Billie Eilish talks to younger Billie Eilish – with both wisdom and wit

In time capsule' interviews with Vanity Fair, the singer listens, responds and sometimes rolls her eyes at her younger self

In 2009, a website went viral - it allowed you to send yourself a message that would automatically turn up in your inbox three years later. A friend of mine sent himself the number of a girl he liked. Given the same exercise years earlier at school, another friend sent himself the lyrics of a Black Eyed Peas song. I never sent myself anything, though I probably would have chosen some edgy quote from a political philosopher. These exercises are always telling because you get to see what was important to you when you were young - and whether you lived up to it years later.

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