Billie Eilish lately mirrored on the highly effective connection she feels when performing her music “The Biggest” throughout her ongoing Hit Me Onerous and Tender tour.
In an interview with Apple Music, the place she was celebrated as Artist of the 12 months, Eilish shared how listening to followers sing the monitor again to her has been an unforgettable expertise.
“After I did the primary present of my tour that I’m on proper now, particularly, ‘The Biggest’ simply has quite a lot of—it’s only a particular one to us,” she stated. “However I did ‘The Biggest’ and I took one in every of my in-ears out and I similar to, heard this big enviornment crammed with individuals singing it. They have been singing each different music too, however one thing about listening to that music that has this that means for me and this reminiscence for me, and likewise just like the reminiscence of us making it and what it gave us in our type of artistic spirit.”
She continued, “And simply listening to that crowd sing it, it actually made me like, have, , in entrance of me proof. I might see it with my eyes, I might hear it with my ears. And that’s one thing that I maintain so near me. And each time I get an opportunity to actually see how what I do or no matter impacts individuals in actual time, that’s the stuff.”
“The Biggest,” which debuted reside on The Late Present With Stephen Colbert in June 2024, has turn out to be a spotlight of her setlist. The music’s reflective lyrics embody the refrain, “Man, am I the best/ My congratulations/ All my love and persistence/ All my admiration,” have led followers to take a position whether or not it’s a couple of romantic relationship or her complicated relationship with fame—one thing Eilish has spoken brazenly about all through her profession.
Eilish additionally touched on the emotional weight the music carries for her. “I really like that music a lot. It’s actually, actually particular to me. I actually carried out it the opposite day and cried after,” she stated throughout a earlier interview on BBC Radio 1’s New Music Present with Jack Saunders.
The reside acoustic set, filmed in Los Angeles together with her brother and longtime collaborator Finneas, featured a Q&A in addition to renditions of hits from Eilish’s third studio album, Hit Me Onerous & Tender, together with “The Biggest” and “Birds of a Feather.”
Eilish’s Hit Me Onerous and Tender tour has been a world phenomenon, with sold-out dates and demanding acclaim. Upon launch, the album soared to No. 1 on Apple Music’s all-genre albums chart in 138 nations worldwide. The mission additionally hit No. 2 on the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart.
Going into 2025, she’s nominated for seven Grammys. Hit Me Onerous and Tender is up for album of the yr and finest pop vocal album, whereas “Birds of a Feather” snagged nominations for report of the yr, music of the yr and finest pop solo efficiency. The “Over Now Prolonged Edit” of “L’Amour De Ma Vie” is nominated for finest dance pop recording, whereas her Charli XCX “Guess” collaboration obtained a nod for finest pop duo/group efficiency.
Followers can watch the Apple Music Artist of the 12 months efficiency, which aired reside on Dec. 17, now accessible on demand for subscribers.
