Hollywood

Billie Eilish says she forces herself to ‘disassociate’ from her body image when she performs

In a new interview, Billie Eilish opened up about how body image affects her and said that she has to force away negative thoughts when performing onstage.

During an interview with The Guardian’s Miranda Sawyer, the 19-year-old singer said that she’s “very confident” in who she is but admitted to struggling with how she perceives her body.

“I’m very confident in who I am, and I’m very happy with my life… I’m obviously not happy with my body,” Eilish said in the interview. “But who is?”

The Grammy-winning artist released her second album, “Happier Than Ever,” on Friday. Her new album explores themes like trauma, secret relationships, and abuse. Some of the songs on the album speak about her relationship with her body.

Advertisement

Speaking with The Guardian, Eilish said that she finds herself having to “disassociate” from her body image when she performs.

“When I’m on stage, I have to disassociate from the ideas I have of my body,” Eilish continued. “Especially because I wear clothes that are bigger and easier to move in without showing everything – they can be really unflattering.”

She added: “In pictures, they look like I don’t even know what. I just completely separate the two. Because I have such a terrible relationship with my body, like you would not believe, so I just have to disassociate.”

Eilish emerged onto the music scene with an array of oversized clothes, which have become known as her signature style.

AdvertisementBillie Eilish. Kevin Mazur/AMA2019/ Getty Images

Eilish has spoken about her clothing choices in the past, saying in a June 2020 interview with British GQ that her body image issues stemmed from not feeling “desired.” She told Dazed in 2020 that the only reason she started wearing baggy clothing was because she “hated her body.”

Eilish has also shut down trolls who criticize her fashion choices. In May, Eilish swatted down body shamers who reacted to a photo of her published by The Daily Mail. The picture showed Eilish wearing a form-fitting tank top and shorts while running errands in Los Angeles. At the time, Eilish called for people to “start normalizing real bodies.”

In her interview with The Guardian, Eilish addressed being scrutinized in the public eye, saying: “Then you get a paparazzi picture taken when you were running to the door and had just put anything on, and didn’t know the picture’s being taken, and you just look how you look, and everyone’s like, ‘Fat!'”

“I mean, we only need bodies to eat and walk around and poop. We only need them to survive,” Eilish continued. “It’s ridiculous that anybody even cares about bodies at all. Like, why? Why do we care? You know, when you really think about it?”

AdvertisementBillie Eilish recently released her second studio album, “Happier Than Ever.” Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Eilish told The Guardian: “Since I was a kid, My dad and I have always talked about a certain type of person who’s so insecure, or hyperaware and self-conscious, that they never move in a weird way, or make a weird face, because they always want to look good.”

“If you’re always standing a certain way, walking in a certain way, and always have your hair just so… It’s such a loss to always try to always look good. It’s such a loss of joy and freedom in your body,” Eilish said.

Related Posts

ALIEN vs PREDATOR 3 First Teaser Trailer (2024) Will Smith New Movie COMING SOON | 20th Century Studios

While there haven’t been any official announcements, recent activity within each franchise could indicate that a third Alien vs. Predator film would be possible after all these years. Alien vs Predator was…

I Am Legend 2 (2025) – First Trailer | Will Smith, Michael B. Jordan

Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan star in I Am Legend 2! Fans of the original “I Am Legend” have long awaited news of a sequel, and the…

Brad Pitt in the first trailer for World War Z 2 (2024)

At one point, the sequel was scheduled for release in 2017, but that time came and went without production even having begun. Shooting was then expected to begin…

The Angry Birds Movie 3 – Full Trailer (2025) Sony Pictures

The Angry Birds Movie 3 is now in production with two original stars returning to voice their characters. Released in 2016, The Angry Birds Movie is based on…

Superman: Legacy – First Trailer (2025) David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan (HD)

New set photos from the Superman production bring one of the DC icon’s most beloved comic book appearances to live-action. David Corenswet’s Superman movie will be the first…

Real Steel 2 (2025) – Teaser Trailer | Hugh Jackman, Tye Sheridan

DreamWorks Pictures announces “Real Steel 2,” bringing back Hugh Jackman in his iconic role as Charlie Kenton and introducing Tye Sheridan as his grown-up son, Max. The long-awaited…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *