The US star says it “doesn’t matter how vigilant your parents are, it doesn’t matter how smart you are, it doesn’t matter about your judgment, it can just happen to you and you have no control over it”.
Sunday 19 June 2022 13:57, UK
Billie Eilish arriving at the Met Gala in New York last month
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Billie Eilish arriving at the Met Gala in New York last month
Abuse can “happen to anyone” and “you have no control over it”, Billie Eilish has said as she described singing about an experience she suffered as a child.
Speaking ahead of her headlining show at Glastonbury this week, the US star also said it can take time to realise that a relationship “wasn’t what you thought it was”.
Eilish, 20, said singing about an episode in her own life had made her feel “really vulnerable”.
She told The Sunday Times: “Here’s all these secrets about me and here’s all these insecurities I have and here are all the things I keep to myself.”
The lyrics to her song Getting Older include the phrase “wasn’t my decision to be abused”.
She adds, in a later verse: “For anybody asking, I promise I’ll be fine. I’ve had some trauma, did things I didn’t wanna; Was too afraid to tell ya, but now, I think it’s time.”
She said it happened when she was younger, but did not give any further details.
Another song from her album Happier Than Ever, called Your Power, is about abusers who take advantage of underage girls.
She sings: “She said you were a hero; You played the part; But you ruined her in a year.”
