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\n.@billieeilish<\/a> Would Like to Reintroduce Herself \u2014 And She’s Using Rolling Stone’s May 2024 cover to do so.<\/p>\n
Before dropping her best album yet, the megastar talks to us about revisiting her past self and rethinking everything.<\/p>\n
Cover story\/photos: https:\/\/t.co\/C9wZPMBRlX<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/2mWqhQbclL<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Billie is on the cover of this month’s Rolling Stone, which did a great in-depth story but one quote in particular has caught everyone’s attention. Billie says, “I\u2019ve been in love with girls for my whole life, but I just didn\u2019t understand \u2014 until, last year, I realized I wanted my face in a vagina.” (relatable, tbh)<\/i><\/p>\n
https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/C6J7rsrNWqZ<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
On the topic of sex and masturbation, Billie highly recommends masturbating in front of a mirror as a way to combat body dysmorphia and to forge a deep connection with oneself. \u201cPartly because it\u2019s hot, but it also makes me have such a raw, deep connection to myself and my body, and have a love for my body that I have not really ever had. I got to say, looking at yourself in the mirror and thinking \u2018I look really good right now\u2019 is so helpful. You can manufacture the situation you\u2019re in to make sure you look good. You can make the light super dim, you can be in a specific outfit or in a specific position that\u2019s more flattering. I have learned that looking at myself and watching myself feel pleasure has been an extreme help in loving myself and accepting myself, and feeling empowered and comfortable.\u201d (This is all great self love advice, tbh)<\/i>
She says that sex is her favourite way to relieve stress and jokes that she should have a PhD in masturbation. She also revealed that the song Lunch helped her to become who she really is and that she wrote part of it before she had ever done anything with another girl. OP note: this is all really positive and I hope that people can see the value in being sex positive and talking openly about it.<\/i>
Other highlights from the article include:
\u2022The title “Hit Me Hard and Soft” came from Billie mistakenly thinking it was the name of a synth in Logic Pro and she says it’s the perfect encapsulation of what the album does. “It\u2019s an impossible request: You can\u2019t be hit hard and soft. You can\u2019t do anything hard and soft at the same time. I\u2019m a pretty extremist person, and I really like when things are really intense physically, but I also love when things are very tender and sweet. I want two things at once. So I thought that was a really good way to describe me, and I love that it\u2019s not possible.
\u2022Her synesthesia inspired the blue concept of the album. Although she had blue hair for years she actually hated it but now says “blue is so who I am at my core.”
\u2022She underwent yet another gruelling underwater process for her album cover shoot (she was also under water for the Happier Than Ever video) despite water being her biggest childhood fear after some bad swimming experiences. She is also terrified of whales. <\/b>“How can anybody just accept that a whale exists, y\u2019all? Those things are enormous. The noises they make. That shit is terrifying to me. Ew! Terrifying.\u201d
\u2022Felt that she lost her sense of self a lot in 2020 and this album is a return to the 2019 Billie. \u201cThis whole process has felt like I\u2019m coming back to the girl that I was. I\u2019ve been grieving her. I\u2019ve been looking for her in everything, and it\u2019s almost like she got drowned by the world and the media. I don\u2019t remember when she went away.\u201d<\/p>\nThe whole article is great and worth a read, imo. <\/p>\n
Sources: 1<\/a>, 2<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n