Billie Eilish tells Lana Del Rey that her first-ever phone's lock screen was a photo of the 'Born to Die' singer

• Billie Eilish recently interviewed Lana Del Rey for the latest cover of Interview magazine.
• Eilish opened up about her personal connection to Del Rey and her admiration for the singer.

In a recent conversation for Interview magazine, Billie Eilish heaped praise on Lana Del Rey for influencing her own aesthetic and sound.

Eilish, whom Del Rey requested for the interview, began by thanking the "Born to Die" singer.

"I am absolutely stoked out of my fucking mind," she said. "You were my lock screen on the first phone I ever got."

Del Rey replied, "Oh my god."

Eilish went on to describe the photo in question: Del Rey's 2012 cover for Interview Germany, for which she was photographed in '60s makeup with a bumblebee on her lip.

Eilish also revealed that she sang Del Rey's 2014 song "Brooklyn Baby" at a talent show while growing up in Highland Park, a suburb of Los Angeles.

"I'd film myself covering your songs and pretend that I was gonna blow up on YouTube from them, and then they'd get two views," the 21-year-old Grammy winner said.

Later in their conversation, Eilish continued to applaud Del Rey, 37, for her impact on pop music.

"You really paved the way for everyone. People have been trying to look and sound like you since you first started. I talk about this with Finneas," Eilish said, referring to her older brother and producer, Finneas O'Connell. "You changed the way the music industry hears and sees music, and you changed the way people sing."

"You should know that in my eyes, you could do no wrong," she added, specifically praising Del Rey's "storytelling abilities" in her songwriting.

Del Rey will release her ninth studio album, "Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd," on March 10.

Ahead of her seventh album, 2021's "Chemtrails Over the Country Club," Del Rey was criticized for "tearing down" other artists, particularly women of color, and claiming feminism lacks the space for her "softer female personality."

In her conversation with Eilish, Del Rey said her early career was a "trial by fire" and said she felt that "one wrong step could ruin everything."

"Now, you hear a lot of singer-songwriters and rappers talking about how things really are in their lives, and a lot of it is super messy," Del Rey said. "And everyone's like, 'The storytelling is amazing, and I love that they're baring it all.' I always felt with me that there was some catch-22 and I wasn't sure what it was for a long time."