You might not immediately assume that Grammy-winning teen sensation Billie Eilish is a fan of Michael Bublé, but it turns out she is.  In fact, Michael was thrilled to learn that one of his biggest hits inspired her to write one of her best-known songs.

Speaking with BBC Radio 1, Billie explained that the inspiration for her song “My Future” was Michael’s 2009 hit “Haven’t Met You Yet.”  The way Billie explained it, she found a Snapchat video of herself at age 13 or 14, sitting on her bed, “smiling and beaming,” while listening to the song.

“That song, when I was that age, I used to listen to it night and day just because it made me hopeful,” Billie explained. “I was also really depressed at the time and sad all the time, and that song made me excited for the future.”

“I sent it to my friend… and she was like, ‘I love this video of you because it almost looks like you’re talking about your future self, like, “I just haven’t met you yet, and I’m excited to meet you.”‘ And I was like, ‘That’s so cuuute!’”

Billie then added that after she wrote the chorus of “My Future” — which goes, “I’m in love/with my future/Can’t wait to meet her/And I’m in love/But not with anybody else/Just wanna get to know myself” — she realized that it had been inspired by that conversation.

This led Michael to tweet to Billie, “Hey @billieeilish I’m a huge fan. I just heard your story about ‘Haven’t Met You Yet.’ Music is a great healer and writing really helped me during some tough times. Your music inspires me and I am so touched that mine has done the same for you.”

Hey .@billieeilish I’m a huge fan. I just heard your story about Haven’t Met You Yet. Music is a great healer and writing really helped me during some tough times. Your music inspires me and I am so touched that mine has done the same for you.

— Michael Bublé (@MichaelBuble) December 16, 2020

By Andrea Dresdale
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