Billie Eilish admits she overreacted to being ‘outed’ by Variety

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The next month, on the red carpet for Variety’s Hitmakers event, a reporter asked Eilish if she meant to “come out”. “I just didn’t realise people didn’t know.” Asked about the reaction to her comment, the “Bad Guy” singer said: “I saw all the articles was like, ‘Oh, I guess I came out today… ok cool.’ “But it’s exciting to me because I guess people didn’t know, so it’s cool that they know… I am for the girls.” Eilish later made an Instagram post accusing Variety of “outing” her on the red carpet. It takes a while to find yourself, and I think it’s really unfair, the way that the internet bullies you into talking about who you are and what you are.” Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Of her quotes on the red carpet, she added: “What I said was funny, because I really was just saying what they’ve all been saying. “I know everybody’s been thinking this about me for years and years, but I’m only figuring out myself now.” Elsewhere in the long-ranging interview in promotion of her new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, dropping on 17 May, Eilish credits the second track on the record, “Lunch”, with helping her come to terms with her sexuality.