“When I heard that, I had to stop the car”: The Billie Eilish Song That Made Bono Stop Driving
American singer Billie Eilish earned critical acclaim at a young age, which many singers struggle to achieve. Her voice and haunting, yet captivating, lyrics always catch everyone’s attention, including pop star Bono.
Bono, whose real name is Paul David Hewson is another recognized artist, best known for his distinctive vocals. The singer and songwriter had to stop his car, as he was awestruck by Billie Elish’s song Everything I Wanted. The now 63-year-old had to stop driving his car to delve into Eilish’s exceptional talent.
Billie Eilish’s Everything I Wanted Paused Bono While Driving
When it comes to creating and singing remarkable songs, Billie Eilish never fails. The singer even earned rockstar Bono’s attention while he was busy driving. Among the notable songs that Bono talked about, is Eilish’s Everything I Wanted which made him stop driving his car. The song had a significant impact on the pop icon, that he shared while revealing his 60 life-saver songs.
While appearing on the Today Show in 2021, the With or Without You maker said (via Far Out Magazine) that:
“Yeah, the ‘Songs That Saved My Life’, not just a teenager but even now…Adele I wrote about, Billie Eilish’s ‘Everything I Wanted’, when I heard that, I had to stop the car. I enjoyed putting that list together.”
The pop star wrote a special note to Eilish and her brother as a fan, acknowledging the song and beautifully praising the creativity of the artists. Everything I Wanted came out in 2019, written by Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell. Soon after the song was released, it was highly praised for exploring themes like mental health and the pressure that comes with fame and success.
Bono from U2 names “everything i wanted” as one of the songs that saved his life pic.twitter.com/QvY4tyY3L3
— Billie Eilish Updates (@eilishupdates) May 10, 2020
It had a deep meaning and the writers succeeded in conveying their thoughts. Not only did her song have a haunting and introspective tone, but Billie Eilish also reflects on the challenges she faced while rising to fame. Everything I Wanted earned her the Grammy Award for Record of the Year 2021.
Billie Eilish Received Flowers From Bono in Ireland
While Billie Eilish was in Ireland, she received flowers from rockstar Bono, and the Bad Guy singer thought those flowers weren’t from the U2 band as she believed that the band was from Scranton, Pennsylvania. This misunderstanding emerged from the love and admiration Eilish had for the TV series The Office. During an episode of the Office Ladies podcast, (via Unilad) the singer shared that:
“This last June we were in Ireland, I’m in my hotel and I get flowers delivered to my room and it has this little letter on it and it’s this really sweet letter and it says ‘from Bono’. And I was like, ‘why would Bono, who’s from Scranton, why would he send me something in Ireland? What does this have to do with him?”
Billie Eilish revealed that her misunderstanding is rooted in an episode of The Office, in which Michael Scott says that the band U2 is from Scranton. However, due to her young age, the Ocean Eyes star couldn’t catch the humor and believed Michael Scott from the show. The “welcome to my hometown” note confused the singer even more, but eventually, Billie Eilish found the truth and it became a major shocker for her. The singer humorously opened up about it during the show.
