Billie Eilish Loved the Royals at the 'Bond' Premiere in London

london, england september 28 catherine, duchess of cambridge meets no time to die performers finneas and billie eilish at the no time to die world premiere at royal albert hall on september 28, 2021 in london, england photo by chris jackson wpa poolgetty images

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published 15 October 2021

Meeting a handful of British royals sounds fairly frightening to me, but Billie Eilish was totally unfazed by the experience—in fact, she thought they were all pretty great.

Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the artist described what it was like chatting with Kate Middleton, Prince William and Prince Charles at the No Time to Die premiere in London (Eilish performs the title song in the movie, which she co-wrote with her brother FINNEAS). Kimmel asked Eilish if she had to learn a bunch of rules for how to interact with the royals, and she admitted that she did but didn't end up really following them, because they made her feel so at ease.

"I tried to [follow the rules], I was planning on it, and they were just so normal, like they were just... they didn't make me feel like, 'oh, I'm scared I can't talk to them,'" she said. "They were like very question... like they just... complimentary and they had all these questions for me and they were just friendly and like funny and sweet. I don't know, I can't complain, it was amazing."

london, england september 28 prince charles, prince of wales, meets no time to die performers finneas and billie eilish at the no time to die world premiere at royal albert hall on september 28, 2021 in london, england photo by chris jackson wpa poolgetty images

I imagine Eilish only talked about her song and the Bond movie with the royals, but it sounds like she's pretty aligned with the family's stance on another completely unrelated subject: space travel. Kimmel asked her if she'd heard about William Shatner going to space, and if she would like to go too. "I would literally rather do anything else," she said immediately. Literally same.

london, england september 28 prince william, duke of cambridge meets no time to die performers finneas and billie eilish at the no time to die world premiere at royal albert hall on september 28, 2021 in london, england photo by chris jackson wpa poolgetty images

Prince William agrees that there are much better things to do than go to space right now—like, oh I don't know, fixing the climate crisis. "The idea that space race is on at the moment, we've seen everyone trying to get space tourism going, it's the idea that we need some of the world's greatest brains and minds fixed on trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live," the Duke of Cambridge told the BBC. So he and Eilish at least have one other subject they can chew the fat about next time they hang out.

Iris Goldsztajn is a London-based journalist, editor and author. She is the morning editor at Marie Claire, and her work has appeared in the likes of British Vogue, InStyle, Cosmopolitan, Refinery29 and SELF. Iris writes about everything from celebrity news and relationship advice to the pitfalls of diet culture and the joys of exercise. She has many opinions on Harry Styles, and can typically be found eating her body weight in cheap chocolate.