Billie calls falling-out rumors 'baloney'

- Billie Eilish denied rumors of a rift with brother and producer Finneas, saying in Elle’s May 2026 cover story they “never” had a falling-out. - The gossip grew after Finneas skipped her Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour, but Eilish said she wanted him doing more than playing behind her. - The comments arrived as Eilish promoted a James Cameron-directed 3D tour film and said album four is already more than halfway done. (variety.com)

Billie Eilish said rumors that she fell out with her brother and producer Finneas are false. (eonline.com) (billboard.com) In Elle’s May 2026 cover story, Eilish said, “Finneas and I have never and will never have a falling-out, ever in our lives.” She said she had heard people repeating the rumor directly. (tmz.com) (eonline.com) The speculation picked up after Finneas did not join her on the Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour, her first tour without him onstage. Eilish said she felt he had “more to be doing” than staying in the back as her band member. (billboard.com) (musicradar.com) She described that role as limiting for him and compared it to being “stuck in a tower — like Rapunzel.” The point, she said, was not distance between them but a change in how they work on the road. (musicradar.com) (justjared.com) The siblings’ partnership has anchored Eilish’s career since her breakout, with Finneas co-writing and producing her music. Eilish said in the same interview that if she never saw Finneas, she “might literally never make a song again.” (eonline.com) (aol.com) The denial landed alongside new details about Eilish’s next projects. She told Elle that her fourth album is “more than half way” finished, while Variety reported she is also preparing the theatrical release of “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D).” (variety.com) (justjared.com) Eilish said James Cameron is directing the 3D concert film, extending a tour cycle that had already sparked the Finneas chatter. The new comments shut down that rumor in the clearest terms yet: no split, no feud, no falling-out. (elle.com) (tmz.com)

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