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Wish You Were Gay
Wish You Were Gay cover
Single by Billie Eilish
Album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Released March 4, 2019
Recorded March 2018
Genre(s) Pop
Length 3:41
Label(s) Darkroom, Interscope
Producer(s) Finneas O'Connell
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? chronology
All the Good Girls Go to Hell
(5)
Wish You Were Gay
(6)
When the Party's Over
(7)

Wish You Were Gay (stylized in all lowercase) is a song recorded by Billie Eilish for her debut studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?. The song was released on March 4, 2019, through Darkroom Records and Interscope Records as the fourth single from the album. The song was written by Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell, who also produced the song.

Background and release[]

Eilish explained in a statement that she wrote "Wish You Were Gay" when she was only 14. It was first introduced by Eilish on her Instagram in July 2018. She explained to her fans that she wrote the song about a guy that she had feelings for, but he did not feel the same. She continued, saying she felt horrible that he did not love her back, and ended up writing "Wish You Were Gay". She discussed that the song was not meant to be offensive in any way to the LGTBQ community. Eilish wanted her crush to be gay so that he didn't like her for a reason. It was later found out the boy Eilish had a crush on told her he was gay. Eilish joked, saying, "I wrote the song and made him fuck a dude. I'm fucking proud bro except not really though because I was really into him, like so into him, he's so hot oh my god."

Eilish further campaigned with the single, announcing in a press release that for 48 hours, a portion of all proceeds from her online merch store would be donated to The Trevor Project, the world's largest suicide and crisis prevention program for at-risk LGBTQ youth. In YouTube video, Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell, known under his stage name of Finneas broke down the inspiration behind the track, with Eilish explaining, "This was a situation where I was fucking all for this kid, like oh my god. It was the kind of love where everything was thrown out there and nothing was latched onto."

Controversy[]

"Wish You Were Gay" has been criticized as offensive to the LGBTQ community and accused of queerbaiting.

Eilish was also criticized for her comments on her Instagram story, where she said, "Guess what, he just came out to me like a couple weeks ago. So I wrote the song and made him fuck a dude. I'm fucking proud, bro, except not really though because I was really into him, like so into him. He's so hot, oh my god."

Eilish responded to the controversy in an interview with PopBuzz, stating, "I want to be so clear that it's so not supposed to be an insult" and "I feel like it's been a little bit misinterpreted. I tried so hard to not make it in any way offensive", referring to the song as "kind of a joke."

Lyrics[]

[Verse 1]
"Baby, I don't feel so good," six words you never understood
"I'll never let you go," five words you'll never say (Aww)
I laugh along like nothing's wrong, four days has never felt so long
If three's a crowd and two was us, one slipped away (Hahahahahahahaha)

[Chorus]
I just wanna make you feel okay
But all you do is look the other way
I can't tell you how much I wish I didn't wanna stay
I just kinda wish you were gay

[Verse 2]
Is there a reason we're not through?
Is there a 12 step just for you?
Our conversation's all in blue
11 "heys" (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
Ten fingers tearin' out my hair
Nine times you never made it there
I ate alone at 7, you were six minutes away
(Yay)

[Chorus]
How am I supposed to make you feel okay
When all you do is walk the other way?
I can't tell you how much I wish I didn't wanna stay
I just kinda wish you were gay

[Bridge]
To spare my pride
To give your lack of interest an explanation
Don't say I'm not your type
Just say that I'm not your preferred sexual orientation
I'm so selfish
But you make me feel helpless, yeah
And I can't stand another day
Stand another day

[Chorus]
I just wanna make you feel okay
But all you do is look the other way, hmm
I can't tell you how much I wish I didn't wanna stay
I just kinda wish you were gay
I just kinda wish you were gay
I just kinda wish you were gay

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