Billie Eilish on Growing Up With Fans and Making Magic with Finneas on 'Kimmel'

Billie Eilish stopped Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night (Sept. 3) to discuss her new album Hit with hard and softher creative process and the connection she shares with her fans. At just 22 years old, the singer-songwriter already has seven Grammy Awards and has broken streaming records worldwide.

“I've always been such an album lover,” he told Kimmel, explaining why he prefers to release full-length works. “I really like it when something feels like one piece and is cohesive and thought out.”

Eilish, who made history as the youngest person to sweep the top four Grammy categories in 2020, shared how she carefully orchestrates the flow of each album. “I'm going to write all the names, I'm going to rip them, I'm going to move them around… it's all about the dynamics and the flow.”

The “Lunch” singer also touched on her long-standing relationship with her fans, likening seeing familiar faces at her concerts over the years to “seeing old friends again.”

“What's been so cool is that all these fans, my whole little family, we're all growing up at the same time,” she told Kimmel. “So many kids, especially in L.A. because I'm from here and I'm around and stuff, when I first started there would be certain kids that I would look up to in everything that I would do, and we were all the same age.”

Eilish continued, “So they'd come and hang out and I'd see them several times a year and then not for a couple of years, and then I'd see them again. Over the years I've seen the same faces many times and I feel like I'm seeing my old friends again.”

Elsewhere in the interview, she treated the audience to an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip of her and her brother Finneas working on the track 'Birds of a Feather' while in the back of an SUV in Brazil.

“This is such a normal thing for me and Finneas,” she said, referring to their collaboration with the brothers that produced several hit records, including the James Bond theme 'No Time to Die'. “We've recorded everywhere—from a tour bus bunk to small hotel rooms. It's occasional, but we like it.”

With her Hit with hard and soft The world tour kicks off September 29 in Quebec City, Eilish shared how she balances life on the road. “I never want to resent it,” he explained. “I love touring, but you can start to hate yourself if you're away for too long, so I make sure I take breaks in between.”

Eilish's latest album Hit with hard and soft debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in June, marking the biggest album week of her career. All 10 tracks from the album entered the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including “Lunch” at No. 5, her highest debut to date. The album also secured 90,000 vinyl sales, earning Eilish her fifth consecutive No.1 on the Vinyl Albums chart.