WHOA uh? Work? Like,like you know what, I not even
work but texts. I don't betoo dude, I'm I'm just I don't
(01:51):
know. I don't I guess,I'm I guess. I just have to
accept that I'm just like a reallybad Texter and it the weird thing like
this is like a thing I reallyI find frustrating in my life, but
I have no plan to change.But I like, I just it doesn't
matter how much I like somebody,like at all, like at all,
(02:14):
Like I could I could be Icould love somebody and think they're the coolest
person and want them to think I'mso cool, and I just won't respond
to their text. But it hasnothing to do with them. I like
don't. I don't know what todo about it. Oh my god,
I just can't. I can't bringmyself to look at my texts at all.
I can't. I can't, Ican't do it. I'm the same
way. I want to be connectedwith people, yet I don't respond to
(02:36):
text. So yes, straight on? Yeah? Uh back to this song.
I love the OUTROI I'm gonna readthe lyrics even though you wrote them.
Uh think I forgot how to behappy. Something I'm not, but
something I can be, something Iwait for, something I'm made for.
I'd love this lyric so much.To me, it sounds incredibly hopeful.
Can you explain the emotion and themessage behind the lyric? Thanks for pointing
(02:59):
it out. Like that verse kindof goes unnoticed a little bit. I
mean, what's cool about that verseis again, we had written everything prior
to that the first night. Andwhat's actually funny is we the first night
we wrote the song, which wasJanuary sixteenth, and we'd, uh whatever,
(03:21):
it was January sixteenth. Then wewrote everything up until like that second
chorus, and we actually wrote abridge that we didn't end up using because
it was terrible and so to uswe did write the entire song that night,
and then the next couple of dayswe were like, this bridge sucks,
like what are we doing, Let'slet's figure this out. And so
(03:43):
I actually forgot about that. Butthen two days later we kind of went
back in and we were like,okay, scrap the bridge, it's trash.
We need like another another verse.And then we sat there and it
we kind of were stumped for asecond, and then happy was on our
mind, like the word happy wason our minds, and we originally had
(04:03):
that as the first verse. Itwas something like, uh, I want
to be happy or I don't knowhow to be happy, instead of I
don't know how to feel. Idon't remember. I don't actually remember,
but I remember that. That waslike we had some sort of idea but
we didn't really know what it was. And and then as soon as we
kind of hit that, like Ithink I forgot how to be happy.
(04:25):
Something I'm not, but something Ican be, something I wait for.
Because also, you know, wereally wanted it to end in this like
more hopeful place, because we easilycould have just been like, you know,
the song is devastating, and thenit ends devastating, but what what
was important to us was that that'snot you know what like the song it's
(04:48):
it's it's it's supposed to be likeI don't even know, like you know,
you can be miserable and also hopefuland and that's kind of I don't
know, it's hard to explain,but but that was like really important to
us, was like making sure thatit felt like it wasn't giving up,
(05:11):
Like you're not giving up, You'rejust expressing how you feel and one day
I might, you know, somedayI might and something I wait for and
something I made for and I'm gonnafind that thing. And also you know,
that was actually a moment we decidedto do that cause we were kind
of writing like a downer ending likejust like I'm never gonna be you know,
(05:31):
and then you know, we werekind of talking about it and and
this is when we kind of startedthinking about like me and I started thinking
about me, and I think wewere both like, let's write something that's
like more hopeful. And that wasmore of like a me Phineas being like,
hey, how about we be hopeful, like Billy, let's write something
(05:53):
hopeful, you know, And thenit's really him just being like, we're
gonna it's gonna get better and let'swrite about it. You know. Anyway,
that's a lot of talking. Ilove that because feelings are always temporary,
even happiness. So even if inthe moment you're not happy, it
means you're hopeful that in the futureyou can be and you will be.
I just love that, And thatwas like my biggest takeaway from the song.
(06:13):
I don't want to jinx it,but many people are saying this could
win Best Original Song at the Oscars, which would mean two for you.
Is that just crazy to think about? Like Leonardo DiCaprio has one and he
had to kill a bear in TheRevenant to get it. Like, isn't
this like is that unreal? Yeah? I mean, what the hell?
Like it's it's just so it's soinsane, dude, and it's so cool.
(06:39):
I mean, just like being justhearing my name in the same sentence
as like the Academy Awards is justlike when the hell did that, you
know, become my reality? Idon't know, it's really really amazing.
I'm just I would be honored toeven be thought of in the category at
all. So I'm I'm I.I'm like, I don't know, it's
(07:02):
so yeah. Yeah, where isyour oscar? Do you have a special
spot for it? Yeah, girl, it's like, uh, it's like
right in the center of one ofmy shelves, right at the top.
Oh yeah, it looks cute upthere. Absolutely. I thought this was
interesting. This happened just recently.Lana del Rey was talking to the Hollywood
(07:23):
Reporter and she had some really nicethings to say. She said, Billy
and Olivia are such good people.It's e fin awesome. I love them
and their music. It's not likeyou have to be nice to be good
at music, but if you happento be nice and a great singer,
it makes me happy for the culture. That's pretty cool. That's pretty cool.
My girl Lana is like, youknow, she's just the coolest man.
(07:46):
She's just like she'll never not beyou know, the top of the
top to me. You know,she's just she she created this this life
for us, us girlies, youknow, and me and all the other
artists that that kind of were becomingyou know people at the time of her
(08:11):
being so you know, on topand present in all of our lives.
Like she she really created a wholegeneration of people, and you know,
my music would not be what itis without her, and I wouldn't be
the artist that I am, youknow, without her. And I think
about it a lot. I playher albums just like unshuffle sometimes when I
(08:33):
do my like show warm up.I've actually done that many many times.
And you know, like my trainerlike wasn't like super familiar with her music,
and I was just like, oh, dude, Like, oh,
you know, what's so sick isfinding someone who's not really heard the music,
Like, especially when it's somebody likeLana who like everybody knows Lana.
You know, you can't find somebodythat hasn't heard Born to Die. And
(08:56):
then I know, you know,my bitch Christina been living under a rock
for years and she's like, what'sthis likeay, So it was I literally
sat her down and I was like, bitch, this is off to the
races, and this is Dian MountainDew, and this is ultra violence and
this, and I just was like, and I was pointing out all of
(09:18):
the ways that it was inspiring tome and Phineas, especially Phineas. You
know, Phineas has talked about howBorn to Die the album was like one
of the main reasons he wanted tostart producing in the first place, you
know, And that's I felt thesame with like singing and just being an
artist. Like that shit was incrediblylife changing for me. It was like
(09:39):
different than anything else I'd ever heard. And anyway, Lana is the best.
You gotta love her. And thefact that she's like saying that,
you know, like she doesn't needto say that, you know, she
doesn't need to be supporting me andsupporting you know, Olivia, and supporting
anybody younger and like becoming whatever,like she hasn't she doesn't owe anybody anything.
(10:00):
And the fact that she's so givingand like so uh kind, and
you know, she she calls mesometimes and like she's just like I don't
know, she's just really generous andand just she's good people, ma'am.
So calling is the way to getto you, not texting. If you
if they call, you'll answer yes, But I will not answer a FaceTime.
(10:22):
I don't know. It's just,dude, I'm weird about this stuff.
I'm like, I just you can'ttake it personally. And I see
these I've seen tiktoks where it's likeif somebody who doesn't respond to your text,
just except that they don't like you, and I'm like, no,
no, it's me. Oh,it's just me. Oh my god,
I just have issues. As theway to that, the way to do
(10:43):
it is call me on the phoneright right in the right time. Be
psychic and be aware that it's theright time. Is that too much?
Right? People? These dude?Billy is so good to You're always awesome
to chat with and hope to talksoon. Yeah, just congrats on everything.
(11:07):
So much good to talk to you.
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