HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK.
>> Stephen: MY NEXT GUEST IS A SEVEN-TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNING
SINGER AND SONGWRITER WHO JUST ANNOUNCED THE FOLLOW-UP TO HER
RECORD-SMASHING DEBUT ALBUM AND HAS A NEW BOOK CALLED "BILLIE
EILISH."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," BILLIE EILISH
HELLO, BILLIE EILISH.
>> HELLO, STEPHEN COLBERT.
>> Stephen: IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO MONTHS, IT'S GOOD, ONLY TWO
MONTHS SINCE WE WERE TOGETHER LAST TIME.
THIS IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOME AWAY FROM HOME.
I'M GLAD YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE HERE.
BUT I GOT, A REAL QUESTION FOR YOU.
I LOOK BASICALLY THE SAME AS I DID TWO MONTHS AGO.
NOW YOU'RE BLOND.
AND THERE HAS BEEN, AND I LOVE IT.
BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME RUMORS, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF RUMORS
OUT ON THE INTERNET AND I WANT YOU TO SETTLE SOMETHING FOR ME.
WHEN YOU WERE LAST HERE ON THE SHOW, WERE YOU IN FACT WEARING A
BILLIE EILISH WIG.
>> STEVE, I WAS JUST AS BLOND THEM AS I AM NOW.
I WAS WEARING A BILLIE EILISH WIG, I WAS, I WAS.
>> Stephen: HA.
>> I HAVE PICTURES FROM THAT DAY, HAVE I PICTURES THAT I TOOK
RIGHT BEFORE THAT WITH FULLIE BLOND HAIR AND THE EXACT SAME
OUTFIT.
>> Stephen: AND THE HAT HELPS TOO, THE BUCKET HAT HELPS TOO TO
HIDE THE JOIN, SO WHAT DO YOU DO, DO YOU HAVE TO GO, DO YOU
HAVE TO GO TO A WIG MAKER AND SAY MAKE ME A WIG THAT LOOKS
LIKE ME BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO KNOW THAT I DON'T
LOOK LIKE THAT ANY MORE.
HOW DID THAT GO DOWN SNM.
>> SO FROM BLACK TO BLOND, IS A BIG THING AND TO DO IT RIGHT AND
TO DO IT WHERE IR'S NOT MURDERING YOUR HAIR AND KEEPING
IT HALEY, YOU KNOW, I DID THE FIRST PROCESS, AND THEN WAITED
LIKE TWO WEEKS SO THAT IT COULD KIND OF HEAL AND THEN AGAIN AND
WAITED TWO WEEKSES AND WAITED A WEEK, AND BLAH BLAH BLAH, I JUST
KNEW THAT IT WOULD HAVE THESE PROCESSING PERIODS WHERE IT
WOULD LIKE INSANE.
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO LOOK INSIDE.
SO I-- BUT I NEEDED SOMETHING QUICK, SO I LITERALLY ORDERED A
BILLIE EILISH HALLOWEEN COSTUME WIG ON AMAZON.
>> Stephen: LIKE WAS IT SORT OF PLASTICKY KIND OF?
>> YEAH, IT WAS AWFUL, IT WAS THE UGLIEST THING I HAD EVER
SEEN IT WAS LITERAL LEIGH A FULLY BLACK WIG LIKE THIS LONG,
PLASTIC, AND THE GREEN WAS JUST LIKE ONLY HERE.
DON'T DO THAT.
BUT THE THING WAS, I WASN'T-- I AND THEN I HAD A
PROFESSIONAL ONE PAID BUT IT WAS REALLY MADE QUICKLY AND YOU
KNOW, THE THING WAS, I WASN'T TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PLAY A
PLANK ON THE INTERNET OH GOD, IS SHE HANNA MONTANA.
NO I JUST LOOKED [BLEEP] CRAZY AND I NEEDED TO LOOK NOT CRAZY.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T WANT TO LOOK CRAZY, BILLIE.
ALL YOU WANT IS FOR YOUR EYES TO BE JET BLACK AND FOR BLACK INK
TO COME OUT OF YOUR EYES WHEN YOU CRY AND FIRE TO COME OUT
MUCH YOUR MOUTH.
YOU DON'T WANT CRAZY HAIR.
>> YEAH, CORRECT.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU LOOK LIKE ARE YOU IN A TRAILER, YOU LOOK
LAKE YOU ARE TALL LEIGH ON A SHOT SOME PLACE.
I RECOGNIZE HONEY WAGON WHEN I SEE ONE.
WHERE ARE YOU?
>> I AM IN IN MY TRAILER FOR A LITTLE CONFIDENTIAL SHOOT THAT
I'M DOING FOR AMAZON PRIME DAY, SO-- .
>> Stephen: IS THIS AN AMAZON PRODUCTION AND YOU CAN'T TELL ME
WHAT IT IS, IS THAT WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: IS IT THE LORD OF THE RINGS, ARE YOU IN NEW ZE
LAND RATE NOW, ARE YOU AN ELF.
CUZ YOU LOOK LIKE AN ELT RIGHT NOW.
>> DO I?
WITH THANK YOU, NO, I'M NOT AN ELF, NOT AN ELF.
>> Stephen: NOW YOU, THIS IS, THIS-- THIS GT A FAIR AMOUNT OF
ATTENTION.
THIS IS YOU ON THE COVER OF BRITISH VOGUE.
LOOKING HIGHLY STYLISH.
RIGHT THERE.
WHEN YOU SHARED THIS COVER ON INSTAGRAM YOU BROKE YOUR OWN
RECORD OF GETTING TO A MILLION LIKES.
IN THIS CASE IT WAS LESS THAN SIX MINUTES.
WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU THESE DAYS TO GET THAT KIND OF INSTANT
ATTENTION.
S NICE WHEN PEOPLE NOTICE YOU BUT DO YOU STILL GET EXCITED BY
THAT LEVEL OF RESPONSE?
>> I DO GET EXCITED.
I THINK IT MORE JUST MAKES ME NEVER WANT TO POST AGAIN.
CUZ IT'S LIKE A WEIRD, LIKE I FEEL LIKE I WANTED TO POST MORE
WHEN LESS PEOPLE CARED.
AND NOW THAT MORE PEOPLE CARE, I IT IS LIKE SCARY TO ME.
BUT I MEAN IT IS AMAZING.
I WOULD, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SO WEIRD THE DAY THAT ALL THOSE
PICTURES CAME OUT BECAUSE I WOULD POST ONE AND SEE BILLIE
EILISH HAS BROKEN THE RECORD FOR THE FASTEST PICKER EVER LIKED
AND I WOULD POST ANOTHER ONE AND WOULD SAY BILLIE EILISH JUST
BROKE THE OTHER RECORD SHE JUST BROKE WITH THE NEW FASTEST
PICTURE EVER LIKED.
SO IT HAS BEEN CRAZY, A VERY REAL SURREAL WEEK.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A BOOK ALSO.
AND THE BOOK IS CALLED, BILLIE AISLE YOU WERE AND ST HUNDREDS
OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOU SINCE YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL.
HERE IS-- PRETTY GOOD ONE.
THAT IS PRETTY GOOD ONES RIGHT THERE.
AND ALSO, ALSO, BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOUR FANS TOO.
BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOUR FANS.
RIGHT THERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU POST SO MUCH ON INSTAGRAM, YOU HAVE GOT 84 POINT
MILLION FOARLS WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT A BOOK FOR YOU, WHY A
BOOK, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR IT TO BE IN A BOOK RATHER THAN JUST
SHARING IT DIGITALLY?
>> I THINK IT'S JUST MORE, IT'S MORE-- IT'S MORE POWERFUL.
IT'S MORE PERSONAL AND I JUST FEEL THAT AS A FAN, I WOULD
HAVE, AN WOULD NOW LOVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT OF AN ARTIST
THAT I AM A FAN OF.
YOU KNOW, IT STARTS FROM LITERAL LEIGH MY BIRTH, BEFORE I WAS
BORN UP UNTIL WHEN WE STARTED MAKING IT.
WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE LAST YEAR AT SOME POINT.
AND I JUST, I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED PICTURES.
I TAKE, I TAKE SO MANY PICTURES A DAY.
HAVE I SO MANY PICTURES HAVE I TO OFFLOAD BECAUSE I NEVER HAVE
ENOUGH STORAGE.
I TAKE SO MANY PICTURESK I RECORD EVERYTHING.
I FILL WILL EVERYTHING.
I TAKE EVERYBODY'S PICTURE, I DO IT ALL THE TIME AND I ALWAYS
HAVE SINCE I WAS A KID.
I LOVE PICTURES AND I LOVE LOOKING THROUGH PICTURES, IT IF
THEY ARE MINE, IF THEY ARE MY FRIENDS, IF THEY ARE, YOU KNOW,
WHOEVERS.
AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE REALLY CUTE TO MICK A WHOLE LIKE
LIFE-LONG STORY THROUGH PICTURES.
CUZ IT, YOU KNOW, MY LIFE IS KIND OF CRAZY AND IT'S COOL TO
HAVE A LITTLE MEMORY OF IT.
>> Stephen: YOU ALSO HAVE A NEW ALBUM, IT IS COMING OUT,
HAPPIER THAN EVER.
COMES OUT IN JULY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE TASTE OF IT TONIGHT ON THE SHOW.
WHAT YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT THE SONG YOU'RE GOING TO PERFORM,
"YOUR POWER."
>> SO I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS ALBUM, FIRST OF ALL STSM MY
FAVORITE THING I'VE EVER CREATED.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST SO PROUD OF IT.
AND FEEL SO COCKY ABOUT IT, I GOT TO TELL YOU.
AND "YOUR POWER" I WOULD SAY IS MY FAVORITE SONG THAT I HAVE
EVER WRITTEN.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN LIKE I DON'T LIKE ANY OTHER SONGS, I
JUST-- THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT I JUST-- I MEAN I REALLY
FEEL VERY KRRK ORGANIZE CKY ABOUT IT, I THINK THERE ARE JUST
TIMES IN LIFE WHERE YOU SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO FEEL COCKY ABOUT T
YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO ME.
>> I JUST, I AM VERY PROUD OF MYSELF WITH THIS SONG.
I FES.
AND I FEEL THAT I CAN NEVER TOP IT, A LITTLE BIT.
SO THAT IS YOUR POWER AND I'M GOING TO SING IT.
>> Stephen: HER NEW BOOK BILLIE EILISH IS AVAILABLE
TOMORROW.
THIS ALBUM IS OUT IN JULY.
STICK AROUND
GOING TO DO A SONG, THANKSK BILLIE.