Billie Eilish - Average American to Music Sensation at 15

So by this point we’ve all probably heard of the rising star known as Billie Eilish, in her 17 years on this earth she’s manged to reach the Billboard Hot 100 7 times, collaborated with DJ Khalid and is set to play London’s Shepherds Bush Empire (The O2) on the 4 th of March. These are all achievements many musicians and artists can only dream about and yet somehow this American teenage songwriter has already ticked these boxes and isn’t set to slow down any time soon.

Naturally, the same as when any young star appears, people always ask how she managed it? Now there’s many avenues we could explore to explain her sudden stardom including: the fact that she was home-schooled her whole life; or that she was born into a family of creatives including famous artists and actresses (Her brother having appeared in Glee, Bad Teacher and Modern Family as well as having his own musical career, and Her Mother having appeared in Life Inside Out alongside other smaller films); or maybe it’s simply her undying ability to be herself regardless of what anyone throws at her. There is however one factor that until recently would of never been considered and that is the internet and it’s presence in her rise to fame.

Catfish and The Bottlemen

My favourite band since my early teenage years, and I've only just seen them live, not from lack of trying.

Venue: Nottingham's Motorpoint Arena
Capacity: 10,000
Support: Twin Atlantic


For those of you who've been here since the beginning, you'll recall my first ever blog post was to pay homage to these guys, and since then my love has only grown at an exponential rate. I've watched them release two albums (anticipating a third) and seen them go from playing Manchester's Ritz to selling out arenas - yet every time they were in town I was busy, or couldn't go and it was so frustrating, so when I finally got the chance - you bet I'd be standing right at the front.

Watching concert videos, and having a boyfriend who does nothing but worship Van McCann and brag about how amazing they are live, I was incredibly excited for this concert and expected it to be the best gig I'd been to so far. But did it live up to expectations?

Has This Catfish Still Got Us Under Its Spell?

So, its been a long day and I’ve finally got the chance to sit down and browse through my
recommended videos on YouTube. After skipping through some meaningless clickbait titles, I
stumble across a video from a band rather close to my heart, that was Catfish and the Bottlemen with their new single ‘Longshot’.

Having not heard much in the way of new music from this live sensation for a good two years I was definitely not wasting any time pressing play, and as those opening vocal lines hit I knew this was going to be something good...