Billie Eilish, who performed two nights at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro this week, has opened up about her Scottish ancestry and her deep love for Scotland
Billie Eilish has opened up about her Scottish roots amid her two offered out gigs at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro this week. The 23-year-old carried out within the metropolis this week on July 7 and eight as part of her Hit Me Laborious and Gentle world tour.
Billie has made her love for her Scottish followers very clear, saying she loves the best way her identify is pronounced in a Glaswegian accent. Forward of her gigs, she gushed that she was trying ahead to listening to her Scots followers scream her identify.
Nonetheless, that is not the one factor she loves about Scotland because the Birds of a Feather singer truly has Scottish ancestry in her household. The singer has Scottish roots from her actress mum Maggie Baird’s facet of the household and Irish connections from her actor father, Patrick O’Connell.
Billie, who was born in Los Angeles, instructed the Sunday Mail: “My dad and mom have instructed me about my Scottish and Irish roots, however I don’t actually know way more than that.
“It might be cool to seek out out extra. I like being in Scotland and I simply wish to have the perfect time with my followers.
“The Scottish accent is gorgeous, certainly one of my favorite issues when I’m over there’s listening to folks say my identify within the Scottish accent.
“So prematurely please say my identify.”
Billie is presently on tour following the discharge of her third studio album, Hit Me Laborious and Gentle.
The album was written by Billie and Finneas, her older brother and long-time collaborator, who additionally produced the album.
The Ocean Eyes hitmaker, who rose to fame in 2015 along with her debut single, kicked off her world tour in September final yr.
Billie famously sang the most recent Bond theme music within the newest 2021 movie No Time To Die and says its actor Daniel Craig who will at all times be her favorite 007 agent forward of late Scot legend, Sean Connery.
She stated: “I like Daniel – so for me he’s at all times going to be primary Bond – regardless of who comes subsequent.”
Talking of the Scottish Bond, she added: “Sean Connery was an important Bond although. For instance he’s in my high two.”
Billie was introduced up in a spot in LA known as Highland Park and stated she’d be completely happy to attempt the whiskey of the identical identify.
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She stated: “After my performances in Scotland we’re going to must fly straight to London – so there wont be a lot alternative for a lot downtime.
“It’s a disgrace as a result of from what I’ve seen on TV the Highlands look wonderful but when anyone desires to depart me a bottle of whisky in my dressing room you wont hear any complaints from me.”
