Billie Eilish Questions Whether Future Artists Can Replicate Her SoundCloud Success
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Angela Watercutter
23d ago· 2 min readen
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In an interview with WIRED, Billie Eilish reflects on her meteoric rise to fame after posting "Ocean Eyes" on SoundCloud at age 13. Now 24, she expresses uncertainty about whether future artists can replicate her path to stardom through the platform, acknowledging that while SoundCloud is now a common tool for new artists, the landscape has changed significantly since her discovery nearly a decade ago. The interview was conducted ahead of her new concert film "Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)."
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Nearly a decade ago, Billie Eilish, then 13 years old, put 'Ocean Eyes' on SoundCloud and catapulted to global super stardom.
In an interview with WIRED ahead of her new concert film “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D),” Billie Eilish talked about whether or not future artists will be able to leverage SoundCloud the way she did.
