Nina Garcia certainly enjoys the crème de la crème from the music world as ELLE‘s cover stars. Over the past twelve months alone, names like Addison Rae, Rosalía, Raye, and Olivia Dean have graced the Hearst-owned fashion title. Next up on the cover of ELLE is Billie Eilish, who features in the May 2026 edition of the magazine. Five years after her last ELLE cover appearance, the American singer-songwriter is profiled by photographer Willy Vanderperre. In the melancholic portrait cover shot, the Grammy Award-winning artist appears pensive and deep in thought. Styled by Paul Sinclaire, Billie wears a Prada coat and a Miu Miu scarf.

Billie Eilish for ELLE May 2026

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“An awful and depressing cover,” shrieked MModa upon first look.

“So boring,” Hchloe chimed in.

“Billie Eilish staring into the distance with sleepy eyes and an open mouth, wearing baggy clothes. Groundbreaking. This shot wouldn’t have even made the editorial 15 years ago, never mind a cover,” noted forum member Gary89.

“Nothing against Billie Eilish, but she seems to insist on generating low-energy covers as an extension of her brand,” disapproved tigerrouge.

Lucien112 commented: “There is absolutely nothing to like about this. Nothing.”

“Ew. This is not cute,” shared GivenchyHomme.

“I do not buy fashion magazines to be made sad. What were they thinking?” asked VanillaCrush.

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