Everyone has been waiting for Billie Eilish to drop album number two, and the anticipated record opens with the song, "Getting Older." And after an analysis of the lyrics, it seems as though the teenaged singer is conveying an important message about her life and career. The song begins with the line, "Things I once enjoyed/Just keep me employed now," something she described as not being "like, 'Oh, boohoo, I'm sad' — it's really just a f***ing fact ... Things that I enjoy can sometimes just turn into things that feel like a burden, and it's really weird. Like, 'Oh, this is something I used to love and now it feels like a job.' It's not, like, 'Oh, I hate this now.' It's different. It's changed," (via Los Angeles Times).
Continuing to talk about "Getting Older," and in particular the closing lines of, "I've had some trauma/Did things I didn't wanna/Was too afraid to tell ya/But now I think its time," Eilish didn't talk about trauma directly, but shared that, "I have experienced some stuff that I have never spoken about ... I don't want to f***ing talk about it. I don't want to tell anyone, let alone the entire internet. It's embarrassing to go through stuff like that. It's why a lot of women and men — but especially women — don't tell anyone when they're going through it."
Eilish continued by saying that while she wants to maintain privacy when it comes to her own experiences, she is also aware of how important it is to speak out against any kind of harassment or abuse. Telling the Los Angeles Times that "it can happen to anyone," Eilish highlighted that just because she is in the spotlight, it does not make her immune to the same challenges that people face every day.
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