Billie Eilish Shares Her Journey of Self-Discovery Regarding Her Sexuality: 'I Realized I Desired Intimacy with a Woman'

Billie Eilish, a 22-year-old singer, has revealed that her song "Lunch" helped her become her authentic self. She wrote some of the song before even doing anything with a girl and then wrote the rest after. Eilish teased "Lunch" and other tracks from her upcoming third studio album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, at a Do Labs Coachella party earlier this month. The track features lyrics about a same-sex relationship, such as "I could eat that girl for lunch / Yeah, she dances on my tongue / Tastes like she might be the one / And I can never get enough / I could buy you so much stuff / It’s a craving, not a crush."

Eilish previously never planned on discussing her sexuality "in a million years," adding that it's frustrating that it came up. She referred to her November 2023 profile with Variety, in which she admitted she was "attracted" to women "for real." The following month, she accused the outlet of outing her with the story, writing via Instagram.

At Variety's Hitmakers event in December 2023, Eilish said in a red carpet interview that she thought her sexuality was "obvious" and didn't realize people didn't know. She felt like she didn't have "control" over news of her sexuality breaking, and she thinks it's unfair that the internet bullies you into talking about who you are and what you are. Despite being romantically linked to stars such as Brandon Quention Adams, Matthew Tyler Vorce, and Jesse Rutherford over the years, Eilish told Rolling Stone she's "only figuring myself out now."

Eilish's new album Hit Me Hard and Soft drops on May 17.