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Hey, what's going on everybody?
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For First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans and you're watching Hot Ones.
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It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
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And today we're joined by Billie Eilish.
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You know her from platinum hit singles like Ocean Eyes and Lovely.
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Fun fact, she's the youngest guest in Hot Ones history and her first studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go, is set to drop March 29th followed by a worldwide tour.
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Billie, welcome to the show. Thank you. How are you? Good. How are you? A little nervous. Mhm.
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I know that you like the Takis chips, so I take it you're comfortable around spicy food.
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I love spicy food, but if I don't know.
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Well, let's push it to the limit today, Billie. You ready? Okay. Hold on. Invisalign coming out. Mhm. Okay.
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That's how you know she means business.
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So, as your fans know, the Billie Eilish origin story begins at home with you and your brother Finneas writing and recording songs in a makeshift studio in his room.
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What's the last sibling argument you've had over a creative decision?
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We have those like every day. I imagine.
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Yeah, somebody has to win always.
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It's like one or the other.
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I feel like there's so much like, "Well, let's decide.
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Well, let's just get something we're all happy with." No. Oh, that.
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Like, one of us is right.
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He's literally right there, but you know. Is that how it works? Yeah.
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And then can you draw back the curtain on what it's like to go to a talent show for homeschooled kids?
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Like what was the greatest act you've ever seen and then what was the biggest like what the F is going on here moment?
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Well, what was really lame was that the parents would let the kids sing like full-length songs.
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That sucked cuz we had to sit through some Like I remember somebody saying some Taylor Swift song and every time she would mess up she would stomp like really hard and like scream. She'd be like, "Fuck!"
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Like every Oh my god, it was insane and it went on and on like on and on.
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And uh for my first song I sang um "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" when I was like nine. But I mean, it's true.
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But those were Homeschoolers are crazy. Hippy dippy green? Mhm. Not bad. Not bad.
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So I can tell by some of the oddball shows that you've appeared on, Hot Ones included, that you're very much raised by the internet.
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When you were on Teens React, you said that you'd seen like every episode when you were 12 years old. Uh-huh.
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Do you remember when you discovered YouTube and the things that you were drawn to early on?
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It was like the classics because you know how it used to be like things were viral?
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Now it's not No Nothing is like viral.
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It's just like everything is, you know? I don't know.
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It was like chocolate rain and like the one where the like rapist went into the window and then they made it into a song.
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You know what I'm talking about?
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Hide your uh kids, hide your wife, and hide your husband. That is funny. Mhm.
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I remember watching that a million times.
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Did your dream of one day working at Target have anything to do with the Alex from Target meme?
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Dude, you know what's so stupid?
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that when that meme happened, uh there was this there was an like one of the first like meme accounts that was like a meme account made a hoodie that said lol you're not Target. No, no.
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lol you're not Alex from Target and I bought one. And it was like $200. Whoa.
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And I bought it and then I took a picture in it and I posted it and I remember it got like 300 likes and I thought I was famous, right? it. I thought I was famous.
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Literally thought I was famous.
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You taking big bites over there, sir.
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How the are you So, I know that you're a proud LA native.
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You rep Highland Park, a neighborhood that's known for its artistic sensibilities.
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And before we move on with the wing, I want to bust out the laptop because we have a very special message for you from another Highland Park legend.
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What the hell is that supposed to mean? Huh? Hi Billie.
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This is Johnnie's from Galco's Soda Pop Stop in Highland Park, Los Angeles.
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Your favorite soda store.
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What the I hope you're having fun on the Hot Ones.
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I understand they have some really tasty independent sodas for you to try.
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Good luck and have a good time.
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So, this is a segment that we call Pop Stars, where we're going to put your palate to the test and give you some regional sodas to see if you can identify them by the taste.
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Get the flavor right, that's points.
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You can name the brand, that's bonus.
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What can you tell the people about Galco's?
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You know, it was like it was such a treat.
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It was just like, let's go to the Soda Pop Stop. We'd go.
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There's like a candy section.
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We get the nickel nips, which are like It's like a little package of these like like miniature sodas, and they're all different colors.
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They're just made out of wax.
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And you bite off the top, and you just suck out this juice. Ooh.
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But they're fire, though.
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And I used to chew on I used to chew on the wax. Gaucho memories. Gaucho memories.
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Okay, where should I start? Probably one. Okay.
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No, I'm going to start at three. Okay. I'm bad Oh. ginger something.
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It's not ginger ale, but it's You know your you know your sodas.
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It literally says and bull. Oh, and bull.
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and and bull, and it's a ginger soda. and bull. So, ding ding ding ding. We're going to two now. Number two. Number two. Ew.
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That is the common reaction to that one.
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That is a common reaction to that one. This one that? That is Moxie. Moxie. Anus. Tastes like an anus. So, it's the anus pop. That's two for two.
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And then one more, Billy.
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This better be the one I want it to be. Grape. Soda.
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That's what it is, for sure. Here, wait. Ooh. Is this soy milk? It is. Whoa.
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This is going to be such a pretty color. Wait. It looks like taro.
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It does It's not It's better though.
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With the soy milk, it's better.
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Ooh, I see a little flake. Mhm. A little pepper flake.
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Does that mean you like it? I kind of like that one. Mhm.
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So, I know that Tyler the Creator and Childish Gambino are two artists that are in the pantheon you look up to, not just because of their music ability, but also the way that they've become fully formed creatives who can write for TV, design, do festival curation.
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So, what I want to do is bounce a few potential Billie Eilish extracurriculars off you, and I'm just curious where you'd take them.
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What would a Billie Eilish horror movie look like?
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Uh probably Probably the bury a friend video.
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I don't know if any of you've seen it.
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Came out a couple days ago.
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It would be in the realm of that.
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Everybody thinks I sold my soul to the Illuminati.
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I don't really know what the Illuminati is, to be honest with you.
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That's what somebody would say if they sold their soul to the Illuminati.
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Would you ever want to design a video game? Yeah, that'd be so sick. Oh my god.
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See, I used to play like not really the classics.
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I kind of I would play like I used to play Elo Melo a lot. I loved Elo Melo.
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That was like my favorite game in the world.
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Uh Do you know what that game is? No.
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game where it's these two little boo-boos.
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They're these little They're so cute.
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They're these little creatures.
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One is named Elo, and the other's named Melo.
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It's this sort of anti-gravity world where there's all these little blocks, and they start apart from each other.
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And the idea is you just get to each other, and then when they get to each other, they just hug, and they do this little dance, and that's the whole game. There's no prize.
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You just get to each other.
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So, the whole idea is the game is just like losing the person you love and then finding them again. It's so cute.
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And uh I used to play Red Dead Redemption.
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That was hard, but I only played it to ride the horses.
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Oaxacaliante is I'm doing good. You're doing so good.
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feel Did you speak too soon? No. All right, Billie.
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We have a current segment on our show called Explain That Gram, where we do a deep dive on our guest's Instagram, pull interesting pictures that need more context. Mhm.
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So, I'll bust out the laptop.
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I'll show you the picture.
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You just tell me the bigger story. Does that sound good? Yeah. All right, Billie.
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You are hanging out with Takashi Murakami. It's all insane.
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Did you guys talk about anime and sneakers? Uh-huh.
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Literally, but he doesn't really speak English and I don't speak Japanese, so there was a lot of like nonverbal communication. Yeah.
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But, he he is like one of the most humble pieces of art I've ever seen in my life.
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He He walks around barefoot with his little dog, Pom. Yep.
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I went to this like other studio.
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I feel like I'm going to faint.
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I went to this other studio Careful with your eyes, too, Billie.
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Making me nervous with, you know, the hot sauce. Oh. Okay.
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Um I was We went to this other studio, which was like a motion capture studio.
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And they put me in like a full-body like tight full-body motion capturing outfit.
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So, it was like I was like up in there up in that Kim Kardashian, filming me like with the like the tight like almost like leather like whatever it was.
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And then they put these little balls all over me, like little white balls. Stuck them to me.
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And on a screen was like an anime like an anime just like walking around and I was like that's so sick cuz this was like slim thick and stuff like she was just like on the wall just like and But they that was like you from the Well, I didn't know what it was. Mhm.
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It was just like this anime doll that looked bomb and then I lifted my arm up and she lifted her arm up and that was crazy.
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it all connected and it all made sense.
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And then I just did the whole thing and it was like automatically copying what I was doing with the anime doll thing on it was crazy. That's sick.
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Do you have a favorite memory from the second annual Brockhampton prom night?
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Um I forgot the whole bridge in Copycat. The whole thing.
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And the audience hated it. That's all I remember. Audience hated it. But they're dope though.
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Every single one of them sweethearts like just the nicest dudes. Shout out Brockhampton. Shout out Brockhampton.
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I'm not going to drink water anymore. I've decided.
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Well, let's see if you stick with that.
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How do you do this stuff?
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Week in and week out it's just you know Don't you feel that way sometimes too though when you're like oh it's a full press day and then I've got this tour and then this thing hate it though.
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and then you're like Do you do you do you enjoy this? Yeah.
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Any job turns into a job especially when you're eating spicy ass chicken wings every week for the internet's amusement.
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You must experience that. I do. All the time.
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I mean it's like it's a lot of bad but it's also a lot of good that you can't get without the bad And you wouldn't trade it. Yeah.
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There's nothing else I want. Right. Could would you go back?
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You know like how much would you have to get paid to go back and have to go through it all again?
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But then I wouldn't trade with anyone for where I am. Mhm. Mhm. Agreed. Yeah. I get that. Mhm. I get that.
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Existential conversation that we're having over Yeah.
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gluten-free nuggets over here.
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So many artists obsess about the idea of being misunderstood or having words mangled but you seem to almost invite it.
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I mean, this is why I'm okay with people thinking I've been sold to the Illuminati or whatever, because it's like art is up for interp- it should be up for interpretation.
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I don't I don't want to see somebody say, "This is my theory about what the song is about."
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and then have a whole thing and me be like, "That's not what it's about."
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I think that's so boring.
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One of my favorite parts about making music is that people take it in the way that they take it and I have no control over that.
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It's so hard to form a sentence right now.
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But yeah, like everything's up for interpretation. It's a heart. Put it in rotation.
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Okay, keep asking me things. Mhm.
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So, it wouldn't be a Hot Ones interview unless we took a wing to obsess on food preferences.
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Do you remember what you were eating when you tweeted, "Food is such a powerful little hoe." ? What?
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She can take control of anyone.
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I think I was eating Taco Bell.
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It was either Taco Bell or a burrito from my house.
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Where does creating the bellyache donut for Donut Friend rank in your list of career accomplishments? It's a big one.
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I got boobs on my shirt, by the way. It's Damn it.
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This is really burning my lips up here. Mhm.
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In an interview with Vanity Fair, you said that the only time that you don't get recognized is when you're in Trader Joe's. what? It's not safe.
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I was going to say, do you feel a freedom when you're walking the aisles at TJ's or not so much? Not anymore? Anymore. Not even Costco.
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I went to Costco on my birthday because I'm just I'm doing this for my lips because my lips are very um spiced out. It happens.
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And I don't want to lick them.
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Can I just dip my lips in this? Hold on.
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You know, you're the one who made the water rule. You can break it.
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I'm not the vegan nugget police over here. breaking it though.
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Cuz you're not technically my water. I mean, dipping my lips. Wow. Ooh. Instant. Yeah.
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I don't think it tasted good. No.
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All right, Billie Eilish, clearly sitting across from you, the drip is a sight to behold.
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But your fans know that you're more likely to be elbow-deep in a bargain bin than buying out the Gucci store.
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How do you distinguish between a steal and a rip-off when it comes to vintage designer gear? I can't do this. This is really crazy. It's crazy. It's crazy. I'm sorry.
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I can't I can't I can't I can't I can't I can't. I can't. I can't. No, can't. I really can't.
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Can we get some director's commentary from some of our favorite Billie Eilish fit pics?
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Up first, what can you tell us about this picture of Soulja Boy? Hold on. Take a lap, Billie. Take a lap. Walk it out.
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I don't really run in front of a lot.
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I wouldn't be able to tell. So, Big Draco, okay? Yep. Oh my god! Billie, are you okay? There's two more. Yeah, you're telling me.
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Who wore it better, you or Guy Fieri? Me. I I should help him.
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And then lastly, what can you tell me about this look? So, uh I know, Billie. I know.
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So, I was in Chicago, not here, but a week before this, and I was at Lollapalooza.
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I was wearing a beanie that day, okay?
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Then I was told that somebody saw a security guard throw it into the crowd. My beanie. Who does that? It's my beanie. Right.
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I was pissed off at this plant.
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I was screaming, and I was really angry. And I was with Yungblud. You know who that is? Mhm.
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Tons of like bad And then I just hit you with the water?
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I I ducked it, like the Matrix. Okay.
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I don't Why am I telling this story?
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Then I got up Does it all relate to this big thing? Yeah, it does. No, it does.
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And then I got up and I was jumping around and I was like, "I want my beanie."
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And I was like complaining like that, literally like annoying.
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And I jumped one time literally like this like that.
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Fell over sprained my ankle.
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Suddenly I'm alone in this big-ass room.
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Jaden Smith come comes down with a big-ass Cuban chain around Cuban link around his neck. Okay?
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He put his hands over my foot and was like, "I'm healing you."
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Vandy the pink, who is like a a bootleg sort of designer, made this boot for me because he heard that my ankle was sprained.
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You like that I told a whole story and you didn't even ask for it? Ooh. Ice coming in. Thank you.
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I put ice on her titties. Uh-uh.
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So, every huge star has their online protection task force, whether it's the Rihanna Navy or Ariana Grande fans.
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Have you ever used the Billie Eilish Twitter army for evil? They do it.
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I mean, I don't even have to say anything. They do it on their own.
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They really do it on their own.
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Obviously, I go on it cuz like an instinct, but I don't say anything I feel.
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I don't share anything with the internet.
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I've heard you say that you love being judged.
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Do you think that it's important to listen to your haters?
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Not to listen, but to to find humor in it.
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I used to be like, I love hate. Huh.
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It's like the Junior Mints and it's like the it's like the Yeah. Yes. The Jets.
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You got to be careful when you ask You got to be careful. I don't know, man. This is the last dab.
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We call it the last dab because it's traditional around here to put a little extra on the last vegan nugget.
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You don't have to if you don't want to.
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You don't have to if you don't want to, Billie.
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I don't have a show tonight.
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Billie Eilish coming on strong. Oh my god. Is that a lot? That's good. That's good. That's textbook. Oh. Did you have fun? No. Cheers, Billie. Ooh. Okay.
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I'm going to do this one then again.
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Cuz I'm going to do it because Ooh. Ooh. I'm here.
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Look at chewing off the bomb just for added I'm in awe, Billie.
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I thought your back was against the ropes. It was.
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I thought that's all it could be. And now look at you.
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Going back down the line, hungry for more.
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And here we are at the end of our meal and just one more obstacle before we get you out of here, Billie Eilish.
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You once said that smiling makes you feel weak and small.
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And as a disaffected, emotionless host, I could not agree with you more.
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So, now that our mouths are on fire, brains burning, can you describe what's going on in your body using only a resting face, and I will do the same. god.
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You don't even have to say it because I can see it, Billie Eilish, and look at you.
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10 wings up, 10 wings down, and even going back for seconds when you'd run the gauntlet, and now there's nothing left to do but salute you, Billie Eilish.
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This camera, this camera, or this camera, let the people know what you have going on in your life. What does that mean?
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If you have any plugs you want to hit.
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Melanie comes out March 29th.
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When we all fall asleep, where do we go? I go to hell when I die. So does he. Good job, Billie. Good job.
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God, what the It's it's a wild it's a wild show. god. how you're feeling. Okay? Oh my god.
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Billie, great job though.
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Great job committing to the bit. This is so insane.
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Have you ever had anything that hot? Mhm.
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