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Billie Eilish “actually thought” it was AI when she heard Rihanna named her as a dream collaborator. In a canopy story for Advanced printed on Thursday (Dec. 5), the Happier Than Ever singer shared her admiration for the “Umbrella” artist, whom she described as an “idol.”
“She’s the best of all time,” Eilish shared with the outlet. “She’s my full dream collab. I do not even reply that query when persons are like, ‘Who would you prefer to collab with?’ However I all the time assume Rihanna. I am not going to say that, although!”
She continued, “Why would I say that? It isn’t actual. I might assume, like, ‘She most likely does not even like me.’ I’ve by no means heard from her and I’ve by no means had any interplay together with her, so why would I’ve ever even thought of it?” Eilish jokingly added that somebody like Rihanna most likely by no means hears “No”: “I’ll actually do something you need.”
Throughout an interview with Entry Hollywood in October, Rihanna was requested about her dream collaborator, to which she responded, “If I might solely do a music with Billie Eilish. She’s so good”
Ought to the team-up truly occur, when followers may hear it’s nonetheless up within the air. Eilish debuted her third studio album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, in Might. Joined by “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” and “WILDFLOWER,” the 10-song assortment landed at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Rihanna is in a league of her personal, particularly since her final physique of labor, ANTI, got here out in 2016. The LP, which debuted at No. 1 and hasn’t left the chart since, included hits just like the SZA-assisted “Consideration,” “Work” with Drake, “Wanted Me,” and “Love On The Mind.” Fortunately, the Bajan songstress has finished a slew of options over time, together with N.E.R.D.’s “Lemon,” DJ Khaled’s “Wild Ideas,” and Kendrick Lamar’s “LOYALTY.”