Billie Eilish Feels ‘The Most Powerful When I Feel Masculine’

Billie Eilish feels the "most powerful" when she feels "masculine." The singer discussed this in a candid interview for BBC 100 Women in Conversation. Speaking about her British Vogue cover photo from June last year, the 20-year-old shocked fans when she wore a corset. The "Bad Guy" singer was always photographed in baggy clothes before that. At the time, she wrote, "i love these pictures and i loved doing this shoot. do whatever you want whenever you want. f--- everything else."

Speaking to BBC now, the star explains how she feels comfortable expressing "a balance of both" sides of herself. Still, she said, "I feel the most powerful when I feel masculine." She added, "I also can find power in femininity, it’s kind of a balance of both." When asked what she meant by "masculine," Eilish replied, "I don’t know -- depending on how I walk and stand and my clothes and my face - and my jewelry and my fingers, just everything that I am day to day. I like to feel more masculine than feminine, it just makes me feel better."

Eilish said that this was something she had found hard to understand when she was younger. "I struggled with [preferring to feel masculine] for a long time because I wanted to feel feminine and like it. I just didn’t really," she said. "But then it’s finding moments where you can have that and it still feels good. Like right now I’m wearing a tighter shirt and I’m wearing a more low-cut shirt." She added, "The older me would have been like ‘Eurgh! ‘Please don’t!’ but I like it now and it’s just the balance of the two."

The singer also discussed growing up in the public eye, calling the experience "bruising." Eilish admitted to having "severe imposter syndrome." There was a turning point in which the young star felt like she started to earn the trust of the public adding, "As soon as people started to trust me, being female and all, and especially being a very young female and especially in this industry it’s very hard to make people believe in you. It was a very satisfying moment when I realized that people actually wanted to hear what I had to say, or believed in what I had to say -- and when I finally had control it was a really good moment."

Which celebrity style do you use for inspiration? A new study has revealed the women with the most influential style around the world, with singer Ariana Grande taking the top spot. The study conducted Dalston Mill Fabrics analyzed Google search data for various style-related terms for over 200 famous women around the world to establish who has the most influential style.

Grande took the top spot with an average of 59,150 searches being made each month around the world for terms related to her style, with the search term "Ariana Grande outfits" getting an average of 31,000 searches globally per month. Model Kendall Jenner comes in second with only a few thousand searches behind the "Thank U, Next" singer. Jenner receives an average of 57,190 monthly style-related searches with the most popular term being "Kendall Jenner style," which receives an average of 13,000 monthly searches globally. Rounding out the top three is Billie Eilish, with an average of 52,300 monthly fashion searches. The "No Time To Die" singer saw the most interest with the term "Billie Eilish outfits," which has 22,000 average monthly searches and "Billie Eilish street style" which has 8,500 monthly searches globally.

Other public figures include some British royalty, more members of the Kardashian/Jenner family, singers and models. Out of all the celebrities analyzed, Hailey Bieber ranked highest when it came to searches for her street style with the term "Hailey Bieber street style" being searched 12,500 times each month on average.

Despite her death in 1997, Princess Diana’s style is still one of the most sought-after around the world, coming in at the tenth spot. There are 26,030 searches for Princess Diana’s style each month around the world, with the search term "Princess Diana fashion" being Googled 7,000 times a month globally.

Other influential celebrities include: Audrey Hepburn, who ranks 11th with 25,050 monthly global searches for her style. Princess Diana and Audrey Hepburn also highlight the styles that stand the test of time alongside the current trending styles that are typically worn by the likes of Kendall Jenner and Zendaya.

See the top 15 most influential female celebrity styles below:

22,440 searches.

23,700 searches.

23,880 searches.

24,300 searches.

25,050 searches.

26,030 searches.

27,500 searches.

27,700 searches.

31,200 searches.

32,220 searches.

33,800 searches.

41,800 searches.

52,300 searches.

57,190 searches.

59,150 searches.