Billie Eilish is one of the most promising young artists in the world right now and her music is a gift that keeps on giving. The singer just dropped her first single of 2019 – somber tune “When I Was Older” inspired by the Golden Globe-winning movie Roma.
The critically acclaimed drama was directed by Alfonso Cuarón, and it was loosely based on his own upbringing in Mexico City during the ‘70s. Roma received several prestigious awards, including two Golden Globes, and experts are predicting it will be competing at the Oscars, as well.
This film inspired Billie Eilish to write one of the most haunting tracks of her career, along with her older brother Finneas O’Connell. She was one of the artists hand-picked by Cuarón to record a song for the upcoming album Music Inspired By Roma.
“When we were composing the song, we wanted to write from within the narrative of the movie and the scenes that struck us the most from it. Nothing about this song would exist without the film, which is exactly what we love about it,” read a joint statement released by Eilish and O’Connell.
