Billie Eilish talking about Melanie Martinez in a 2017 interview. 🧡
“A lot of music right now is catchy and the production is cool, but then if you really look at it, it’s just so bland and so boring. Also, it’s all about the same thing: “Oh, I like this girl and I am sad!” You can say that in a song, sure, but say it in a different way that is more interesting and maybe has a different meaning. I try to do that when my brother and I write. You take a certain premise for a song and you give it a double meaning… It’s fun to decide like, “Oh, I’m going to write a song about a belly ache!” But it actually has a deeper meaning that you can turn into whatever you want it to be. Not a lot of people do that, but I think Melanie Martinez does that really well.”
https://popcrush.com/billie-eilish-bellyache-interview/