Billie Eilish Thinks It's 'Weird' That She's Called 'The New Face Of Pop'

Billie Eilish's star power can't be overstated. Her debut album — the chart-topping When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — is one of the greatest of the year, she's selling out bigger and bigger venues around the world, and "bad guy" is a bonafide hit. And nevertheless, for all of the talk of Eilish "redefining" pop and becoming the genre's "new conscience," she's really not interested in being positioned as such.


"It's annoying," she admitted in a new interview with Vogue Australia, as soon as asked about being called "the new face of pop."


She continued, "As grateful as I am for the appreciation and the passion, honestly, I've become numb to it. I remember the opening couple of times people called me the face of pop or pop's new It girl or whichever the fuck... It sort of irked me. The weird thing about human beings is we [think we] have to label everything, however we don't."


Instead of chasing those kinds of labels, the 17-year-old phenom would much rather use her fame to create the world a higher class of place. She explained, "I really don't wish to waste my platform. I'm trying not to nevertheless I think all of us in the spotlight — or whichever you hope to call it — can be more vocal about climate change and things that need to be spoke about. I still think I can do more.


"There are so several things being decided by people who are going to perish soon anyway because they're old as fuck," she went on. "It makes me so mad. There really are so several things wish I might snap my fingers and make better. There really is so much that needs help and [there are] people who pretend they care and don’t, and [then] people who could do something, however don’t. I'm here and I can actually try. I suddenly have platform plus a spotlight that I can maybe, maybe, maybe make a difference to something."


She's definitely doing just that. Eilish recently preached the impact of being vegan on Instagram, and she's even snuck some not-so-subtle references to climate change in her music (her brother, Finneas O'Connell, confirmed as such as soon as speaking to MTV News about the song "all the good women go to hell"). Bet on hearing more from her soon — she clearly has plenty to mention about the issues that are crucial to her, and that's a good thing for all of us.


Check out Eilish's full Vogue Australia interview and photoshoot here.