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In this interview clip, James Cameron expresses his admiration for Billie Eilish as a performer and reveals the profound realization he had about the role her music plays in helping her fans through their teenage years.
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00:00What's something each of you learned from each other?
00:03Mm-hmm.
00:04All right, I'll go.
00:05Get in there.
00:06I learned how Billie perceives her art and her relationship with her fans and what it means to them.
00:14You know, I could be a neutral witness to the show and realize how beautiful and spectacular it is
00:20and what an amazing performer you are, and obviously songwriter and creator of the music and all that,
00:27but also a physical performer in real time.
00:30I can see all that for myself.
00:32What I learned was what the emotional connection is and how these kids have grown up with you.
00:40They started with you when you were 13.
00:42They've grown up with you for over a decade.
00:45In their minds, you've got them through the hard teenage years, the angsty years, the anxiety,
00:51because they went through it with you, and they saw you go through it, and that gave them agency.
00:56It gave them hope.
00:58You know, there's a whole layer to it that I didn't understand when I started.
01:02You know, there's a whole layer to it.
01:02You know, there's a whole layer to it.
01:03You know, there's a whole layer to it.
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