Billie Eilish joins Amazon Music’s documentary performance series song linethis week, released her live version Hit me hard, hit me softly Excellent ballad “Skinny”.
“People say I look happy/Just because I lost weight/But I’m still me before, maybe the real me/And I think she’s beautiful,” she says in the video, accompanied by her brother, effortlessly sings a heartbreaking chorus.
In a 2020 interview, Eilish opened up about her years-long struggle with body image British GQexplained: “I’ve never felt wanted. My past boyfriends have never made me feel wanted. No one has ever physically desired me, and that’s a big thing for me.
As a result, she often wears baggy, oversized clothes, she added. “I dress like I don’t like the thought of you guys – I mean anyone, everyone, judging it, or the size of it, but that doesn’t mean I won’t wake up one day and decide to wear a tank top, I’ve done it before.
“Skinny” appears on the multiple Grammy Award winner’s third studio album. Hit me hard, hit me softlyarriving in May. Upon its release, the album soared to No. 2 on the all-genre Billboard 200 album chart and included other hits such as “Lunch,” “Wildflower” and “Birds of a Feather.”
Watch Billie Eilish perform “Skinny” live for Amazon Music below.