Billie Eilish. Monica Schipper/FilmMagic
Billie Eilish is opening up about her attraction to girls on “Lunch,” the second monitor from her third studio album, Hit Me Laborious and Delicate, which dropped Friday, Might 17.
“I might eat that woman for lunch / Yeah, she dances on my tongue / Tastes like she is perhaps The One / And I might by no means get sufficient / I might purchase her a lot stuff / It’s a craving, not a crush,” the nine-time Grammy Award winner, 22, sings within the first verse of the track, which results in a sultry refrain and even sexier second verse.
“Child, I feel you had been made for me / Someone write down the recipe / Been making an attempt laborious to not overeat / You’re simply so candy,” she continues. “I’ll run a bathe for you such as you need / Garments on the counter for you, attempt ’em on / If I’m allowed, I’ll have you ever take ’em off.”
Eilish beforehand teased “Lunch” and different tracks from her extremely anticipated new album at a Do Labs Coachella celebration in April.
It wouldn’t be one of many greatest years in music with no new Billie Eilish album, proper? Duh. Eilish, 22, formally introduced her third album, Hit Me Laborious and Delicate, on April 8, becoming a member of the lengthy checklist of artists — together with Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Kacey Musgraves, Dua Lipa, St. Vincent, Zayn and Lana Del Rey […]
Whereas chatting with Rolling Stone that very same month, the “What Was I Made For?” hitmaker obtained candid about how “Lunch” helped her uncover and embrace her sexuality.
“That track was truly a part of what helped me develop into who I’m, to be actual,” Eilish informed the outlet. “I wrote a few of it earlier than even doing something with a woman, after which wrote the remaining after. I’ve been in love with ladies for my complete life, however I simply didn’t perceive — till, final yr, I noticed I wished my face in a vagina. I used to be by no means planning on speaking about my sexuality ever, in one million years. It’s actually irritating to me that it got here up.”
The latter a part of her assertion refers to her November 2023 Selection profile, wherein she mentioned she was “bodily attracted” to girls.
“I really like them a lot. I really like them as folks. I’m drawn to them as folks. I’m drawn to them for actual,” she mentioned on the time.
After strolling the purple carpet at Selection‘s Hitmakers occasion the next month, Eilish accused the outlet of outing her after she was requested whether or not she meant to make her coming-out a grand gesture.
“No, I didn’t. However I type of thought, ‘Wasn’t it apparent?’ I didn’t notice folks didn’t know,” Eilish mentioned on the time. “I simply don’t actually consider in it. I’m identical to, ‘Why can’t we simply exist?’ I’ve been doing this for a very long time, and I simply didn’t discuss it. Whoops.”
She added of when the unique article was printed, “I used to be like, ‘Oh, I suppose I got here out at this time.’ OK, cool. It’s thrilling to me as a result of I suppose folks didn’t know, but it surely’s cool that they know. I’m for the women.”
She later wrote through Instagram, “Thanks Selection for my award and for additionally outing me on a purple carpet at 11 AM as an alternative of speaking about anything that issues. I like girls and boys, depart me alone about it, please. Actually who cares.”
Hit Me Laborious and Delicate is out now.
