Billie Eilish has heard that Rihanna desires to collaborate along with her. She is solely shocked by the information, and 100% right here for it.
The Hit Me Laborious and Delicate artist sat down with Complicated for its most up-to-date cowl. Whereas talking with the journal, she was requested what she thought when she heard the “Umbrella” singer needed to work along with her.
“I actually thought it was AI, to begin with,” she advised the publication, laughing. “I’ve by no means met Rihanna. She’s actually my idol. She’s the best of all time. She’s my full dream collab.”
Eilish added that she doesn’t usually reply when she’s requested who she wish to work with on a music, however she all the time thinks about Rihanna.
“I’m not going to say that, although! Why would I say that?! It’s not actual,” she mentioned. “I might suppose, like, ‘She in all probability doesn’t even like me.’ I’ve by no means heard from her, and I’ve by no means had any interplay along with her, so why would I’ve ever even thought of it?”
Rihanna spoke to Entry Hollywood in October and was requested who her dream collaborator can be. She replied, “If I may solely do a music with Billie Eilish.” Shortly after, she doubled down and echoed Eilish’s shock that she knew her.
“Does Billie Eilish know me? Billie is probably the most anti-coolest lady ever,” the Fenty founder mentioned. “In my thoughts, she doesn’t take heed to industrial music. She doesn’t take heed to anybody’s music. I really feel like she’s simply creating her diary vocally. You may really feel like she’s simply zoned into who she is and what she’s experiencing and what she’s feeling, even when she doesn’t know what it’s.”
In her dialog with Complicated, Eilish addressed Rihanna particularly saying “if solely” they may work collectively. “I used to be like, ‘Nicely, bitch, I’ve been sitting right here this complete time!’ What the fuck is she even speaking about? [Laughs.] Truthfully,” she continued. “What do you imply, ‘If solely’?! It’s, like, as if I’ve been saying, ‘No.’ Rihanna! Riri!? I’ll actually do something you need. That’s insane.”
The “Birds of a Feather” singer is at the moment on tour for her third studio album, Hit Me Laborious and Delicate, whereas the “Disturbia” artist has been discussing her upcoming album since 2018 when she first revealed it was within the works.
Earlier this yr, she advised Leisure Tonight that she was “beginning over” on R9, which is what the album has been referred to as to date.
“I feel that music, for me, is a brand new discovery. I’m rediscovering issues,” she mentioned in June. “I’ve been engaged on the album for therefore lengthy that I kinda put all that stuff apart, and now I’m ready to return within the studio. I’m gonna begin — give me a second!”
Regardless of beginning over on the album she had been engaged on for six years, she famous she doesn’t need to “neglect” the songs she has already created. “I truly need to return and take heed to stuff with new ears, with my new perspective,” she mentioned, “after which see what applies and what I’m nonetheless in love with.”
