Billie Eilish has opened up about her "toxic relationship" with her body, revealing the profound sense of "relief" she found in wearing baggy clothes. The Grammy-winning artist, known for her distinctive oversized fashion, shared that she has grappled with "a lot of eating issues" throughout her life.
Speaking to Elle magazine, the 24-year-old singer explained that her fashion choices were also influenced by a desire "to be a man" and avoid being perceived as feminine. She identified this as an example of internalised misogyny that "we all have within us".
Eilish elaborated on her personal struggles, stating: "I had a really, really toxic relationship with my body. I had a lot of eating issues. I remember putting on, like, a big shirt and the relief that I felt. At the same time, it was my love for hip-hop culture and wanting to be a man."
She continued: "This is the misogyny that we all have within us…which is that I didn’t want to be seen as feminine, and therefore weak. It’s not right. I’ve found a good way of not feeling like that."
The What Was I Made For singer, who often performs in loose-fitting attire, recently won song of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for her track Wildflower, featured on her album Hit Me Hard And Soft. She has also co-directed a concert film, Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour, alongside Canadian filmmaker James Cameron.
Speaking at the UK premiere of the documentary, Eilish said: “I just love everything that has to do with the fans.”
The pop star continued: “I feel like the connection that I have with the fans is what it’s all about for me, and the only reason I am interested in touring at all, and it’s what I enjoy so much about performing.
“I’m just really glad that we captured that. They are as important as me in the movie, if not more so to me, so I feel really grateful.”
Eilish also hailed her hands-on involvement in the behind-the-scenes creative process for the film as “magical” and told the Press Association: “It was all (Cameron’s) idea.
“It was an insane idea that I would have never come up with on my own. And I also was not planning on filming this show at all, and I was already regretting that.
“I was feeling like, ‘I love this show so much I want to have it exist forever’, and it just all happened kind of all at once. Pretty magical stuff.”
