Billie Eilish opens up about her sexuality: 'I've been in love with girls for my whole life'
Billie Eilish opened up about knowing more about herself, including how her upcoming song, Lunch, has helped her understand her sexuality.
The 22-year-old pop singer detailed her journey of self-discovery as she talked about her new track in her latest feature with American magazine Rolling Stone published on Wednesday, April 24.
“That song was actually part of what helped me become who I am, to be real,” Billie began. “I wrote some of it before even doing anything with a girl, and then wrote the rest after,” she added.
“I’ve been in love with girls for my whole life, but I just didn’t understand—until, last year, I realized I wanted my face in a vagina,” the What Was I Made For? singer shared.
During a party at Coachella earlier this month, Billie teased Lunch alongside her other tracks in her third studio album Hit Me Hard and Soft, which is set to drop on May 17. According to the lucky fans who got a sneak peek of her new music, Lunch features LGBTQ+ undertones in its lyrics, including the lines: “I could eat that girl for lunch / Yeah, she dances on my tongue / Tastes like she might be the one / And I can never get enough / I could buy you so much stuff / It’s a craving, not a crush.”
Billie was revealed to be “physically attracted” to women by entertainment outlet Variety in November 2023, but she clarified that she did not intentionally come out at the time.
The Grammy award-winning artist recalled posting about it on Instagram, with a caption that read, “Thanks Variety for my award and for also outing me on a red carpet at 11 a.m. instead of talking about anything else that matters. I like boys and girls leave me alone about it please literally who cares.”
Looking back, she stressed that she never planned on talking about her sexuality “in a million years.”
“It’s really frustrating to me that it came up,” she said.
While she later realized she may have overreacted then, Billie underscored that “nobody should be pressured” with labels, saying that it takes a while to truly know oneself.
“The whole world suddenly decided who I was, and I didn’t get to say anything or control any of it. Nobody should be pressured into being one thing or the other, and I think that there’s a lot of wanting labels all over the place,” she mused.
“Dude, I’ve known people that don’t know their sexuality, or feel comfortable with it, until they’re in their forties, fifties, sixties. It takes a while to find yourself,” she continued. “I think it’s really unfair, the way that the internet bullies you into talking about who you are and what you are.”
Billie has been linked to Brandon Quention Adams, Matthew Tyler Vorce, and Jesse Rutherford in the past.