"First off, I want to be so clear that it's so not supposed to be an insult," Eilish said during an interview with PopBuzz , aired on Thursday. "I feel like it's been a little bit misinterpreted. I tried so hard to not make it in any way offensive."

In "Wish You Were Gay," the most recent single from Eilish's upcoming debut album, Eilish sings about wanting an explanation for unrequited love.

"To spare my pride / To give your lack of interest an explanation / I'm not your type / Maybe I'm not your preferred gender orientation," she sings in the bridge.

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Others have said the lyrics are offensive and Eilish is effectively "using LGBTQ people" as a prop to find her own happiness.

"The whole idea of the song is, it's kind of a joke," Eilish told PopBuzz. "It's kind of like, 'I'm an ass, and you don't love me. And you don't love me because you don't love me and that's the only reason and I wish you didn't love me because you didn't love f---ing girls.'"

"And it could be the opposite way," she continued. "It could be a girl interested in a girl and maybe that girl likes girls also but she doesn't like her back. And then it's like 'Well damn. I wish you were straight!' You know what I'm saying?"

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Eilish has never publicly identified her sexuality. The teenaged pop star burst onto the music scene in 2016 with her breakout hit "Ocean Eyes," which originally went viral after it was uploaded to SoundCloud.

She is set to release her debut studio album, "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" on March 29.

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