Whereas some individuals suppose pranks are the head of the comedic arts, Billie Eilish simply hates them. They make her anxious and uncomfortable, so naturally she agreed to take part in Elle Journal’s “Phoning It In” section, the place she known as up her well-known associates and label workforce simply to completely mess with them.
“I’m crammed to the brim with anxiousness proper now,” she says in the beginning of the 10-minute section. After passing on Zoe Kravitz for logistical causes, first up was Barbie star Margot Robbie, whom Billie known as with a fake ask about utilizing the actress’ house for a video shoot after a earlier location fell by means of. “Please don’t choose up, please don’t choose up,” Eilish whispered to herself anxiously because the cellphone rang.
Utilizing her pop juggernaut powers to bust by means of Robbie’s airplane mode whereas the star had her cellphone shut down on set and laughing as Margot praised Billie’s Hit Me Arduous and Delicate album (“lifeless, lifeless dying”), an embarrassed Eilish was much more rattled asking the for the pretend favor. “I ordinarily would say f–okay yeah, however we’re packing up our home tomorrow,” Robbie mentioned sweetly as Eilish squirmed in her chair.
Doubling down whereas in search of a back-up, Eilish casually talked about that there can be 200 extras coming alongside, requiring a number of inside and out of doors house. Eilish couldn’t sustain the facade, although, falling aside and admitting the joke as Robbie laughed and mentioned she was severely “racking my mind” to discover a answer. “I hate pranks a lot, I don’t even know Margot like that!” she instructed Robbie, who laughed off the bit with good humor.
Subsequent up on Eilish’s “most embarrassing day” ever, was a name to her Darkroom label CEO Justin Lubliner to casually fake she’s quitting music, a bit that made her need to “throw up proper now” as she famous that “my physique is a temperature it’s by no means been.” Attempting her finest to play it straight, Billie revealed, “I can’t do that anymore, like I’m going to give up music and I’m not doing this anymore.” Lubliner was involved about her initially, asking if she was okay, whereas Eilish needed to hold doubling-down on the pretend information and saying there was nothing he may do to alter her thoughts.
“Neglect enterprise for a second, are you able to inform me what’s occurring?,” Lubliner mentioned as Eilish couldn’t maintain it in anymore and revealed the joke. A shook Lubliner mentioned, “that actually hit me deep… you sounded actually upset. I used to be about to tug as much as wherever you’re and offer you a hug. That’s the place my head went.”
Shaking, she known as up pal Tyler, the Creator with a bit she got here up with about messing her pants. “Okay Tyler, you’re not gonna consider what simply occurred to me and I need assistance so unhealthy,” she instructed the rapper. “Dude, I’m on a date. I’m within the toilet and I s–t my f–king pants.” Tyler’s response was, naturally, “Hearth. Truthfully? Hearth. You deserve it!” Eilish mentioned she was near his home and puzzled if she may swing by to alter.
“I’m in Atlanta!” Tyler defined, as Eilish requested if she may nonetheless swing by his L.A. house for a bathe and garments. Tyler mentioned no downside, however then had questions, like, how did it occur? “I believed it was a fart after which it simply saved going,” Billie defined as she giggled on the cellphone and Tyler tried to determine how she didn’t know she was passing greater than fuel.
As soon as she instructed him the reality, the singer mentioned the silence from the MC who had his personal prank-adjacent present known as Loiter Squad was good. “That’s the content material that they’re doing for journalism now?” he requested. “Good, look, I sharted like two months in the past,” he added.
Amazed at how good everybody was being, Eilish pressed on, calling her pal Dakota Johnson to see if the Madame Internet star had any recommendation on taking part in a child in a film. Questioning if it’s script and asking pertinent questions, Johnson sweetly tried to assist when Eilish inquired a couple of good dialect coach for making child sounds. “That’s the query?” Johnson puzzled. “I used to be gonna ask you if it was a prank!” Johnson added shortly after of the ridiculous question, dishing out with what her precise query was going to be: “don’t you come up with the money for already?” The section ended with Johnson threatening to get Eilish again twice as unhealthy.
Eilish is slated to kick off the Hit Me Arduous and Delicate tour on Sept. 29 in Quebec on the Centre Videotron.
Watch Eilish prank her buddies under.
