Katy Perry revealed that she made an enormous mistake ― big ― in passing up an early alternative to work with fellow entertainer Billie Eilish.
The “Teenage Dream” singer spoke in regards to the missed collaboration in a now-viral TikTok posted by the Los Angeles-based radio station 102.7 KIIS-FM on Saturday.
Perry recalled an intro made by somebody who informed her, “Hey ― try this new artist. I’d actually like us to work along with her.”
“It was a tune referred to as ‘Ocean Eyes’ and it was only a blond woman,” the singer mentioned, dropping the identify of Eilish’s in a single day smash that debuted in 2016.
“I used to be like, ‘Meh, boring,’” Perry mentioned. “Large mistake. Big mistake.”
“Don’t let this hit the web,” the singer mentioned with a smile.
The tune ended up turning into a smash hit for Eilish and her brother, Finneas, who collectively wrote and produced the one.
But it surely was by no means their intention for the tune to turn out to be widespread, because the singer revealed it was initially written for her brother’s band after which carried out by Eilish for her dance instructor.
“One among my academics requested if I’d both write a tune or have my brother write a tune to choreograph a dance to,” Eilish mentioned in an interview with Teen Vogue in 2017. “I used to be like, ‘Sure, that’s such a cool factor to do!’”
“We put it on SoundCloud with a free obtain hyperlink subsequent to it so my dance instructor may entry it,” she added. “We had no intentions for it, actually. However principally in a single day a ton of individuals began listening to it and sharing it.”