Billie Eilish’s New Documentary Offers an Intimate Glimpse Into Her Meteoric Rise - Vogue

Billie Eilish did not become a superstar overnight, as much as it may seem that way. Her rise to superstardom more of a slow, steady burn, and it’s the subject of a new Apple TV+ documentary, Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry, debuting on February 26. Directed by R.J. Cutler, the doc offers an intimate glimpse into how the 19-year-old singer has dealt with fame and touring, struggles with her mental and physical health, and just being a teen. Through a mixture of home videos and new footage, it follows Eilish as she records her debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, and then hits career-highs like amassing 11 Grammys with her brother, Finneas, at last year’s ceremony.

The World’s A Little Blurry opens with a clip of Eilish performing “Ocean Eyes,” the song that Finneas wrote and she performed and released when she was just 13, thrusting her into the spotlight. (In a home video, she’s seen hearing the song on the radio for the first time while her dad, appearing behind her, nonchalantly folds a pair of underwear.) What follows is a two-hour documentation of Eilish’s meteoric rise, including a raw look at how Eilish has reluctantly navigated becoming a public persona. “This is so weird, you guys, I’m nobody,” she says during an early performance. “I don’t know why you like me.”

The behind-the-scenes looks at Eilish and Finneas recording their first album together is a definite highlight. The doc lets us in on their creative process, during which they function as a single entity; where Finneas is confident in the work and quick to produce, Eilish is critical and full of self-doubts, and the two balance each other out. “It sounds bad and I sound horrible; I can’t sound good because I’m not good,” Eilish says at one point. “Lots of people would agree with me that you’re very good,” Finneas replies. 

Eilish is extremely hard on herself in general. After her 2019 Coachella performance, we see her flub some lyrics onstage and then enter a depressive state after the show, her whole family trying to console her. It becomes clear that her parents and brother, who are all close-knit and always around her, have kept her grounded during her whirlwind journey.

Exploring her feelings of sadness or depression is something Eilish has never shied away from when writing her music with Finneas; she wants her fans to relate to it. “Are you guys OK?” She asks them during a concert performance. “You guys need to be fucking OK, because y’all are the reason I’m OK.” At another point, Eilish talks about cutting herself when she was 14, and how far she’s come since then. “I had razors hidden in places and I had bandaids hidden in a little corner of my room,” she says. “I was literally locking myself in the bathroom and making myself bleed, because I thought I deserved it.” The doc also shares Eilish’s experiences with physical exhaustion, from dealing with shin splints on tour to managing her Tourette’s syndrome flair-ups, which are often brought on by stress.

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