Showbiz I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice . Billie Eilish has revealed that she “lost all her friends” when she shot to global fame as a teenager.
The Bad Guy singer, now 22, first gained attention with her debut single Ocean Eyes and then achieved worldwide fame with her first album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? when she was just 17. Speaking with Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver on their Miss Me podcast about her journey to fame, she shared: “I lost all of my friends when I got famous. Literally all except one.
My best friend Zoe who I’ve been friends with since I was like two. She is still my girl. “But she’s pretty much the only person that remained.
I suddenly was famous and I couldn’t relate to anybody. It was tough. It was really hard.
” When asked if she attempted to reconnect with those friends after returning from tour, Eilish admitted she tried but they wouldn’t respond. “I tried but I think I felt resentful that I didn’t feel..
. Like I don’t know I was so young,” she shared, revealing that she realised all her “friends” were in fact her employees during a moment at her 20th birthday. Adding: “I remember looking around the room and it was only people that I employ.
And all 15 years or more older than me. “And then, one of my best friends, who worked with me, quit. Out of the blue and didn’t talk to me.
And it was the worst thing that happened to me. �.
