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Billie Eilish Gives a Rare Glimpse at Her Sexy Dragon Tattoo
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Billie Eilish‘s tattoo collection hasn’t always been up for conversation. She didn’t show off her tattoos for the longest time and even said in an interview that fans would never see her first design – a script tattoo on her chest. That all changed, though, with her June 2021 British Vogue cover. When the photos of the print issue were released in May 2021, fans got their first glimpse at one of Eilish’s previously hidden tattoos: a dragon tattoo slithering up her thigh. Still, many people forget it’s there – until the singer posts a video like she did on May 25 to her Instagram showing off the design in all its glory.
When it comes to showing off her ink, she really likes to make a splash. Since the British Vogue cover’s debut, Eilish has added one confirmed new tattoo to her collection (although, given her ability to keep a secret, who knows how many designs she really has) – and it was received with almost as much fanfare. It’s a small fairy tattoo on her hand that she debuted at the world premiere of “No Time to Die” in London on Sept. 28, 2021. Both the dragon and fairy designs have left us wondering: what do they mean? While Eilish has only shared the significance behind her latest body art, the meaning is quite special.
Ahead, get a closer look at Eilish’s three tattoos and their potential meanings.
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Billie Eilish's Fairy Hand Tattoo
On Sept. 28 2021, at the world premiere of “No Time to Die” in London, a movie for which Eilish performed and cowrote the theme song, eagle-eyed fans spotted a new tattoo on her hand. The design includes two fairies huddled close together, which she revealed had a very personal meaning for her.
“I just got this a few weeks ago, which is some fairies that are from a book that I had growing up – a little fairy book called “Fairyopolis”,” Eilish told Vanity Fair in her 2021 holiday interview. “They’re like my little guardian angel fairies.”
The all-black design is by celebrity-loved tattooist Dragon Ink of Bang Bang NYC.
Eilish frequently uses the fairy emoji on social media, which fans believe could have been a hint to her plans for a permanent design. On Instagram Stories, the star shared the meaning behind the tattoo when a fan asked which one was her favorite. “My most recent one,” she wrote. “My sweet little guardian angel fairies, from my favorite childhood book.” It’s clear that the singer has a love for mythical creatures.
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Billie Eilish's "Eilish" Script Chest Tattoo
Eilish got her first tattoo in January 2020 after winning six Grammy Awards that year. The tattoo is of her middle name, Eilish. Due to its placement in the center of her chest, she once told Insider that fans “won’t ever see it.” The design is supposedly in a gothic script font in all black ink.