Billie Eilish gags fans with completely unrecognisable – and hilarious – viral throwback photo
Billie Eilish shares an unrecognisable birthday photo. (Michael Buckner/Getty)
Billie Eilish shares an unrecognisable birthday photo. (Michael Buckner/Getty)
Queer singer-songwriter Billie Eilish is no stranger to androgynous fashion, but her throwback birthday photo has shown fans a different side of her.
To celebrate her birthday, Eilish took to Instagram to share a childhood picture from a past birthday. In the image, little Eilish appears to be mid-scream and in floods of tears. She’s wearing a long-sleeved pink top with a beaded necklace draped around her neck.
In front of her is a pink unicorn birthday cake with floral decorations. It’s miles away from Eilish’s current aesthetic.
She captioned the image: “24.” Also, there’s a birthday cake emoji.
Billie Eilish is unrecognisable in the image. She’s now known for her styling of oversized, baggy silhouettes. However, more recently, she’s been debuting looks with corsets and tailoring. She flits between notions of masculine and feminine fashion, playfully expressing herself through her fashion.
“I only started wearing baggy clothes because of my body,” she told Vanity Fair in 2021.
“Since I can remember, [fashion] has been how I convey my feelings, how I feel about myself, and my mood. It’s really like a security blanket, and I can’t remember when it wasn’t.”
The singer has expressed that she’s attracted to men and women.
Many have also noted Eilish’s style as an expression of her sexuality. In the past, the singer has explained that she’s attracted to both men and women.
Last year, she opened up about “wanting her face in a vagina.” However, she has since kept quiet on the matter, saying that she would never talk about her sexuality “ever again.”
Despite keeping quiet, it seems that Billie Eilish is getting more than a decent enough fix, revealing she’d been having “lots of good sex” for the past year in a Vanity Fair interview.
She also explained her track “Lunch” helped inspire her to come to terms with her sexuality.
“That song was actually part of what helped me become who I am, to be real,” she told Rolling Stone.
“I wrote some of it before even doing anything with a girl, and then wrote the rest after. I’ve been in love with girls for my whole life, but I just didn’t understand — until, last year, I realised I wanted my face in a vagina.
In reference to her expression, Eilish recently faced backlash after posting AI-generated images of herself as a man. Her fans were not best pleased with the upload.
In 2024, Eilish, along with more than 200 other artists and music figures, signed an open letter calling for an end to the use of AI in the music industry.
