Billie Eilish Worked on New Song During Quarantine

Billie Eilish has been having a productive quarantine.

The singer discussed recording new music and fostering dogs in a recent interview with Beats 1’s Zane Lowe.

“I know that everybody, like the beginning of this really got to people,” Eilish said. “I didn't really have that experience because I cheated. I rescued two puppies, or fostered two puppies. I was completely distracted.”

She continued, “We've been in the 'stu,' which just means Finneas' basement, basically. We actually, we wrote a whole song in its entirety—an entire song, which is kind of rare for us. I really love it. It was like exactly what I needed to say when we wrote it.”

While she misses touring and performing, saying “that feeling does not exist anywhere else,” she’s trying to remain hopeful during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Honestly, I feel great,” she said. “The song I was talking about earlier that we wrote a couple weeks ago that felt so right was ... I wish I could sing it for you, but I can't. It was just about, there was this part in it—I needed to say this—which was I know I'm supposed to feel unhappy right now because of this break and because I'm not seeing anybody ... I feel like there's this kind of thing that I feel like is floating around of like you're supposed to be missing people. You're supposed to be missing this person and be missing people in general. I kind of have this feeling of like, I miss my really close friends, I miss people, of course I do, but I also at the same time am liking the space.”

She added, “I'm liking that everybody can kind of grow right now. I hope that people are letting themselves grow instead of just reminiscing and wishing they were with other people.”

She also talked about launching her father-daughter Apple Music show, Me & Dad Radio, which debuted on May 8.