![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She was only 14 at the time, yet within a day the track had gone viral and not long after she was signed to Interscope Records’ Darkroom imprint. Both were home-schooled and their parents always encouraged them to follow their passions.įinneas wrote a song called Ocean Eyes that Eilish performed and released on SoundCloud in 2016. He was a huge influence on her musically while they were growing up. Her older brother, Finneas O’Connell, had his own band. She also started taking dance lessons when she was 10, and then began writing her own songs a year later. Her father Patrick O’Connell has been in TV’s West Wing and films like Iron Man, while her mother Maggie Baird is a screenwriter, voice artist and actress who appeared on episodes of Friends and The X-Files.Įilish began developing her strikingly emotive vocals after joining the Los Angeles Children’s Choir at the age of 8. She’s the product of artistic parents who are both enmeshed in the world of acting. Born Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell, the Southern California native went from being a teenager to an international pop star and generational icon in the span of a few short years. ![]()
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