Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry Review

On February 26th, 2021, singer-songwriter Billie Elish released her own documentary, “The World’s A Little Blurry”. The two-hour thirty-minute film shows the real side of her climb to fame. With raw footage following her from her first major concert to winning eleven Grammys with her brother. The film is currently available on Apple TV and select theaters. Watch and see a young girl become one of the biggest influential artists of the 21st century.

The film opens with Billie Eilish’s first release, “Ocean Eyes.” At 13 years old, Billie stepped foot into the music industry. Clips of young Billie and her brother Finneas show how her family has always provided instruments and a positive environment to thrive in. Since Billie could talk, she would sing into toy microphones as her dad played the piano, mom on the guitar, and brother harmonizing.

To this day, Billie still creates her songs with Finneas in his bedroom. The documentary follows her through her first small tour and the beginnings of her album, “When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go?”. You get to see raw footage of the two creating the lyrics that would win them a total of 11 Grammys and over 50 different awards. From recording in their small home's kitchen, her brother’s room, hotel rooms, and tour busses, the two completed the album while on a worldwide tour.

We see how her sudden rise to fame and a poor relationship, with her now ex-boyfriend, affects Billie’s mental health. How “The smile you gave me when you felt like dying” lyric from the song I Love You, is a nod to how Billie would mask her feelings so her fans could be happy. It is extremely interesting to see how she truly felt outside of the smiling Instagram pictures millions saw. We only see a small pinhole of what celebrities' lives are actually like.

From injuries, a breakup, the climb to fame, a record-breaking album, and new opportunities, watch it all in Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry. In two hours we watch Billie Eilish go from “I really really really hate myself” in 2015 to, “I am pretty, life is good” in 2020. Even if you have never listened to her music, her documentary brings attention to how corrupt the music industry is and how important mental health is. It is very much worth a watch.