Songwriters Roundtable - Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, Jon Batiste & More

[melancolour]

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Billie Eilish ('Barbie'), Cynthia Erivo ('Drift'), Dua Lipa ('Barbie'), Jon Batiste ('American Symphony'), Julia Michaels ('Wish') and Olivia Rodrigo ('The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes') sit down for THR's acclaimed roundtables and talk about their songwriting inspiration, their very first music purchase and why Billie thought she

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[scaryt]

Dua Lipa?? Does she write her own songs, or is she pulling a Beyonce?

[melancolour]

unclear to me lol

[scarygibberish]

She supposedly writes her own songs (with lots of collaborators but still)

[jojito]

There's a documentary on Netflix about songwriters. One of the episode is about her and she really doesn't.

Other musicians write for her and she just says what she likes and what she doesn't. A lot of artists work with collaborators, but in her case it was surprising to see how little she actually contributed.

It was just about one song, can't remember which one atm. Maybe she was more involved in other songs.

[eerilybeloved]

Mte. Her music is fun but she’s a total combo breaker here

[donaestrangera]

ive heard persistent rumors (on other, more music-oriented forums) that she indeed pulls a beyonce with her writing credits

[snark_ranger]

I’m a Dua fan but if you watch any interview where she talks about writing it definitely sounds like she has “ideas” and someone else is turning that into lyrics. She talks about writing very indirectly or kinda nebulously which makes me believe she is not writing her own songs without heavy collaboration.