Billie Eilish and her pet dog, Pepper.Photo:Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock ; Billie Eilish Instagram
Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock ; Billie Eilish Instagram
Billie Eilishis grieving the death of her dog, Pepper.
In anInstagram tributeon Sunday, the Grammy winner, 21, announced the death of her “life long best friend,” adding “i will see you again someday sweet girl. you made it 15 years you f—— beast. :’) i love you. rest easy mama, i’ll miss you forever.🫀this is a really hard day”
The carousel of photos showed the “What Was I Made For” singer growing up with Pepper as she developed from a puppy into a dog.
Billie Eilish Instagram
This included photos of Eilish embracing Pepper with a smile alongside sadder images of the singer in tears while hugging her.
Eilish also included a sweet family portrait of her dad, mom and brother,Finneassmiling at the camera with a black spot painted around their right eyes to mirror the one on Pepper’s face.
Eilish’s peers offered their condolences to the singer under her Instagram post.
“I’m so sorry 🥺,” singerDemi Lovatowrote.
“💔💔❤️❤️❤️🥺,” Vampire Diaries alum,Nina Dobrevcommented.
“💔🕊 sending you lots of love,” Fifth Harmony alum,Lauren Jaureguiadded.
Billie Eilish and her family with Pepper.Billie Eilish Instagram
Outside of family life, Eilish’s professional life has continued to blossom.
In aninterview with Apple Music 1 host Zane Lowe, Eilishrecently revealedthat the song came about when she and her brother were experiencing a “frustration in writing”.
“We were really in a zone of feeling like we lost it and feeling like, ‘Man, I don’t know if we can do this anymore.’ And we were like, I was 15 years old, 16, 17, and he’s a teenager, you can imagine my thoughts of doubt. Like, ‘Oh, I can’t do this anymore,’ " Eilish explained.
Billie Eilish with her dod Pepper.Billie Eilish Instagram
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Thankfully for Eilish, Barbie, and directorGreta Gerwig"just pulled it out of me, I don’t know.”
“I really don’t mean this to come off a conceited way at all, but I do this thing where I make stuff that I don’t even know is … like I’m writing for myself and I don’t even know it,” she said. “It is one of the most incredible things I get to experience in my life. Dude, the next week I was playing it in the car all day and playing it for everybody. And I was like, ‘This is exactly how I feel. And I didn’t even mean to be saying it.’ "
source: people.com
