In an interview with BBC Radio 1, Billie Eilish dished on the concept for her record ‘My Future,’ naming Michael Bublé and his song, Haven’t Met You Yet, as the main inspiration.

 


Billie explains:

“The idea came subconsciously from a video that I found of myself from when I was, I think, 13 or 14.  My Snapchat was like, ‘Four years ago today…’, and it was this video of me, I think at 14, and I was listening to ‘Just Haven’t Met You Yet’ by Michael Bublé.  And that song, when I was that age, I used to listen to it night and day just because it made me hopeful. I was also really depressed at the time and sad all the time, and that song made me excited for the future.  I sent [the video] to my friend and she was like, ‘True, that is sad, but at the same time, I love this video of you because it almost looks like you’re talking about your future self, like, I just haven’t met you yet, and I’m excited to meet you.’  And I was like, ‘That’s so cute.’ I didn’t even think about that until after I had written the chorus, but I knew that it was subconscious. I was totally thinking about that. It was so exactly what I was feeling and thinking and wanted to convey and wanted to say and wanted to be heard.”

 

 

The best part – Michael Bublé actually responded! He tweeted, “Hey Billie Eilish I’m a huge fan.  I just heard your story about ‘Haven’t Met You Yet.’  Music is a great healer and writing really helped me during some tough times.  Your music inspires me and I am so touched that mine has done the same for you.”

 

In the meantime, make sure to have this date saved – Feb. 21, 2021.  That’s when Billie will release her AppleTV+ documentary, Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry.

 

 

 

And check out Finneas’ first holiday song, Another Year. 

 

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