i’m sorry i can’t i can’t i can’t i can’t i can i can i can’t i can no i can’t i really can’t hey what’s going on everybody for first week feast i’m shawn evans and you’re watching hot ones it’s the show with hot questions and even hotter wings and today we’re joined by billy eilish you know from platinum hit singles like ocean eyes and lovely fun fact she’s the youngest guest in hot ones history and her first studio album when we all fall
asleep where do we go is set to drop march 29th followed by a worldwide tour billy welcome to the show thank you how are you good how are you a little nervous i know that you like the taki chip so i take your comfortable around spicy food i love spicy food but if i don’t know well let’s push it to the limit today billy you ready hold on invisalign coming out [Music] okay that’s how you know she means business [Music] [Applause] so as your fans know the billy eilish origin story begins at home with you and
your brother phineas writing and recording songs in a makeshift studio in his room what’s the last sibling argument you’ve had over a creative decision we have those like every day i imagine yeah somebody has to win always it’s like one or the other i feel like there’s so much like let’s decide let’s just get something we’re all happy with no oh that like one of us is right he’s literally right there but you know is that how it works yeah and then can you draw back the curtain
on what it’s like to go to a talent show for homeschooled kids like what was the greatest act you’ve ever seen and then what was the biggest like what the f is going on here moment well what was really lame was that the parents would let the kids sing like full-length songs that sucked because we had to sit through some like i remember somebody sang some taylor swift song and every time she would mess up she would stomp like really hard and like scream she’d be like like every oh my god it was insane and
it went on and on like on and on and uh for my first song i sang um happiness is a warm gun when i was like nine but i mean it’s true but those were homeschoolers are crazy [Music] hippy dippy green not bad not bad so i can tell by some of the oddball shows that you’ve appeared on hot ones included that you were very much raised by the internet when you were on teens react you said that you’d seen like every episode when you were 12 years old uh-huh do you remember when you discovered youtube and the things that
you were drawn to early on it was like the classics because you know how it used to be like things were viral now it’s not no nothing is like viral it’s just like everything is you know i don’t know it was like chocolate rain and like the one where the like rapist went into the window and then they made it into a song you know what i’m talking about hide your uh hide your kids hide your wife and hide your husbands yes it’s funny i remember watching that a million times did your dream of one day
working at target have anything to do with the alex from target meme dude you know it’s so stupid that when that meme happened uh there was just an there was an like one of the first like meme accounts that was like a meme account made a hoodie that said lol you’re not target no no lol you’re not alex from target and i bought one and it was like 200 whoa and i bought it and then i took a picture in it and i posted it and i remember it got like 300 likes and i thought i was famous you made it i thought i was
famous i literally thought it was famous [Music] you taking big bites over there sir how the are you so i know that you’re a proud la native you rep highland park neighborhood that’s known for its artistic sensibilities and before we move on with the wing i want to bust out the laptop because we have a very special message for you from another highland park legend the hell is that supposed to mean huh [Music] hi billy this is john neese from galco’s soda pop stop in highland park los
angeles your favorite soda store i hope you’re having fun on the hot ones i understand they have some really tasty independent sodas for you to try good luck and have a good time so this is a segment that we call pop stars where we’re gonna put your palette to the test and give you some regional sodas to see if you can identify them by the taste get the flavor right that’s points you can name the brand that’s bonus what can you tell the people about galcos you know it was like it was such a treat
it was just like let’s go to the sodapop stop we go there’s like a candy section we’d get the nickel nips which are like it’s like a little package of these like like miniature sodas and they’re all different colors they’re just made out of wax and you bite off the top and you just suck out this juice but they’re a fire though and i used to chew on i used to chew on the wax galco memories yaakov memories okay where should i start probably one okay now i’m gonna start at three okay not a
bad oh [Music] ginger something it’s not ginger ale but it’s you know you’re you know your sodas it literally says and ball oh and bowl and it’s a ginger soda bowl so ding ding ding ding we’re going to two number two number two [Music] that is the common reaction to that one that is a common reaction to that one this one is that that is moxie moxie anus it tastes like an anus so it’s the anus pop that’s two for two and then one more billy this better be the one i want it to be
[Music] grape soda that’s what it is for sure here we go is this soy milk it is okay whoa it’s gonna be such a pretty color wait it looks like taro [Music] it does it’s not it’s better though with the soy milk it’s better oh i see a little flake i love that pepper flake [Music] does that mean you like it i kind of like that one so know that ty the creator and childish gambino are two artists that in the pantheon you look up to not just because of their music ability but also the way
that they become fully formed creatives who can write for tv design do festival curations so what i want to do is bounce a few potential billy eilish extracurriculars off you and i’m just curious where you’d take them what would a billy eilish horror movie look like probably the barrier friend video i don’t know if any of you seen it came a couple days ago it would be in the realm of that everybody thinks i sold my soul to the illuminati i don’t really know what the illuminati is to be honest with you
that’s what somebody would say if they sold their soul to the illuminati would you ever want to design a video game yeah that’d be so sick oh my god see i used to play like not really the classics i kind of i would play like i used to play elo melo a lot i loved elo milo that was like my favorite game in the world oh do you know what that game is no it’s this game where it’s these two little boo boos they’re these little they’re so cute they’re these little creatures one is named elo and the other
side milo it’s this sort of anti-gravity world where there’s all these little blocks and they start apart from each other and the idea is you just get to each other and then when they get to each other they just hug and they do this little dance and that’s the whole game there’s no prize you just get to each other so the whole idea is the game is just like losing the person you love and then finding them again it’s so cute and uh i used to play red dead redemption that was hard but i only played
it to ride the horses well calientes i’m doing good you’re doing so good i feel [Music] did you speak too soon no all right billy we have a current segment on our show called explain that graham where we do a deep dive on our guest instagram pull interesting pictures that need more context so i’ll bust out the laptop i’ll show you the picture you just tell me the bigger story does that sound good all right billy you are hanging out with takashi murakami it’s all insane did you guys
talk about anime and sneakers uh-huh literally but he doesn’t really speak english and i don’t speak japanese so there’s a lot of like non-verbal communication yeah but he he is like one of the most humble pieces of art i’ve ever seen in my life he he walks around barefoot with his little dog palm yep i went to this like other studio i feel like i’m going to faint i went to this other studio careful around your eyes making me nervous with you know the hot sauce okay um i was we went to this other studio
which was like a motion capture studio and they put me in like a full body like tight full body motion capturing outfit so it was like i was like up in there up in that kim kardashian filmed me like with the like the tight like almost like leather like whatever it was and then they put these little balls all over me like little white balls stuck them to me and on the screen was like an anime like an anime just like walking around and i was like that’s so sick because this was like slim thick and stuff
like she was just like on the wall just like and but that was like you from the i didn’t know what it was um it was just like this anime doll that looked bomb and then i lifted my arm up and she lifted her arm up and that was crazy and then it all connected it all connected and then i just did the whole thing and it was like automatically copying what i was doing with the anime doll thing on it was crazy that’s sick it was crazy do you have a favorite memory from the second annual brockhampton prom night um
i forgot the whole bridge in copykat the whole thing and the audience hated it that’s all i remember audience hated it but they’re dope though every single one of them sweethearts like just the nicest dudes shout out brockhampton shout out brock hampton i’m not gonna drink water anymore i’ve decided well let’s see if you stick with that how do you do this stuff week in and week out it’s just you know don’t you feel that way sometimes too though when you’re like oh it’s a full
press day and then i’ve got this tour and then this yeah and i hate it though and then you’re like do you enjoy this yeah any job turns into a job especially when you’re eating spicy ass chicken wings every week for the internet’s amusement you must experience that i do all the time i mean it’s like it’s a lot of bad but it’s also a lot of good that you can’t get without the match and you wouldn’t trade it you know like there’s nothing else i want right would
you go back you know like how much would you have to get paid to go back and have to go through it all again but then i wouldn’t trade with anyone for where i am [Music] agreed yeah i get that i get an existential having over yeah gluten-free nugs over here so many artists obsess about the idea of being misunderstood or having words mangled but you seem to almost invite it i mean this is why i’m okay with people thinking i’ve been sold to the illuminati or whatever because it’s like
art is up for inter it should be up for interpretation i don’t i don’t want to see somebody say this is my theory about what the song is about and then have a whole thing and me be like that’s not what it’s about i think that’s so boring one of my favorite parts about making music is that people take it in the way that they take it and i have no control over that it’s so hard to form a sentence right now but yeah like everything’s up for interpretation [Music] it’s a heart
[Applause] put it in rotation okay keep asking me things so it wouldn’t be a hot ones interview unless we took a wing to obsess on food preferences do you remember what you were eating when you tweeted food is such a powerful little house one she could take control of anyone i think i was eating taco bell it was either taco bell or a burrito from my house where does creating the billy ache donut for donut friend rank in your list of career accomplishments it’s a big one i got boobs on my shirt by the way
it’s damn it it’s really burning my lips up here in an interview with vanity fair you said that the only time that you don’t get recognized is when you’re in trader joe’s you know what it’s not safe i was gonna say do you feel a freedom when you’re walking the aisles at tj’s or not so much not anymore anymore not even costco i went to costco on my birthday because i’m just i’m doing this for my lips because my lips are very um spiced out it happens and i don’t want to lick them
can i just dip my lips in this hold on you know you’re the one who made the water wool you can break it i’m not the vegan nugget police over here i’m not breaking it though because you’re not just dipping my water i mean dipping my lips [Music] wow [Music] oh instant [Music] yeah [Music] i don’t believe he’s good no all right billy well it’s clear sitting across from you the drip it’s a sight to behold but your fans know that you’re more likely to be elbow deep in a
bargain bin than buying out the gucci store how do you distinguish between a steel and a rip-off when it comes to vintage designer gear [Music] i can’t do this this is really crazy it’s crazy it’s crazy i’m sorry i can’t i can’t i can’t i can’t i can i can i can’t i can no i can’t i really can’t can we get some director’s commentary from some of our favorite billy eilish fit pics up first what can you tell us about this picture of soulja boy [Music]
hold on take a lap billy take a lap walk it out i don’t really drive otherwise i wouldn’t be able to tell so big draco okay yep oh my god billy are you okay [Music] there’s two more yeah you’re telling me who wore it better you were guy fieri me actually helping and then lastly what can you tell me about this look so uh i know billy i know so i was in chicago not here but a week before this when i was at la palooza i was wearing a beanie that day okay then i was told that somebody saw a
security guard throw it into the crowd my beanie who does that it’s my beauty right i was pissed off at this plant and i was screaming and i was really angry and i was with young blood you know what that is tons of like bad did i just hit you with the water i i ducked it like the matrix okay why am i telling the story then i got up does it all relate to this yeah it does no it does and then i got up and i was jumping around and i was like i want my beanie and i was like complaining like that literally like annoying and i
jumped one time literally like this like that fell over sprained my ankle suddenly i’m alone in this big ass room jaden smith’s come comes down with a big ass cuban chain around cuban link around his neck okay i put his hands over my foot and was like i’m healing you vandy the pink who is like a bootleg sort of designer made this boot for me because he heard that my ankle was sprained do you like that i told a whole story i loved they even asked for oh ice coming in thank you i put hot sauce on her titties
uh [Music] [Music] so every huge star has their online protection task force whether it’s the rihanna navy or ariana grande fans have you ever used the billy eilish twitter army for evil they do i mean i don’t even have to say anything they do it on their own they really do it on their own obviously i go on it because they get instinct but i don’t say anything i feel i don’t share anything with the internet i’ve heard you say that you love being judged do you think that it’s important to
listen to your haters not to listen but to to find humor in it i used to be like i love hate it’s like the junior mints and it’s like the it’s like yeah yes the chips you gotta be careful when you ask you gotta be careful i don’t know man [Music] this is the last dab we call it the last dab because it’s tradition around here to put a little extra on the last vegan nugget you don’t have to if you don’t want to you don’t have to if you don’t want to billy i don’t have a show tonight
billy eilish coming on strong oh my god is that a lot that’s good that’s good that’s textbook [Music] do you have fun no cheers billy [Music] oh okay i’ll do this one then again because i’m going to do it okay [Music] i’m here look it chewing off the bomb just for added i’m in awe billy i thought your back was against the ropes it was i thought that’s all i could be and now look at you going back down the line hungry for more and here we are at the end of our meal
and just one more obstacle before we get you out of here billy eilish you once said that smiling makes you feel weak and small and as a disaffected emotionless host i could not agree with you more so now that our mouths are on fire brain’s burning can you describe what’s going on in your body using only a resting face and i will do the same oh my god [Music] you don’t even have to say it because i can see it billy eyelash and look at you 10 wings up 10 wings down and even going back for seconds when you’d run the
gauntlet and now there’s nothing left to do but salute you billy eilish this camera this camera or this camera let the people know what you have going on in your life what does that mean if you have any plugs you want to hit my album comes out march 29th one will fall asleep where do we go i go to hell when i die so does he good job billy good job [Applause] god what the it’s it’s a wild it’s a wild show oh my god i know how you feeling okay oh my god billy great job though great job
committing to it this is so insane have you ever had anything that hot hey what’s going on hot ones fans this is sean evans checking in to say thank you so much for watching today’s episode and have a very exciting hot sauce news update if you sign up for the monthly subscription box in march you will get boom a bottle of the classic boom a bottle of los calientes and double boom the elusive scorpion edition of the last dab is back in stock and available first to hot ones monthly subscription box
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The Secret Behind Billie Eilish’s Viral Hot Ones Moment: Did She Really Survive?
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The Fire and the Fame: When Billie Eilish Met the Scoville Scale
In the high-stakes ecosystem of celebrity interviews, few platforms offer the unfiltered, visceral reality of Hot Ones. It is a show built on a simple, sadistic premise: seat a global icon in front of a rotating cast of spicy chicken wings, and see what happens when the human body is pushed to its absolute physiological limits. When Billie Eilish, then the youngest guest in the show’s history, stepped up to the table, she wasn’t just there to plug an album. She was entering a gauntlet that would reveal more about her resilience—and her humor—than a dozen polished sit-downs with morning talk shows ever could.
As the wings progressed from mild to punishingly hot, the interview transitioned from a promotional appearance into a raw test of willpower. For those watching, the spectacle wasn’t just about the spice; it was about the crumbling facade of “the celebrity” when confronted with something as primal and uncontrollable as intense physical pain.
The Origin Story: Sibling Rivalry and Homeschool Chaos
Before the heat became the main character of the room, host Sean Evans delved into the roots of Eilish’s creative upbringing. We learned about the makeshift studio in her brother Phineas’s room, a space where the duo would engage in daily creative battles. There is something profoundly humanizing about realizing that even global icons engage in petty, high-stakes arguments over creative vision. “One of us is right,” she explained, a sentiment that resonates with anyone who has ever collaborated with a sibling or a close partner.
Her anecdotes about homeschooling, too, painted a picture of a childhood that was anything but conventional. The tales of talent shows where children performed Taylor Swift songs with dramatic, aggressive outbursts offer a glimpse into the slightly surreal environment that shaped her unique worldview. It is this background, perhaps, that allowed her to handle the insanity of the Hot Ones experience with such a strange, guarded blend of vulnerability and defiance.
The Digital Age and the Myth of Virality
Eilish, often described as a child of the internet, spoke openly about being raised by the very medium that propelled her to stardom. She recalled the “classics”—the early days of viral content like “Chocolate Rain” and the iconic “Hide Your Kids, Hide Your Wife” meme. Her reflection on these moments is telling. She noted that the concept of “virality” has changed; it is no longer the localized, shared experience it once was. Now, everything is just noise.
The story of the “Alex from Target” hoodie is perhaps the ultimate meta-commentary on fame in the digital age. Buying a $200 hoodie just to be part of a fleeting joke, only to feel “famous” because 300 people liked a photo, is a profound reflection on the shallow, ephemeral nature of internet popularity. It was a moment of honesty that few stars would offer, stripping away the gloss of her current status to reveal a fan who once felt exactly like the rest of us.
What would you have done in this situation? If you had reached a level of fame that changed your life overnight, would you lean into the absurdity of it, or would you try to hide from the internet’s spotlight?
The Breaking Point: When the Heat Takes Over
As the wings climbed the Scoville scale, the “interview” aspects of the show began to falter, sacrificed to the altar of burning lips and watering eyes. Eilish, who had entered with a confident demeanor, soon found herself grappling with the physical reality of the challenge. Her struggle was not just internal; it was external, visible, and deeply, hilariously relatable.
There is a moment in the video where the mask slips. The poise, the cool, the carefully maintained persona of the pop star—all of it vanishes as the heat of the wings forces her to focus entirely on survival. She famously joked about dipping her lips in water and contemplated her own mortality, providing a rare look at the person behind the multi-platinum singles.
This, of course, is why the audience remains so captivated by the show. We are not watching a rehearsed media circuit; we are watching a person undergo a physical ordeal. When Eilish admitted that she was “fainting” and joked about the absurdity of being in a motion-capture suit for a project, the disconnect between her reality as a global superstar and her reality as a human being in pain became the core of the experience.
The Philosophy of Interpretation
Amidst the chaos of the spice, a deeper theme emerged: the intentionality of being misunderstood. Eilish articulated a refreshingly modern approach to art. She doesn’t want to explain her music; she wants the audience to find their own meaning in it, even if that meaning contradicts her own intentions. In a world where artists are often forced to justify their every creative choice, her surrender to interpretation is a form of power.
She embraced the rumors—the Illuminati talk, the fan theories—not because she agrees with them, but because they signify that the art is alive. Once the art is released, it no longer belongs to her; it belongs to the listeners. It is a philosophy that allows her to remain detached, keeping her sanity intact while the internet churns out its endless, often nonsensical, discourse.
The Lasting Legacy: Why We Still Watch
As the session drew to a close, and Eilish faced “The Last Dab”—the final, fiery obstacle of the show—the audience was already sold. She hadn’t just survived the gauntlet; she had engaged with it. The challenge was a crucible, and by the end, she had earned a level of respect that no amount of perfectly curated social media posts could ever achieve.
The interview ends not with a grand epiphany, but with the quiet acknowledgment that she is simply a person with a job, a life, and a very strange relationship with spicy food. It is a reminder that even for the biggest stars, the road to success is paved with challenges that can make you want to scream, cry, and laugh all at once.
The Hot Ones interview remains a cultural touchstone because it bridges the gap between the pedestal of fame and the reality of human existence. It strips away the armor of the celebrity and shows us the person underneath—the one who gets sprained ankles, who loves weird sodas, and who isn’t afraid to let the world see her break a little under pressure.
If you had the chance to sit in the hot seat, what is the one question you would be most terrified to answer while your mouth was literally on fire?
Ultimately, the fire and the fame go hand in hand. You cannot have one without the other, and Billie Eilish showed us that the best way to handle both is with a bit of humor, a lot of grace, and the ability to look the camera in the eye, even when you’re sure you’re about to fall apart.
