b'FEATUREBILLIE EILISHT E E N A G E K I C K SBillie Eilish, the teen star, talks about therapy, her boyfriend and how sudden fame has altered her lifefor better and for worseWords_Decca AitkenheadWere all waiting for Billie Eilish, the singer breathlessly described as the future of pop by everyone from The Wall Street Journal to The New Yorker, Rolling Stone to The Washington Post. Currently the third most streamed artist on Spotify, her debut album shot straight to the top of the Billboard 100, with 12 of its songs among the 14 she has in the US singles chartsan all-time record for a female artist. Its big hit, Bad Guy, reached No 1 in more than a dozen countries, her 2017 debut EP has now been in the charts for more than 18 months and she has more than 25m Instagram followers. Dave Grohl, the Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer, likens the buzz around her to what was happening with Nirvana in 1991. Her last world tour sold out, her current one soon will too. In June, she headlined Glastonbury.Eilish knows this is the stuff of teenage dreams, because she is all of 17 years old.Everything about her sounds fantasticaleven her full name, Billie Eilish Pirate Baird OConnell. The home-schooled daughter of jobbing LA actors began writing music at 11, and was 13 when she posted a recording on SoundCloud of herself singing Ocean Eyes, a haunting ballad written by her big brother, Finneas. Within weeks shed been signed by professional management; by 14 she was signed to a record label. In the words of The New York Times, her debut albumWhen We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?redefines teen pop stardom.She sings about Xanax, unrequited love and adolescent envy in a husky slur of a voice, her genre-defying music Photo_Justin Higuchi / Words_Decca Aitkenhead / The Sunday Times / The Interview People looping effortlessly from ethereal acoustic to explosive electronica. She co-writes all her songs with Finneas, 10 F R 010919 HEYMUSIC.COM 11SEEBPRTUEAMRBYE 22'