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Variety’s seventh annual Hitmakers brunch recognized artists, writers, producers, and music executives behind the 25 biggest singles of 2023. This event took place on Saturday, at NYA West in Los Angeles, and Billie Eilish was among the musicians who were present there. Previous multiple honorees, Eilish accepted the Film Song of the Year Award for their Barbie ballad, “What Was I Made For” with her brother and collaborator, Finneas.
The singer wore a blue satin Dodgers jacket for the event and kept her acceptance speech short and sweet. However, the real spotlight was snatched by her conversation at the event’s red carpet. During this conversation, she opened up about her recent rumors regarding her sexuality. Here she also confirmed the fact that she indeed came out on the cover story of Variety’s recent “Power of Women” issue.
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On Saturday’s red carpet, Variety correspondent Tiana DeNicola asked Billie if it was her intention to come out as a queer on the cover story of Variety’s November issue. To this question, the indie-pop star answered with a giggle saying, “No, I didn’t! But I kind of thought, wasn’t it obvious? I didn’t realize people didn’t know! I just don’t really believe in [coming out]. I’m just like, why can’t we just exist? I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I just didn’t talk about it.” In the November cover story, the ‘lonely’ singer told Katcy Stephan, a Variety journalist, “I’ve never really felt like I could relate to girls very well. I love them so much. I love them as people. I’m attracted to them as people. I’m attracted to them for real. … I’m physically attracted to them. But I’m also so intimidated by them and their beauty and their presence.”
The Oscar winner then proceeded to explain that she saw the article written about it and thought to herself, “Oh… I guess… I came out today!” Said Eilish: “…OK cool. But it’s exciting to me because I guess people didn’t know… but it’s cool that they know.” She then said, “Ooh, I’m nervous talking about it!”, before she finished the red carpet interview with, “But… I am for the girls!”
The young music superstar was last romantically linked to the Neighbourhood’sfrontman, Jesse Rutherford, however, the pair ended up in a mutual breakup. Billie in her career has also hinted at her sexuality in the past, most notably in her slumber party-themed music video for the single ‘Lost Cause‘. This was the one that sent social media into a frenzy as many viewers and users accused the singer of queerbaiting.
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