Billie Eilish, Stormzy shared the best career advice any musician will ever get

Billie Eilish’s success came quickly, young, and well… HUGE. But somehow, she’s managed to stay grounded.

In this conversation between Eilish and fellow pop star Stormzy, the pair share stories of failure, rejecting the role model label and much more.

The full interview video below is very much worth watching, but here is the gem that Eilish shared that is the best advice that any creative is likely to ever get.

“I’ve learned recently that if you do these things because they’re a cool idea, they pay a lot of money, or they’re gonna get you this big campaign, but they make you miserable?

That’s not success…

Success is internal. It has nothing to do with anyone but yourself. Joy and love for yourself.”

– Billie Eilish

h/t to Matty Karas of MusicREDEF

Bruce Houghton is Founder and Editor of Hypebot and MusicThinkTank and serves as a Senior Advisor to Bandsintown which acquired both publications in 2019. He is the Founder and President of the Skyline Artists Agency and a professor for the Berklee College Of Music.