Billie Eilish is coming to Cincinnati. 11 fun facts about the star

Billie Eilish is no stranger to the spotlight.

After releasing her first single “Ocean Eyes” at the age of 13, the singer has cemented herself in music history, becoming the youngest person to win all four top awards at the Grammys in one year.

While the “Birds of a Feather” singer has been acclimated to the music industry from a young age, Eilish has had a strong platform to speak out about injustice, women’s rights, her experiences in the industry and her own personal struggles.

Ahead of her concert in Cincinnati, here are some fun facts about the star that you might not know. Eilish will perform at the Heritage Bank Center on Friday eveningwith the show starting at 7 p.m

Billie Eilish has a unique middle name

Billie’s full name is actually Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell.

Her unique middle name was “Pirate”. allegedly given to her by her brotherFinneas O’Connell, after he called her Pirate while she was still in her mother’s womb.

Almost EGOT status

Eilish is on track to become an EGOT winner, which would put her in the exclusive club of just 21 people who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. At just 22 years old, the powerful singer has already collected nine Grammy and two Oscar awards, making her the youngest person to win two Academy Awards.

Earlier this year, Eilish and her brother Finneas won their second Oscar together for best original song for “What Was I Made For?” from the ‘Barbie’ soundtrack. The pair won their first Oscar in 2022 for best original song for “No Time to Die” from the 2021 James Bond film of the same name.

Eilish only needs to land a Tony and Emmy, for which she has not yet been nominated.

Not a nepo baby, despite claims on social media

Eilish is no nepo baby, despite social media claiming she got her start because of her parents’ experience as working actors. However, her mother, Maggie Baird, set the record straight.

In one interview with Glamour, Baird clapped back after a clip of her appearance on ‘Friends’ surfaced online, with many pointing out her and her husband Patrick O’Connell’s connections to the entertainment industry.

“I got that episode of ‘Friends’ because I was about to lose my health insurance,” Baird said, adding that neither she nor her husband came close to the fame or fortune their children enjoy today. have a day.

“People don’t really understand that there’s a whole industry of people who are creative and working and struggling,” she said. ‘But that is a completely different life than on this side of the door, where you suddenly find yourself standing at the door. playing in this other arena.”

She has Tourette’s syndrome

Eilish opened up about the neurological condition during a conversation with David Letterman on Netflix’s “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,” where she explained that she was diagnosed with Tourett syndrome when she was 11 years old.

“I never tic at all, because the main tics that I do all the time throughout the day are: I move my ear back and forth, raise my eyebrow and click my jaw… and bend my arm here and bend this arm , flex these muscles. These are things you would never notice if you were just having a conversation with me, but for me they are very tiring,” she said.

The youngest artist to win a Grammy for Album of the Year

While Eilish isn’t the youngest artist to ever win a Grammy (LeAnn Rimes holds that record at age 14), she is the youngest artist to win Album of the Year. Eilish won Album of the Year for “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” when she was 18.

Before Eilish, Taylor Swift held the title when she won Album of the Year for “Fearless” at age 20.

Billie Eilish records her songs at home

Eilish and her brother Finneas have an unusual way of recording her hits – from their home and previously Eillish’s bedroom.

Finneas has produced all three of his sister’s albums, but he recently revealed that he is in the process of building her a home studio so she can produce her own songs when he’s not around.

“I set up Billie’s recording studio for her so she can produce at home without me, because she’s really good at that!” Finneas told Billboard. “And it’s funny, I’ve been giving her the bare minimum of stuff, just so she learns it all. You know what I mean? I’m like, ‘Listen, I could give you all the stuff it takes.'” I use it now, but it took me years before I could even use it. And if I give you this basic thing, it will immediately make sense to you.’”

She almost went to therapy because of her Justin Bieber obsession

Many teenage girls had “Bieber Fever” whether they want to admit it or not, but for Eilish, her obsession with Justin Bieber almost sent her to therapy.

During an episode of Eilish’s Apple Music show “Me & Dad Radio,” her mother recalled the singer’s obsession with Bieber’s single and music video for “As Long As You Love Me” in 2012, so much so that her parents considered abandoning her into therapy. .

Her mother said she remembered: “driving to the dance studio with Billie playing this song, sobbing, and then driving back and sobbing. And the video, and Billie talking about it, and excited for it to come out, and just crying and crying. …I just want to say that we considered putting you in therapy because you were in so much pain because of Justin Bieber.”

Eilish later explained that it wasn’t the teen heartthrob’s music that made her cry, but that it was during a time in her life where she cried “every day of (her) life.” The singer would eventually not only meet Bieber, but also collaborate with him on a remix of her song “bad guy.”

She was homeschooled

Both Eilish and her brother were homeschooled by their parents, which allowed them to do that more flexibility to explore other passions.

She used to be a dancer

Before the 22-year-old decided to pursue a music career, she was an avid dance student at Revolution Dance in Montrose, California. Her breakthrough single “Ocean Eyes” was initially recorded for her dance class, who she said wanted an original song for their next recital. Business insider.

Eilish’s dancing career ended shortly after she suffered a growth plate injury in her hip at the age of 13.

“I’m going through my teenage years of hating myself and all that stupid stuff…,” Eilish told Vogue“A lot of it came from my anger towards my body, and how angry I was about how much pain it caused me, and how much I lost because of things that happened to it.”

Billie Eilish loves avocados

Eilish’s love for avocados goes deeper than just eating them. Her old Instagram handle used to be ‘@wherearetheavocados’, which paved the way for her fans to be called ‘avocados’.

Her favorite show is ‘The Office’

It should come as no surprise that Eilish’s favorite television show is the American version of “The Office,” as her song “My Strange Addiction” contains snippets from one of the show’s episodes.

Rainn Wilson, who famously plays Dwight Shrute on the show, quizzed Eilish about “The Office” in 2020 after watching the show for the 15th time.

“She’s a big ‘Office’ fan, but I know her to be creative, I know her to be compassionate, I know her to be thoughtful, kind, passionate and fiery.” Wilson said of Eilishwhom he jokingly calls William Eyelash. “She is certainly inspiring to a lot of people who follow her.”