Rihanna recently expressed interest in collaborating with Billie Eilish, and the 22-year-old pop sensation is eagerly awaiting the Fenty mogul’s call.
In a new cover story interview with Complex published Thursday (Dec. 5), Eilish shared her excitement about the moment Rihanna mentioned her in October — “If I could only do a song with Billie Eilish, she’s so good,” the superstar said at the time — a comment that Eilish said she “literally thought … was AI.”
“I’ve never met Rihanna,” Eilish continued to the publication. “She’s literally my idol. She’s the greatest of all time. She’s my complete dream collab.”
“I don’t even answer that question when people are like, ‘Who would you like to collab with?’” she added. “But I always think Rihanna. I’m not going to say that, though! Why would I say that?! It’s not real. I would think, like, ‘She probably doesn’t even like me.’ I’ve never heard from her, and I’ve never had any interaction with her, so why would I have ever even thought about it?”
When the “Umbrella” singer first praised Eilish, the latter responded in disbelief on Instagram Stories, “what in the absolute f–k.”
A few weeks later, the “Birds of a Feather” artist says she finds the whole thing amusing. “I was like, ‘Well, b—h, I’ve been sitting here this whole time!’” Eilish told Complex, laughing. “What the f–k is she even talking about? Like, as if I’ve been saying, ‘No.’ Rihanna! Riri!? I’ll literally do anything you want. That’s insane.”
This interview follows the release of Eilish’s third studio album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The artist, who is currently on tour in support of the album, also recently spoke with CBS News Sunday Morning about how she grew as a songwriter while collaborating with her older brother and producer, Finneas.
“My passion has never been songwriting,” she said in a video snippet from the interview airing Dec. 8. “My passion is music, and performing, and singing. And songwriting is something that I do so that I can then sing it and perform it … I did way more writing on this album than anything ever.”
Watch the clip from the upcoming episode of CBS Sunday Morning below.
Superstar singer-songwriter and two-time Oscar winner Billie Eilish opens up about her evolving view of songwriting. While her brother Finneas has always had a deep passion for it, Ellish saw songwriting as a means to perform and express herself. pic.twitter.com/CsnVg1NtAa
— CBS Sunday Morning (@CBSSunday) December 5, 2024
