Billie Eilish

I wish you the best for the rest of your life Felt sorry for you when I looked in your eyes But I need to confess I told you a lie

I said you, you Were the love of my life The love of my life Did I break your heart?

Did I waste your time?

I tried to be there for you Then you tried to break mine It isn't asking for a lot for an apology For making me feel like I'd kill you if I tried to leave You said you'd never fall

Billy Eilish, Phineas O'Connell, welcome to Fresh Air.

Well, you know, we started making music when I was about 13.

And as most 13-year-olds, I had not, you know, grown into my body and my voice and all the things that you age into as a human.

And I always, you know, it's funny, like when things like that happen at a young age, you kind of have this idea that that's how things are going to be forever.

And so in my mind at the time, my voice was going to sound like it

did then forever I thought it was going to be soft and my range wasn't going to be like very big and I wasn't ever going to be able to belt and I wasn't ever going to be able to you know have much of a chest mix in my voice and um I spent many years touring and singing and doing shows and

My voice matured and started to change.

And in the making of Hit Me Hard and Soft, I started working with a singing teacher, which I hadn't done since I was a kid in my choir.

And I kind of always felt hesitant to and kind of embarrassed to somehow.

And it completely has just...

honestly changed my life.

And I mean, I've just, my voice has just gotten, you know, 10 times better in the last two years.

And what's amazing is it's just going to keep getting better.

No, that's just how I sang.

That's what's funny about it.

I just, you know, I was like, I couldn't really do much else.