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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: An Inside Look at the New Era of Music Documentaries

Billie Eilish knew what she was getting herself into. “I grew up loving documentaries like Believe and Never Say Never,” admits the 19-year-old music phenom, referencing Justin Bieber’s popular concert films. So when a camera crew showed up at her childhood home in Los Angeles in 2018 to film a documentary about the making of her debut album, she welcomed them with open arms — if not exactly optimism. “My entire family and I thought, ‘Eh, it’s never going to actually come out,’ ” she says. “It has been pretty insane and surreal since.”

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