Girl in Red: 'My mom said she saw lots of me in Billie Eilish' 

Marie Ulven has enlisted the help of the American popstar's brother, and doesn't mind the comparisons, but the proud queer artist is very much forging her own path with debut album, If I Could Make It Go Quiet

Girl in Red, aka Marie Ulven.

Marie Ulven, aka Girl in Red, would never be mistaken for Billie Eilish’s musical doppelgänger. And yet the Norwegian indie star caught reflections of herself in the Los Angeles singer’s recent documentary, The World’s A Little Blurry. As a young woman with a huge global fanbase and (pre-Covid) a gruelling touring schedule, Ulven’s world can get a little blurry too.

“Even though she has a career at a whole other level, it really struck a chord with me,” says Ulven (22) of the film’s unflinching honesty about the grind of life on the road. “It was intriguing to see someone else go through the things. My mom said she saw lots of me in Billie, which is interesting. My mom probably has a better perspective.”