Singer Billie Eilish Reveals She Almost Took Her Own Life: ‘I Didn’t Think I Would Make It to 17’
Grammy-nominated singer Billie Eilish sat down with Gayle King for The Gayle King Grammy Special, which aired Thursday, and opened up about her previous struggles with depression and mental health amid her newfound fame.
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While speaking with King, the 18-year-old revealed that in 2018 she had spiraled into a depression and even had thoughts of taking her own life. Revealing that she used to self-harm, Eilish said, “I don’t want to be too dark but I genuinely didn’t think I would make it to 17. I didn’t ever think I would be happy again, ever.”
When King asked, “Did you think that you would do something to yourself?” Eilish simply responded, “Yeah.” The singer went on to explain, “I remember there was a window right there. And I, God. I remember crying because I was thinking about how the way that I was gonna die was I was gonna do it.”
She also admitted that’s the lyrics ‘I wanna end me” from her song “Bury A Friend” were about herself, “It was. It also rhymed. I was so unhappy last year. I was so unhappy, and I was so joyless.”
However, Eilish explained that she has been trying to connect and reach out to fans who are going through these same thoughts:
“I just grab them by the shoulders and I’m like, ‘Please take care of yourself and be good to yourself and be nice to yourself … don’t take that extra step and hurt yourself further and then you can’t take it back.’”
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