Billie Eilish Doubted Her Smash Hit 'Birds of a Feather'

According to a recent interview, pop sensation Billie Eilish almost decided not to release her hit song "Birds of a Feather" last year. The singer explained that she and her brother/co-producer Finneas had spent nearly a full year wrestling with the track in the studio, and when it was finally complete, Eilish was still unsure if it was good enough to put out.

"Multiple times I was like, 'We should cut this,'" Eilish told the Wall Street Journal. "Even when I played the whole album for the label, I was like, 'Guys, this one is kind of stupid.'"

Fortunately, "Birds of a Feather" made the final cut on Eilish's third studio album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 in May 2024. The upbeat love song then went on to spend 3 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart and closed out the year as Spotify's most-streamed track of 2024, with over 1.781 billion streams.

Now, as Eilish wraps up her lengthy tour supporting Hit Me Hard and Soft, "Birds of a Feather" continues to serve as the closing number in her live setlist. The singer has been on the road for so long in order to allow for plenty of breaks along the way, as she finds the extended touring schedule to be "magical."