Billie Eilish debuts her hand tattoo on the London premiere of No Time to Die.
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They develop up so quick. In 2019, Billie Eilish informed Self-importance Truthful she needed to get “a tattoo, possibly?” in her third-annual video interview for the journal. By 2020, Eilish mentioned she’d gotten that tattoo — “however you gained’t ever see it,” she informed followers. Now, in her 2021 interview, she’s opening up about her not one, however three tattoos. It’s been a pivotal 12 months for Eilish’s tattoos: In March of this 12 months, she broke her promise from the 2020 video, debuting a tattoo of what gave the impression to be a dragon on her hip in a photograph shoot for the cover of Vogue. Then, in September, she debuted one other tattoo, of fairies on her hand, on the purple carpet for the London premiere of No Time to Die. And in between, in a June cover story for Rolling Stone, Eilish revealed that she bought her final identify tattooed on her chest. “Lied once more!” she exclaimed within the 2021 video, watching herself say in 2020 that followers would by no means see her tattoo. Eilish then went on to stipulate the tales behind her tattoos.
“Sure, I really like myself,” she mentioned of her “Eilish” chest tattoo. She additionally confirmed the hip tattoo is a dragon, which she bought “proper after” the 2020 video. And she or he mentioned the fairies on her hand, which she simply bought “just a few weeks” earlier than the October 18 interview, “are from a ebook that I had rising up: slightly fairy ebook known as Fairyopolis.” As for future tattoos, Eilish added that she feels “fairly glad.” “No, I’m not gonna be all tatted up,” she mentioned. “However I, , have some extra concepts.”
Eilish additionally spoke additional about her Vogue cowl within the interview, which many took to point a brand new period for the pop star impressed by previous Hollywood glamour. “It was a style that we had been doing a shoot for,” she defined, including that it was jarring to see so many individuals forming opinions on it. “It was so bizarre as a result of I used to be like, ‘It’s not a brand new fashion!’” Eilish mentioned. “It’s one factor I wore. After which I’m gonna put on this one other day, after which I’m gonna do that.”