{"id":134105,"date":"2025-02-12T12:16:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T17:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/02\/12\/central-cee-praises-billie-eilishs-birds-of-a-feather-ive-listened-to-it-maybe-a-thousand-times-2\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T12:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T17:16:52","slug":"central-cee-praises-billie-eilishs-birds-of-a-feather-ive-listened-to-it-maybe-a-thousand-times-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/02\/12\/central-cee-praises-billie-eilishs-birds-of-a-feather-ive-listened-to-it-maybe-a-thousand-times-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Cee Praises Billie Eilish\u2019s \u2018Birds of a Feather\u2019: \u2018I\u2019ve Listened to It Maybe a Thousand\u00a0Times\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a data-id=\"billboard.com\/artist\/central-cee\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/billboard.com\/artist\/central-cee\">Central Cee <\/a>has shared his love of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/billie-eilish\">Billie Eilish<\/a>\u2019s \u201cBirds of a Feather\u201d in a new interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn the west London rapper\u2019s four-part <em>CRG Radio<\/em> show, which is available via Apple Music 1, Cench \u2014 born Oakley Neil Caesar-Su \u2014 discussed his all-time favorite artists, past and present. In addition to praising Lil Durk, Drake, Damian Marley, Amy Winehouse and dancehall artist Vybz Kartel, he spoke about playing Eilish\u2019s music on repeat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cYou see me, I don\u2019t know lyrics. I was saying I know \u2018Juicy\u2019 by Biggie Smalls just about off by heart and that\u2019s the only song,\u201d he began. \u201cAnd then, after listening to it maybe a thousand times, I know Billie Eilish\u2019s \u2018Birds of a Feather.&rsquo;\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/central-cee-cant-rush-greatness-album-1235882057\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Central-Cee-wireless-fest-2024-a-g-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Central-Cee-wireless-fest-2024-a-g-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Central Cee\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tCentral Cee Drops Long-Awaited Debut Album \u2018Can\u2019t Rush Greatness\u2019: Stream\u2026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t01\/24\/2025<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI need to listen to something for time to hear [song] lyrics,\u201d he continued, before describing his attraction to Eilish in the \u201cBirds of a Feather\u201d music video. \u201cI think I fancied her first. I was looking at her, I was just watching the video to look at her and then I started thinking, \u2018Yeah, no, this [song is] actually cold. And now I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s \u2018mind games\u2019; I\u2019ve just heard it so much, but I love it. I just love the music now. It\u2019s not even about [Eilish] anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe added: \u201cI\u2019ve just been told that [\u2018Birds of a Feather\u2019] was one of the biggest songs of last year, and it kind of makes me think that when something\u2019s so popular \u2014 I know people do it with my music \u2014 that I\u2019m not actually as unique as I think I am for liking that song. But I am in my circle!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe latest episode of <em>CRG Radio <\/em>will also be the last. Previous installments of the series have seen the 26-year-old speak with U.K. rappers Headie One, Blade Brown and Nemzzz, while there has also been an appearance from England midfielder Cole Palmer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn Jan. 31, meanwhile, Cench beat competition from Teddy Swims to top the Official U.K. Albums Chart with his debut LP, <em>Can\u2019t Rush Greatness.<\/em> He will support the record with a 39-date world arena tour through the spring, kicking off in Oslo on April 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCench also recently scooped a trio of nominations for the 2025 BRIT Awards; the ceremony will be held March 1. He is up for best U.K. artist, best song (\u201cBand4Band\u201d) and best hip-hop and grime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/central-cee-praises-billie-eilish-birds-of-a-feather-1235898817\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Cee has shared his love of Billie Eilish\u2019s \u201cBirds of a Feather\u201d in a new interview. On the west London rapper\u2019s four-part CRG Radio show, which is available via Apple Music 1, Cench \u2014 born Oakley Neil Caesar-Su \u2014 discussed his all-time favorite artists, past and present. In addition to praising Lil Durk, Drake, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}