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10.04.2022 - 23:15 / variety.com
Chris Willman Music WriterHere’s a fun exercise for music aficionados: Try to remember the last time a major pop or rock star came out of the gate with not one but two flawless albums, without a mediocre number in the bunch. It’s harder than you think.
Classics that they are, even Taylor Swift’s and Adele’s first or second releases had some duff tracks between them. Playing this game, you might be forced to take it further back, into the ’90s: How perfect was Alanis Morissette’s sophomore album, put up against her debut, or Nirvana’s first compared to the band’s world-changing second?Having barely dug that rabbit hole, let’s move on to the matter at hand: Billie Eilish as being possibly or probably singular in recently pulling off this particular rabbit-hat trick.
Last year’s “Happier Than Ever” was, against every odd, every bit as strong as 2019’s “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” And if the Recording Academy seemingly didn’t agree, shutting Eilish out this round, that has more to do with moving on to shiny new objects like Jon Batiste and Silk Sonic than it does any realistic assessment of whether Eilish and Swift are still the girls whose albums run the world. Let’s not get so inured that we miss out on small miracles … and “Happier Than Ever” living up to the cultural marker that preceded it is one.
This is all preamble to remarking upon what a hell of a set list Eilish has now for her 2022 tour, just two albums (or two and a half, if we count her 2017 EP) into a career that’s amassed a library of songs for her at 20 that almost any other performer would envy at 50. Maybe nothing can live up to the shock and awe of her coming out of the gate on Coachella 2019’s second stage with a show that proved she was
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Billie Eilish had a little accident during her recent performance at Coachella on Saturday, while preparing to sing her hit song ‘Getting Older.’The 23-year-old singer tripped as the lights dimmed for the song, falling and landing on her face, however Billie was quick to react and laugh it off, continuing her highly anticipated performance.“I just ate s—t,” Billie told the crowd, “Ouch! You guys, I just ate a-s up here,” explaining that she “tripped on the f—ing fire thing.”After singing the fan-favorite song, Billie said, “It was pitch black. You see that square? This f—ing thing? I went de-de-de-de-de-de-de-de-de and fell onto my face.” Fans of the superstar were very supportive, immediately chanting “F— the square!” which made Billie laugh even more.The singer surprised the audience by inviting Hayley Williams from Paramore to the stage, revealing the secret performance after singing ‘Your Power’ with her brother Finneas.
Coachella set on April 23.The 20-year-old “Bad Guy” crooner fell onstage while singing her tune, “Getting Older.”“I just ate s—t,” she screamed after she slipped, according to a Twitter video that captured the moment. “Ouch! You guys, I just ate a– up here.” “I tripped on the f—king fire thing,” she told her audience.Once she finished harmonizing her song, she explained what went down when she took a tumble. According to a video released by TMZ, the Oscar winner said, “It was pitch black.
Billie Eilish made the world’s wildest Coachella dreams come true over the weekend! On Saturday night, the 20-year-old singer headlined the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, and brought out Paramore’s Hayley Williams for a stripped-down performance of the band's 2007 song, «Misery Business.» The ladies were joined by Eilish's brother, FINNEAS, and another guitarist as they sat in the middle of the stage and belted out the pop-punk classic. Williams led with the first verse as Eilish looked on in amazement before joining her in the chorus along with the crowd. “You wanna hear something cool?” Williams asked before Eilish went into the second verse of the song.
Billie Eilish didn't let a little faceplanting keep her from rocking the second weekend of Coachella.Eilish, 20, took a bit of a misstep and ended up falling flat on her face during her headlining performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on Saturday night.The fall happened right after the stage lights dimmed and Eilish was getting ready to deliver a performance of «Getting Older,» when she slipped and landed face-first on the stage.«I just ate s**t! Ouch! You guys, I just ate ass up here,» Eilish told her fans, as the stage was still pitch black. «I'm good.
Billie Eilish was head over heels during her performance at Coachella on Saturday night. The 20-year-old pop star took a fall during her headlining performance at Coachella’s weekend two. As Eilish was preparing to perform her hit song, "Getting Older", she fell directly on her face.
Billie Eilish took to the stage of Coachella on the music festival’s second weekend of the 2022 edition for her headlining set on Saturday night.
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Billie Eilish surprised Girl In Red by presenting her with a Spellemann award at Coachella 2022 this weekend – check out the video below.The Norwegian artist, real name Marie Ulven, won the statue – often referred to as a Norwegian Grammy – in the Album Of The Year category for her acclaimed 2021 debut ‘If I Could Make It Go Quiet’.Ulven was also named Songwriter Of The Year at the Spellemann’s – check out the full list of winners here.“I am about to surprise Girl In Red with the Spellemann Album Of The Year award,” explained Eilish in a video that was filmed at weekend two of Coachella. Ulven is then seen entering the tour bus to find Eilish inside.“What the fuck?!” a shocked Girl In Red.
Did Coachella spawn some new Bad Blood?
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Blur’s Damon Albarn joined Billie Eilish on stage during her set at Coachella for a two-song cameo – see footage below.Albarn joined Eilish on stage for performances of her track ‘Getting Older’ and his Gorillaz hit, ‘Feel Good Inc’.Earlier in the set, Eilish also brought out Khalid to perform their duet ‘Lovely’ together.
Billie Eilish already made history as the youngest person to headline Coachella when she took the stage on Saturday night. So it may have been surprising to her young fans that among her guest stars was a 54-year-old: Damon Albarn, of Blur, Gorillaz and The Good, the Bad and the Queen fame.
Billie Eilish is hitting the 2022 Coachella stage TONIGHT!