It sounds like Billie Eilish's relationship with her body could keep her from performing if she let it. "When I'm on stage, I have to disassociate from the ideas I have of my body," Eilish explained to The Guardian. "Because I have such a terrible relationship with my body, like you would not believe, so I just have to disassociate." Part of the problem seems to be exacerbated by the side effects of fame — getting photographed all the time and then getting judged for how you look. "You get a paparazzi picture taken when you were running to the door," said Eilish, "and had just put anything on, and didn't know the picture's being taken, and you just look how you look, and everyone's like, 'Fat!'"

Eilish addressed the judgment and opinions that have come her way solely about her appearance and how she dresses. She created a short spoken-word film for her 2020 tour called "Not My Responsibility" that shows her slowly removing pieces of clothing and it includes the lines: "Some people hate what I wear; some people praise it. Some people use it to shame others; some people use it to shame me [...] So while I feel your stares, your disapproval or your sigh of relief. If I lived by them, I'd never be able to move." It ends with, "Is my value based only on your perception? Or is your opinion of me not my responsibility?"