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

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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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[sandstorm]

Julia Michaels ('Wish')

I know what question i'd ask her and it would be 'why did they let you write the songs and melodies for Wish'

[jojito]

wait, why not?
I watched this the other day and I was surprised to lean how much she writes for other artists. I'm not really that familiar with her work but she sounds accomplished?

[sandstorm]

She's not a showtunes writer, she's a pop writer (and there's nothing wrong with that) I blame Disney more for hiring her in the attempt to make some top 40 hits instead of an actual showtunes and musical writer.

[jojito]

Oh I see. I haven't seen Wish so I don't know what kind of music she created.
Is hardly the first time they hire a pop writer for an animated film (still remember that horrible Timberlake song). But I agree that musical theater musicians are much better choices for this kind of films.

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[sillyskinny]

I don't know what it is about Billie, but she doesn't come across as likeable(?) as the others.

ETA: And no, women don't have to be likeable, but it's just something that jumped out to me here.

[melancolour]

I thought she seemed very insecure in this interview, I'm glad she opened up later about that + writer's block

[pi_lady]

I found her likeable, she comes across as somebody who has a lot of insecurities, so I think she's just nervous and anxious doing things like that.

[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.

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