Billie Eilish and Finneas are getting real about their latest album Hit Me Hard and Soft.
In a new interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, the "Happier Than Ever" singer, 22, opened up about the "big fight" she had with her brother over the "context and subject matter" of the 2024 LP.
"We'd been writing these fragments of stuff and I felt... I've been proven wrong over and over, but this was the jag I was on that night. I was like, 'Subject-wise, I'm not being led into what you're actually feeling. And I think that there are real guards up,' Finneas, 26, said.
Speaking on the tricky songwriting process, he continued, "Oftentimes in your life, you're going through the thing that you're going to write about later. And that was for sure happening to Billie at that point in time where I'd be like, 'What's this about?' And she'd be like, 'Nothing.'"
The conversation led to an argument between the frequent collaborators, leading Finneas to express, "Just say how you feel, and let's write a song about whatever you're scared about feeling."
Chiming in, Eilish noted that her brother’s reaction at the time scared her, particularly when he said, "I don't like doing this anymore. I don't want to write music right now."
"I used to be like, '[I] hate making music, [I] don't want to make it, [I] don't like making it,'" the singer said. "It's frustrating. It's irritating. I love having made it. I love performing it. I love when it's good, but I really have always struggled with the process."
She said she was “finally enjoying the process” when Finneas was suddenly uninterested.
