Billie Eilish and her brother / musical collaborator Finneas should be six months into her “If We All Sleep, Where Are We Going?” world tour – but only two dates in the tour it was postponed due to the coronavirus.
The couple have been busy for the past few months, playing livestream benefits, Billie did a radio music show of Apple Music with her father, and of course she performed last week during the Democratic National Convention, with Billie giving a powerful anti-Trump speech.
The final step in her virtual tour of home played two songs for NPR’s long-running Tiny Desk Concert series – from her home, but for a giant cardboard photo of the NPR offices where the concerts took place in times not in quarantined.
‘I am honored to be here, we have both seen [‘Tiny Desk’] for years, ‘said Eilish, in a tone that conveyed her deep frustration that lockdown imposed on us all. “Quarantine has been strange – I know you all feel the same, it has been strange, we do not know how long it will take. There is hardly anything that feels like there is hope in it. But I think the future “is something super hopeful to be in, and the unknown, and what’s coming. We’ll be fine one day – maybe not now, but that’s what keeps me going.”
The pair have been releasing their last two singles, “My Future” and “Everything I Wanted”, the only new material they’ve released since their “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” album, making them the main categories at the Grammys. At the end of the show, the camera pulls out to open the Hollywood-like setting, with the background held by 2x4s.
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