Billie Eilish says that once she became famous she found herself without any friends.
Appearing on the Miss Me? podcast, the 22-year-old singer-songwriter told hosts Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver that fame killed her friendships.
"I lost all of my friends when I got famous," she says. "I suddenly was famous and I couldn’t relate to anybody. It was tough. It was really hard.”
With the exception of her best friend Zoe, Eilish quickly learned that everyone she considered a friend was actually an employee.
"It was my 20th birthday and I remember looking around the room and it was only people that I employ. And all 15 years or more older than me," she continues.
After one of her employees quit, Eilish realized that relationship was over then and there. "And it was the worst thing that happened to me," she admits. "And that made me realize like ‘oh wait, this is a job'. If they left me they would never see me again."
However, Eilish was able to rekindle some friendships and feel good about life again.
"Exactly a year ago, I reconnected with a bunch of old friends and now, I have so many friends,” she explains. “I have a crew now! I could literally cry about it. It’s been the greatest thing that’s happened to me."
Eilish says she found a moment of comfort when she was surrounded by a group of friends while partied at Coachella in April.
"I was like, "Guys, I have friends and I just love you guys so much, and it’s been so long since I’ve had friends," she adds. "I cried… and it’s literally because I actually have friendship now again.”
Watch the full episode of Miss Me? below.