{"id":804288,"date":"2020-02-18T04:04:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T11:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=954038"},"modified":"2020-02-18T04:04:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T11:04:18","slug":"watch-billie-eilish-and-finneas-discuss-the-writing-of-no-time-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/watch-billie-eilish-and-finneas-discuss-the-writing-of-no-time-to-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Billie Eilish and Finneas Discuss the Writing of \u2018No Time To Die\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Billie Eilish<\/a> and her brother Finneas<\/a> stopped by BBC Breakfast in London ahead of their performance at the BRIT Awards, where the duo will live premiere their new Bond theme song. The pair discussed their newfound fame, writing \u201cNo Time To Die\u201d<\/a> and why Eilish has been forced to back away from the Internet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very surreal thing, our lives as a whole,\u201d Eilish told host Louise Minchin as the 15-minute interview kicked off. \u201cBut we\u2019re very grateful for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The musicians shared how they conceptualized and created \u201cNo Time To Die,\u201d which will appear in the upcoming Bond film<\/a> of the same name. \u201cWe wrote and recorded the Bond song on a tour bus in Texas,\u201d Finneas said. \u201cWe did certain songs on the album in hotel rooms. You know, that\u2019s kind of always been our philosophy: not letting the place that we are get in the way of making great music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eilish added that they had a bad day trying to write the song in a studio, noting, \u201cWe had an intense amount of writers\u2019 block as soon as we were called to action.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eilish also said that the pair has been wanting to make a Bond song for years and she doesn\u2019t remember how the call to do this one came in. \u201cI remember at the beginning of last year we kind of told our whole team, \u2018Hey if any Bond things come up we want to be involved if we can possibly be,’\u201d she recounted. \u201c\u2018Whatever we have to do we will do.’\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe really did not take the opportunity lightly and we really just tried to work as hard as we could to prove ourselves worthy of that,\u201d Finneas added, explaining that they did some research on past Bond themes while writing. \u201cWe really wanted to make something that didn\u2019t feel like we were trying to copy other great songs, so it was really helpful to listen to these songs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

During the interview, Eilish also admitted that her celebrity status has caused her to remove herself from the Internet. She said that she has \u201cfully\u201d stopped reading comments on Instagram. \u201cIt weird,\u201d she said, \u201cthe cooler the things you get to do are, the more people hate you. It\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cIt\u2019s like way worse than it\u2019s ever been right now\u2026 I mean, it\u2019s insane that I even have been reading comments up until this point. I should have stopped long ago. It\u2019s just the problem is that I\u2019ve always wanted to stay in touch with the fans and like keep talking to them and people have ruined that for me. And for them. They\u2019ve ruined it for them and that sucks. I still try to like fans\u2019 posts or whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n

She concluded by noting that while she loves interacting with her fans in real life, calling them \u201cother me\u2019s,\u201d she can\u2019t be online. \u201cThe Internet is ruining my life,\u201d Eilish confirmed. \u201cSo I turned it off.\u201d<\/p>\n