The Grammys are a glorious celebration of red carpets, ball gowns and performances by successful artists of the past, present and future, including Billie Eilish. Over the weekend, the 62 annual Grammys, hosted by Alicia Keys, was held in the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Eilish, at the young age of 18 years old performed at the ceremony. Some look up to Eilish due to her success at such a young age, she won 5 Grammys at this one event.
Eilish won the award for album of the year with her album titled “When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” along with song of the year with “Bad Guy,” song of the year with the same song, new artist and pop album with the same album.
Eilish has many other accomplishments as well, including multiple MTV awards, AMAs and according to Guinness, Eilish is even in the Book of World Records for “youngest female to top the UK charts for Album of the Year”.
Many would describe Eilish as unique, talented, individualistic and successful. Being so young, she is a role model for teenagers all over the world, including at PVHS. Eilish is a great model for young women who strive to be successful, however pressures can grow to be far too much at such a young age.
Eilish has faced a lot of pressure as a female artist to be better than everyone else. Senior Lauren Steinhart related to Eilish’s struggle with the pressure to be successful, “I feel like once you step into high school we’re peer pressured into knowing what we want to do in college,” she said. Seniors can especially feel overwhelming pressure as they continue their journey into adulthood. “Pressures I have faced as a senior is to do well on the ACT,” she elaborated.
Eilish shows young females the potential they have to be successful with all of her accomplishments. With that being said, teenagers and young adults face enough pressure to be successful as is. They must remember to take others’ success with a grain of salt but remember that life is not a race and there is not one singular goal or standard to live by.
