Billie Eilish ranks people smelling good “number one” in her list of turn-ons.
The 22-year-old Bad Guy singer – whose break-up with her most recent boyfriend, The Neighbourhood frontman Jesse Rutherford, 32, was confirmed by her representative in May 2023 – opened up about her hygiene preference on the latest episode of 30-year-old comic Amelia Dimoldenberg’s YouTube interview series Chicken Shop Date.
Grammy winner Billie said: “(Smell is) kind of number one. I can get around it, but I’m definitely like – that’s the first thing I notice.
“And I have a very strong nose, so if somebody smells good, I like them more.”
Billie went on about what else gets her going when it comes to potential partners: “What turns me on? Passion, dude. It’s all about passion.”
She also said about how she gets when she is attracted to someone: “I get absolutely insane. When I was growing up, no one I had a crush on ever had a crush on me back, that I know of. It’s demoralising, it’s sad.
“All I do is crush on people – all I do. When I don’t have a crush, life feels so empty.”
Billie recently tackled her “uncomfortable” relationship with being in love during a chat with Lana Del Rey, 39, for Interview magazine.
She said: “I literally hate who I am so much when I’m in love. I really don’t like being… I was going to say out of control, but there’s ways that I do like being out of control.
“I have a power issue and a control issue, and I also don’t like being vulnerable in a romantic way.”
The singer told Rolling Stone in April: “I plan on never dating again” – before adding: “That’s not true, obviously. But no, I don’t see myself being serious with anyone until I find someone that really feels right to me, and that is not interesting to me right now.”