Billie Eilish wants to write a musical

She should write Oppenheimer: The Musical.

A great full-circle moment for the Barbenheimer phenomenon.

Songs to include "Destroyer of Worlds," "Strauss's Turn," "Squirt a Little Poison in My Apple," "Hello, Tatlock!" and of course the end-of-act-one atom bomb number, "Defying Gravity."

Updated On: 2/5/24 at 10:43 PM

CurtisTaylorJr2 said: "It would sell tickets based on her fan base showing up, but that doesn't necessarily mean it would be good. A bunch of bland, moody songs from people who most likely would think they could sweep in and become better than Rodgers and Hammerstein are not my idea of a good time. Her and her brother give me pretentious writer vibes."

She’s a great writer, and her and her brother create great sounds together. I don’t know who pissed on your Sylvia Plath, but she’s very talented. And I highly doubt people would compare Billie Eilish to Rodgers and Hammerstein. Artists can coexist. 

CurtisTaylorJr2 said: "Quinn Wilson said: "CurtisTaylorJr2 said: "It would sell tickets based on her fan base showing up, but that doesn't necessarily mean it would be good. A bunch of bland, moody songs from people who most likely would think they could sweep in and become better than Rodgers and Hammerstein are not my idea of a good time. Her and her brother give me pretentious writer vibes."

She’s a great writer, and her and her brother create great sounds together. I don’t know who pissed on your Sylvia Plath, but she’s very talented. And I highly doubt people would compare Billie Eilish to Rodgers and Hammerstein. Artists can coexist."

I am entitled to an opinion and I'm just not a fan of her style of music and think it has been highly overrated. I'm not a big fan of musicals by pop artists because they often fail to capture the element of storytelling that is needed for musicals and are just attempts at going for the coveted EGOT."

I respect your right to an opinion but don't understand how you can listen to "What Was I Made For" and not admire the team's songwriting prowess, especially for a would-be musical.

Anthony Sunday: I respect your right to an opinion but don't understand how you can listen to "What Was I Made For" and not admire the team's songwriting prowess, especially for a would-be musical.

I completely agree. I was taken aback by the storytelling in this song. Hope they win the Oscar too. And they seem far from pretentious to me.  I’d welcome a new musical from Billie and Finneas.

I'm not 100% opposed to a pop artist writing a musical. I just feel that sometimes pop singers don't build songs for the stories and it comes off a bit like a jukebox musical where story is often messily built for the song. Of course that can often be the fault of whoever wrote the book and the lack of a good collaborative process. We've seen plenty of musicals by pop artists that completely missed the mark.

Lot666 said: "CurtisTaylorJr2 said: "I don’t know who pissed on your Sylvia Plath, but she’s very talented."

I think she's dreadful and represents everything wrong with pop music today. Her songs are just mumble sessions set to moody music. Enunciate, girl."

 

Maybe you just need to stick to cranking up the ole Victrola and listening to your 78's!

 

 

Fun fact: Finneas has called "White Wine in the Sun" by Tim Minchin (the composer/lyricist of Matilda) his favorite song and covered it

lol if you watch the clip, she doesn’t actually sound like she wants to, she is put on the spot by the interviewer. An EGOT is clearly not at all on her radar or “coveted” by her. That being said, I think she is very talented and would be intrigued if she decided to give it a shot.

Eilish write a musical? Hell yeah.

Fast track to Broadway, though? Why not Hadestown it? That is, she finds a story she can feel comfortable with working on for a few years, put together a DIY thing, try on the musicals-writer hat and sees if she likes it.

She should adapt Poor Things as a musical. Chavkin as director. Do we see the vision? Where do I sign?