As part of her whirlwind HIT ME HARD AND SOFT promo tour, Billie Eilish anxiously agreed to sit down with ELLE to prank call a few of her famous friends for their Phoning It In segment. The whole thing is uncomfortably hilarious, and honestly, we didn’t know how much we needed it.
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From asking Margot Robbie to use her house for a last-minute music video shoot, and telling Tyler, The Creator that she s*** her pants, to enlisting Dakota Johnson’s help to find a dialect coach to help her play a baby in an “upcoming” movie, Eilish’s pranks were hilariously convincing.
“I am filled to the brim with anxiety right now,” Billie said at the top of the 10-minute clip. After first considering Zoë Kravitz, opting not to for logistical local reasons, Eilish called Robbie, with a request to use the actress’ home for a video shoot after a previous location fell through. “Please don’t pick up, please don’t pick up,” Eilish whispered to herself anxiously as the phone rang.
While Robbie noted that under any other circumstance the answer would be “f*** yeah,” the issue was timing, revealing “we are packing up our house tomorrow.” After still trying to solve the problem, grilling Billie with the requirements needed, which included enough space for 200 extras, Billie could no longer keep her resolve, admitting the prank to Robbie, who as expected was all about it, laughing it off.
Next, Billie pranked her very concerned label head Justin Lubliner that she’s quitting music. “I can’t do this anymore, like I am going to quit music and I’m not doing this anymore,” Billie expressed to Lubliner, trying to keep her composure. The convo went back and forth for a bit, with Billie saying there was nothing he could do to change her mind.
“Forget business for a second, can you tell me what’s going on?,” Lubliner said to an antsy Eilish who could no longer keep the joke to herself. Lubliner rightfully shook by what just went down said, “that really hit me deep… you sounded really upset. I was about to pull up to wherever you are and give you a hug. That’s where my head went.”
While still shaking from the previous call, Billie lighted the mood with a prank call to her pal Tyler, The Creator. “Okay Tyler, you’re not gonna believe what just happened to me and I need help so bad,” she told Tyler. “Dude, I’m on a date. I’m in the bathroom and I s*** my f***ing pants.” Tyler, very on brand, responded with, “Fire. Honestly? Fire. You deserve it!”
Billie went on to ask if she could use his house as refuge to shower and change, and though he was in Atlanta the answer was yes. She eventually revealed the plot was a prank, and honestly the aftermath is also quite hilarious.
Amazed by how nice everyone was being, Eilish chose her friend Dakota Johnson for the last call. After asking the actress for advice on playing a baby in a movie, Dakota tried to tread carefully, wondering if the advice Billie was looking for was whether she should do it or not. Going on to ask if the script was good, and if it was a comedy or drama.
Noting the paycheck was “like $500 million,” Eilish clarified to Dakota the call was more to enquire about a dialect coach to help her sound like a baby. After Billie dropped the truth bomb to a still concerned but acting supportive Dakota, the actress admitted, “I was gonna ask you if it was a prank!,” adding her next question was gonna be, “don’t you have enough money already?” Before hanging up, Johnson warned Billie to be on the look out for payback, “just watch out for me, here I come.”
Watch the entire entertaining segment below.