Billie also spoke about the unhealthy nature of “always” trying to look good, which she said leads to a “loss of joy and freedom.”
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“Since I was a kid, my dad and I have always talked about a certain type of person who’s so insecure, or hyperaware and self-conscious, that they never move in a weird way, or make a weird face, because they always want to look good,” she said. “I’ve noticed that, and it makes me so sad.”
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The “Bad Guy” singer then opened up about the current relationship she has with her body, revealing that she has to “disassociate” while she’s on stage.
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In the past, Billie has spoken about the pressure she and other young girls face when dealing with idealized beauty standards and opened up about her decision to wear baggier clothes.
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The singer revealed in an interview with Calvin Klein in 2019 that she prefers a looser fit so that people are unable to tell exactly what her body looks like.
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"I never want the world to know everything about me,” she said. “I mean, that’s why I wear big baggy clothes. Nobody can have an opinion, because they haven’t seen what’s underneath, you know?"
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“Nobody can be like, 'She’s slim-thick,' 'She’s not slim-thick,' 'She’s got a flat ass,' 'She got a fat ass.' Nobody can say any of that, because they don’t know,” she continued.
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"I thought that I would be the only one dealing with my hatred for my body, but I guess the internet also hates my body," she told Vanity Fair. "So that's great."
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“I think that the people around me were more worried about it than I was, because the reason I used to cut myself was because of my body,” she said.
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"If that had happened three years ago, when I was in the midst of my horrible body relationship — or dancing a ton, five years ago, I wasn’t really eating. I was, like, starving myself," she added. "I remember taking a pill that told me that it would make me lose weight and it only made me pee the bed — when I was 12. It's just crazy."
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