On Friday, a clip of an interview with Katy Perry posted by 102.7 KIIS FM has her followers and Billie Eilish’s laughing. Within the TikTok submit, Perry talks about how she as soon as handed on an opportunity to work with Elish after which lived to remorse it.
The second got here quickly after Eilish’s 2016 debut single “Ocean Eyes” began climbing the charts. After Perry carried out for the small crowd, she did somewhat Q&A portion, sharing that again then, somebody had “despatched me an e-mail one time that [said],’Hey, try this new artist. I might actually like us to work along with her, as a result of she was working with me for Unsub [Records].”
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Perry continued, “It was a music known as ‘Ocean Eyes,’ and it was only a blonde lady. And I used to be like, ‘Meh, boring.’”
The blonde lady was Eilish, who has since had many alternative hair colours. Perry now admits this was a “big mistake, huge mistake.”
She then joked, “Do not let this hit the web.”
In fact, it has, and persons are having fun with the story. Since 2016, Eilish’s star has solely risen greater. She has now received seven Grammys, a Golden Globe, and an Oscar. Her sophomore album Happier Than Ever hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2021. And the celebs have since turn into buddies, with Perry even making an look on Eilish’s Apple TV+ documentary The World’s a Little Blurry.
In a scene the place the pair are at Coachella, Perry tells Eilish, “My fiancé who would not hearken to trendy music, he’ll solely play you within the automotive on a regular basis.”
She goes on to hug the youthful pop star, including, “Congrats, I am so pleased with you. I wished to say, that is going to be wild for 10 years. In the event you ever wanna speak… ‘trigger it is a bizarre trip.”
Aimée Lutkin is the weekend editor at ELLE.com. Her writing has appeared in Jezebel, Glamour, Marie Claire and extra. Her first e book, The Lonely Hunter, might be launched by Dial Press in February 2022.
