Gray has named Lorde as one of his other primary influences,[65][66][67] and has explained that his EP Sunset Season was majorly inspired by the small-town nostalgia of her debut album Pure Heroine.[4] He has also cited The Chicks and Adele as some of his musical influences,[68] as well as expressing a mutual[69] admiration for V of BTS,[70] and Billie Eilish.[71] Talking about Eilish's rapid rise to fame in 2019, Gray told ET: "Billie and I have been friends since, like, literally forever, since she was, like, 15. I was like, 17. We were really young.