Billie Eilish opens up about writing ‘Everything I Wanted’: “It was me admitting to something very serious about my depression”

nme.com:

The song recalls a dream in which the pop star took her own life Billie Eilish has opened up about writing ‘Everything I Wanted’, saying the song caused a “big argument” between her and her brother Finneas.

The single, which was released last year, was written after Eilish had a dream in which she took her own life. “We had this big argument,” she told The Times. “Because I admitted something that I was, uh… It wasn’t a physical thing I was admitting.

I don’t know how to put it without actually saying it and I don’t want to actually say it. But it was me admitting to something that was very serious about my depression.