Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish says public misunderstanding of Tourette's is frustrating for people who live with it.

“the not understanding of that is really frustrating as a person with Tourette's”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 1:18:23

Billie Eilish explains that during interviews she works hard to suppress her tics and releases them afterward.

“when I'm in an interview, I'm doing everything in my power to suppress all of my tics constantly”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 1:17:14

Billie Eilish recounts that a hip injury at the last rehearsal before competition season ended her dancing as her music career took off.

“at least a week, and then I was on crutches, and I literally never danced again”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 48:08

Billie Eilish says Ocean Eyes was uploaded to SoundCloud only to give her dance teacher an easy link for choreography.

“we only put it on SoundCloud to send an easier link to the dance teacher”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 48:53

Billie Eilish says she makes music primarily to listen to and sing herself, likening it to making her own perfume.

“So I make music to listen to it, to enjoy it and to sing it. It's my favorite thing in the world”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 42:43

Billie Eilish argues that letting go of wanting to be cool helped her songwriting because creative work requires allowing it to be bad first.

“a big part of making anything, and especially music, is allowing it to be bad before it's good”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 40:33

Billie Eilish says she has significantly reduced how much of herself she shares publicly compared with her earlier oversharing.

“I've definitely like, like 80, 75% come down on my, my, uh, not honesty, but my sharing of myself”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 35:43

Billie Eilish says she is excited to age naturally and does not want to alter her face or body.

“excited to age and I'm so excited for my face to age and my body to age and not change it”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 30:48

Billie Eilish calls the Hit Me Hard and Soft tour, captured in her 3D concert film, the best show she has made.

“And B, it's like the best show I've ever made”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 1:13:04

Billie Eilish says that after her hamster escaped through the enclosure's vents, she bought a bigger house with thinner venting.

“So since then, I have gotten her a much bigger house with very thin venting”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 1:08:15

Billie Eilish says working with her sibling allows them to argue bluntly without breaking the relationship.

“it is kind of the blessing of working with your sibling because you can't, you can't break up with your sibling”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 57:46

Billie Eilish argues that large reactive bully-breed dogs face far more stigma than small dogs with similar behavior.

“the difference in having a reactive, bigger, stronger, more marginalized breed when they have anxiety and reactive behavioral issues is there's so much more of a stigma against them”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 55:01

Billie Eilish recounts crying through a single short PR training session at 14 and ignoring its rules afterward.

“only did one session and it was like under an hour and I sobbed and I left. And I did not follow any of the rules after that”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 34:19

Billie Eilish says she now rewatches the entire series of The Office several times a year.

“So I probably rewatched the whole series like three or four times a year”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 25:55

Billie Eilish says the atmosphere during her SNL hosting week was surprisingly intense and humorless.

“the whole week leading up, I was like, why is nobody laughing at all?”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 23:40

Billie Eilish says she spent years early in her career trying to prove what kind of artist she was, which brought her no joy.

“I spent so many years when I started, you know, having this career that I wanted to like prove the kind of artist that I was”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Billie Eilish (May 5, 2026) · Listen from 22:42