With almost all of her ‘Where’s My Mind’ US tour dates sold out, this Los Angeles native has accomplished what many artists could only dream of doing at the tender age of 16. The spunky youngster, professionally known as Billie Eilish, has reached many significant milestones as an artist and already has an extensive resume under her belt. Her music has been remixed by artist such as Astronomyy, Blackbear, and Sofi Tukker, she has collaborated with artists such as Vince Staples, her single entitled ‘Bored’ was featured on the soundtrack of Netflix’s hit TV show ‘13 Reasons Why’, she was crowned one of Apple Music’s ‘Up Next’ artists, and she’s performed on talk shows such as The Late Late Show with James Corden (all within the time span of about two years. Amazing, if you ask me!). Because of her persona and the level of maturity of her songs, many are surprised by Billie’s actual age. In an interview with her brother for Fuse, Billie explains that you can write songs from your imagination to explain what you have felt, may be feeling, or what you think you might feel about something; you don’t actually have to go through things in order to write a song about them. Billie’s philosophy on music is deviant from basic mainstream music which is all about love and heartbreak and is wise way to think about writing music. This is exactly what I love about Billie, she isn’t afraid to be herself; she knows what she wants and she gets it. In her song COPYCAT, she preaches to her fans, young and old, that it’s okay to be different. She encourages her listeners to be who they are, to think for themselves, and to not be clones of each other.
Sporting her famous monochromatic looks (this time in all white), Billie rocked the stage while performing songs from her debut ep, ‘dont smile at me’. Accompanied by her brother, Finneas O’Connell on guitar and keyboard, and her drummer, Andrew Marshall, the trio performed Billie’s hit songs (such as ‘bellyache’ and ‘my boy’) and debuted a new song titled ‘when the party’s over’. It’s shocking for most to learn that this is only Billie’s second tour because she owns the stage like a seasoned professional who’s been touring for years. Her set kept the crowd going from beginning to end. Billie’s concert kicks off with Finneas and Andrew making it rain billion dollar Billie bills on the crowd with cash cannons, making the crowd go crazy (side note: this reminded me of G-Eazy’s set during Coachella ‘16 where he threw dollar bills into the crowd!), and concludes with fans cheering her name for more. FINNEAS also made a debut and sang his song ‘New Girl’. The amount of love and respect Billie and Finneas have for each other is endearing and the fact that Finneas wrote Billie’s breakout song, ‘ocean eyes’ makes their relationship even more adorable. Their song gained momentum and became popular in a very natural way, with people genuinely liking and sharing their song. This is a very rare and remarkable feat for an artist who isn’t already signed to a record label. In an interview with Vogue, Billie describes her feelings as “over the moon” when ‘ocean eyes’ began to gain thousands of plays on SoundCloud. Billie Eilish is most definitely on the rise and is one to keep an eye on; so much is in store for this rising artist!
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