Billie Eilish talks about the scrutiny she receives over her body in her new song 'Skinny'.
In the opening track of her third studio album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, the 22-year-old sings about body image and breakups.
“People say I look happy / Just because I've lost weight / But the old me is still me, maybe the real me / And I think she's beautiful,” she sings. is sung near the beginning of.
In a later verse, Billie talks about an old relationship and being trolled online, saying, “And you said I was your secret/And you couldn't keep it/And the internet was in the meanest funniest way” I’m starving/and someone has to feed me.”
Many fans have interpreted the song as a reference to her romance with “The Neighborhood” singer Jesse Rutherford, with whom she dated for seven months from late 2022 to May 2023.
The song ends with the touching lyrics, “I never did you wrong…I loved you for a long time.”
The Bad Guys hitmaker has opened up about how the constant comments about her appearance are affecting her mental health.
She told British Vogue last year that she was going through a “difficult period” trying to overcome the onslaught of criticism.
“Honestly, no one can say anything about my body that I don't have strong opinions about,” she said. “I like myself more than I used to, and I'm more interested in how I feel than how they feel. But that can be terrible, because it's still ab* Because you hurt my feelings like my son.” *chi. ”
“Hit Me Hard and Soft” was released on Friday.