TEENS REACT TO BILLIE EILISH

- It's so good.
I just want her to be my mom

and sing to me every night.

- Breaking Bad season whatever
looks a little crazy.

♪ (punk rock intro) ♪

- ♪ (vocalizing) ♪
- Billie Eilish! Yes!

- Oh my god. "Ocean Eyes."

- This morning,
I was listening to her,

and I was like,
why have we never reacted to her?

And here we are!!

- ♪ I've been watching you ♪
- (sings along) ♪ For some time ♪

She's so pretty.

- ♪ Can't stop staring... ♪
- (sings along) ♪ At your ocean eyes ♪

Ah!
- Oh my gosh.

I really love Billie so much.

- ♪ No fair ♪

- She has a very pretty voice.

- She's gonna play a huge part
in the music industry in the future.

She's young.
She has potential with that.

- I know that when she made this song
she was 14, right? Or 15.

She was super young.
I love her!

- ♪ I've never fallen
from quite this high ♪

- Her voice is just so calming,
and it's really cool.

- ♪ Those ocean eyes ♪

- (sighs) I love Billie.

- I went to Agenda,
which is like a festival,

and I saw her there live.
I punched my way through that crowd

and saw her,
and it was so good.

She's got a pretty good
stage performance.

- She sounds like every pop female
on the radio now.

A lot of pop singers now
just somewhat have

this kind of wispy,
more indie sounding voice.

- ♪ ...here pretty soon ♪
♪ Lookin' through my room... ♪

- I love this song.
- ♪ ...for the money ♪

♪ I'm bitin' my nails ♪
- (sings along) ♪ I'm too young

to go to jail ♪
- ♪ Kinda funny ♪

- Her voice is just so good.
Ah, I love her.

We stan a queen.

- I like the vibes.

- (sings along) ♪ Where's
my mind ♪

♪ Dun, dun, dun, dun ♪
♪ Maybe it's in the... ♪

- (sings along) ♪ Gutter ♪
Oh, look at her jump!

(sings along) ♪ My lover ♪

- I like the yellow fit.

- Breaking Bad season whatever
looks a little crazy. (chuckles)

- ♪ V is for vendetta ♪
♪ Thought that I'd feel better ♪

♪ But now I got a bellyache ♪
- My stummy hurt.

- ♪ Fuh, fuh, fuh ♪
(laughs) She is so iconic.

- I can't even imagine
having that much talent

and innovation at such a young age.

- It's not my really style of music,
but I'm not gonna say she's bad.

She has a good voice.

- ♪ You'd say you'd stay,
but then you'd run ♪

- I haven't seen this one,
but I know the song.

(sings along) ♪ Giving you
what you're begging for ♪

- This music video
is artistically gorgeous. Ah.

It's so simple,
but so interesting.

- ♪ ...what you say I need,
say I need ♪

- I don't know what's happening.

- I like her outfits she's had
in the videos. They're pretty cool.

- ♪ ...me torn ♪
♪ You're teaching me

to live without it ♪

- She's a really big fan
of the color jumpsuits.

- (sings along) ♪ I'm so bored ♪

- ♪ I'm so bored ♪

- She's bored.
- ♪ So bored ♪

- Well, you're in white nothingness.
I'm very confused by all of these.

- I'm so bored. (laughs)

The visuals were simple
but interesting.

I like the outfit.
Her voice is pretty.

But then you listen to the lyrics
and it's like, "Oh, okay." (laughs)

- She writes about topics
that are so relatable,

and that's why people
like her so much.

This song's literally
just about being bored

and that's half of being a teenager.

- ♪ (vocalizing) ♪
- Oh, the vertical video! Oh.

(sings along) ♪ Don't be that way ♪

- Is this supposed to be
just a handheld phone

type of thing?
It's, like, vertical.

- This is the newest music video,
I believe, and it just came out

on IG TV.
That's why it's vertical.

- In a way,
she kind of reminds me of Poppy, too.

In a way
when it comes to the aesthetics.

- ♪ Kind of mood that you wish... ♪
- (softly) It's so good.

I just want her to be my mom
and sing to me every night,

like, oh my god.

- ♪ If "I love you" was a promise ♪

♪ Would you break it,
if you're honest? ♪

- I feel like all the songs
kind of are sounding the same, though,

which I'm not a huge fan of.

- I wish she had some upbeat songs,

and not kind of
all really low and mellow.

- (sings along) ♪ I don't
wanna be you ♪

- ♪ Anymore ♪

- That's so raw,
how she looks in the mirror.

Must've been super hard for her
to grow up with all these eyes on her

and people putting pressure
on her to perform

and be this perfect role model
when she's just a kid.

- This is teenage angst right here.
This is all the middle school feelings

that I had, you know,
all just bottled up in me.

She's just singing it for me.

- ♪ Thought I found a way ♪

- Ah, yes!
This song is so good!

- This is "Lovely"
with Khalid. Ah.

- Love the Beats promo. (laughs)

- ♪ So I guess I gotta stay now ♪
- (sighs)

(sings along) ♪ I hope some day
- ♪ I'll make... ♪

- Their voices sound good together.

- Her and Khalid are great,
because they sing the same,

and they act the sa--
all of their stuff is the same.

- ♪ Wanna feel alive outside ♪
- And my soul like this.

- (sings along) ♪ Fight my fears ♪
♪ Mm, isn't it lovely? ♪

Ooh.
I like the clouds in the fog.

- This is a sick-looking video,
not gonna lie.

- ♪ ...my mind of stone ♪
- It just gives me chills.

It's so good.
- (sings along) ♪ Hello,

welcome home ♪

- Wow. They sound
really good together.

- Khalid was the breakout star
for last summer,

and then Billie's
this summer's breakout star,

and they're coming together.

- ♪ Lips meet teeth and tongue ♪
- This is interesting.

This looks like a rap video at first
when you just got all the cars.

This is sick choreography, too.

- ♪ If we were meant to be... ♪
- Look at her! Oh my god. So good.

She matches the cars.

- (sings along) ♪ See
what you wanna see,

but all I see is him right now ♪

- She is stunning.

- ♪ With the fire that you... ♪

- I feel like I can't tell
how old she is, like, looking at her.

She's one of those faces, like,
could be 17, could be 25.

- I listened to this album
on repeat for three months straight.

This was like the soundtrack
of my life.

- The dance in this is
(sighs) so cool.

- Wow, that is--
that was different.

I'm not the biggest fan
of the music,

but I think the videos
are really cool to look at.

- It's really interesting
for someone so young

to be playing with such darker themes,
but in such a positive way.

This music is reaching so many people.

- She has a beautiful voice.
I really like her visuals.

For some reason,
I haven't really looked into her,

but I can kind of see
why a lot of people are into her.

- (FBE) So, those were all songs
by... Billie Eilish!

- (sarcastic) Wow,
who guessed it? Hmm.

- I've heard of that name.
I know I have.

- (FBE) So, Billy
is just 16 years old.

- 16 years old?
A little too wise for her age.

- It makes me feel
so unaccomplished. (laughs)

I'm one year older than her,
and I don't got no (squeaks) music.

- (FBE) She's one
of the most requested artists

that we've had to cover
in the show for a while now.

- Yeah, I could see why.

- I'm so glad I get to be
on this episode.

- (FBE) Given that she is a teenager,
do you think it's mostly teens

who make up her fan base,
because they can relate to her?

Or based on what you heard,
do you think

that there are other reasons
that she's been so requested?

- No, it's mostly teens
to young adults.

- That 13 to 18 audience
is probably--

because they're younger
and they're going through stuff,

and, you know, they're doing
all these new experiences

and that seems to be
kind of her vibe.

- It's more scattered
than just teenagers

just 'cause it's a familiar vibe
that I doubt only teens feel.

- Her demographic is teens,
but it's spread out more than that.

Everybody from every age group
can feel

that certain type
of emotion in everything.

- Teens nowadays aren't as...
superficial as people like to say.

They like things
that have more meaning

and things that are more interesting
to think about.

- She gets a lot of heat
because of the universal fan base.

When I was listening to her,
my mom was like,

"If you listen to her lyrics,"
she's like, "she's 16,

and she's talking about topics
that are that deep."

I'm like, "Mom!
I'm a teenager.

I know exactly
what she's talking about."

It's surprising to parents,
because it's like,

I find this relatable,
but I'm an adult.

- (FBE) She released her first single
when she was 13 years old

on her SoundCloud page.
- (sighs) That's so stressful.

- (FBE) She has since released
two EPs, eight singles,

eight music videos,
one of which that she directed.

- That is so wild.

- That's a crazy amount of pressure

for someone that young
to be put in front of.

- (FBE) Despite her age,
many have praised her mature lyrics

that are littered with metaphors,
deeper meanings,

and from varying points of view,
including one song

from the point of view
of a serial killer.

- Interesting.
Listening to the lyrics,

that's why I was like,
"I don't know how old she is!"

(laughs) 'Cause she's mature,

but kind of has that young side
to her still.

- (FBE) What do you think about her
being able to establish

her career this much
just by being at such a young age?

- It's inspiring, honestly,
for people going

into their own endeavors.
Makes you think, "Hey, I'm 16.

I could do something like this, too."

- That's lots of potential
that's not gonna go to waste.

There's no boundaries
when it comes to her, I guess.

There's really--
she's limitless. That's dope.

- She seems like someone who was born
with kind of an older soul,

just born more mature
than a 16-year-old.

In her music, she doesn't sound
like this childish kid.

- It's really good
that she's able to do that,

but at the same time,
I feel like it could turn around

and bite her in the butt,
because I feel like people

already expect so much
of such a young person

that when she's older, they're gonna
expect things to progress more.

- It's easier now
for somebody to do that

just because of the internet.
That's interesting,

somebody who's so young,
like, how much will they change

if they keep with it
as far into the future?

- (FBE) So finally,
Billie is continuing to release

new projects and songs all the time.
So, as all of you grow up

from teens to adults,
do you think that Billie

will be one of the bigger artists
for your generation in the future?

- I think that's definitely
a possibility.

- I hope for her sake she is.
(ding)

- She's already so far now.
It can only get higher.

(ding)
- Yeah, of course. (chuckles)

- I do. I think this is probably
just a start for her.

- Billie Eilish is gonna do well
even when she gets older.

I don't see her hype train
coming down anytime soon.

- I so hope so.

I think she has so much
going for her right now.

I just don't want her
to burn out too young.

- She's got the talent
and the voice.

I really hope that she can continue on

into my adulthood,
'cause that would be pretty cool.

- Hopefully, she stays
and doesn't fall off.

I think she's headed
in a very good direction.

And her voice can, I think,
only get better at this point.

I mean, she's 16,
and she's singing like that?

Man, I'm sure it's gonna be,
like, (imitates air whooshing).

It can only go up.

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- Hey, guys. Vartuhi here,

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