{"id":284527,"date":"2019-12-04T09:17:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T16:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1099340"},"modified":"2019-12-04T09:17:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T16:17:03","slug":"billie-eilish-sometimes-forgets-her-fans-are-not-her-real-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/billie-eilish-sometimes-forgets-her-fans-are-not-her-real-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Billie Eilish Sometimes Forgets Her Fans Are Not Her Real Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sure, Billie Eilish<\/a><\/strong> is a teenager<\/a> with a love for The Office<\/em>, but she’s also a household name. <\/p>\n

At 17, the Calif. native is well on her way to becoming a decorated songstress with already six first-time Grammy nominations under her belt for next year’s ceremony. While her road to a number one debut studio album was not an overnight one, Eilish is entirely in the midst of a career music hopefuls around the world dream of. <\/p>\n

Still, such a dream realized comes with its share of sacrifices. For the teen, those include being on the road to tour, which can be anxiety-inducing and take her away<\/a> from her friends. While the star has brought pals along<\/a> with her, she also gets a similar friendly feeling from her fans\u2014to a fault. <\/p>\n

“I forget sometimes that they’re not literally my friends,” she told Variety<\/a><\/em> of her fans in a new interview. “It’s weird, like, that’s probably the biggest con in it all: that people I’ve never met think I’m really close friends with them. And then they forget that I’m not, and sometimes say stuff at meet-and-greets or post things that are joking or sarcastic about how bad I look in [a certain] photo, and I’m like, wow, that’s so mean. But then I remember that it’s just part of being friends\u2014you make fun of your friends as a joke, and they make fun of you back\u2014so it’s all love, and I really, really don’t want it to change.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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As she pointed out to Variety<\/em>, “But then also, I have to be careful. If I say anything back, there’d be articles about me being mean, and also, I know from experience that when [you meet] somebody you’ve looked up to your entire life, even a joke can really mess you up.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Variety<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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However challenging the relationship between artist and fan can be, there’s also room from human connection. <\/p>\n

“There’s this group of girls I’ve met a couple times and they’re cool as hell,” she said. “They followed me to my hotel\u2014which I hate, please<\/em> don’t come to my hotel\u2014but I realized it was them and we just hung out alone in the parking lot at like 3 a.m.”<\/p>\n

Eillish recalled, “We talked and laughed and joked and played a game of ninja\u2014it’s this game where you to stand in a circle and try to get each other out by hitting each other’s hands. But we just hung out, and I just was friends with them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“And even other kids,” she continued, “wearing merch with my name on it, that come to my show\u2014they’re like homies. I genuinely feel like I’m seeing my friends again.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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