Billie Eilish: Who Is This New Artist Everyone Is Talking About?

A Lady From LA

Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell was born in LA on December 18th, 2001, and grew up in Highland Park. Her parents are Maggie Baird and Patrick O’Connell, and they are still married; they just have different last names. Billie went with one of her middle names when she started recording instead of one of her parent’s last names.

Billie Eilish at a Teen Vogue Young Hollywood event in 2016.

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In an interview with Howard Stern, she spoke about how neither of the names seemed to fit her, and that’s why she ended up choosing Eilish. Both of her parents are musicians and ended up homeschooling her and her brother. While they were homeschooled, they were taught the basics of songwriting and how to express themselves and explore what they really want in life. This is where her story begins.