Billie Eilish shines at Phoenix concert despite bracelet incident

Still five days shy of her 23rd birthday, Billie Eilish took the stage at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale on Friday, December 13, looking like the seasoned veteran three albums into the process of establishing herself among the more compelling voices of her generation .

For all the confidence she exuded when the Happier Than Ever tour hit the same venue in 2022, she seemed even more at home on that arena stage without losing the spark that was her at all first made up.

This tour is in support of Hit Me Hard and Soft, the star’s acclaimed third album, which earned the star an additional seven Grammy nominations, while all ten songs, including the Top 5 hits, earned a spot in the Billboard Top 40 Hot 100 secured “Birds of a Feather” and “Lunch.”

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Billie Eilish performed every song from “Hit Me Hard and Soft”

The singer tackled each song from “Hit Me Hard and Soft” before the end of the set, a bold move that couldn’t have been better received.

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The audience was clearly in her corner from her performance, hidden in a giant cube on a hydraulic platform that raised Eilish high above the stage as she greeted the crowd with “Chihiro,” a dreamy highlight from her latest album.

This floating platform was an important part of the production and it was spectacular. But in the end, the entertainment value rested entirely on the shoulders of the woman in the Phat Farm T-shirt.

During the second song, “Lunch,” she ran across the stage, which stretched the entire length of the arena, and performed in the rectangular circle wearing shorts so long that they almost reached her ankles, some of which were also worn by the members of their touring band hidden under the stage, their upper bodies sticking out.

Billie Eilish is an energetic personality with a breathtaking vocal range

Eilish remains an energetic personality who understands the value of a well-placed ballad, of which there were many, from a stunning version of “Wildflower” that had fans waving phone lights in the air to “The Greatest” and “Yours.” Power”. She was accompanied by Jane and Ava Horner, friends since middle school, which at 22 years old wasn’t that long ago.

This song was followed by another beautiful ballad, “Skinny,” and the folky “TV,” in which Eilish delivered the lyrics with all vulnerability while strumming the acoustic guitar as she shivered her way through the rendition of “I put on ‘ Survivor’” fought. just to watch someone suffer/Maybe I should get some sleep.”

The star had just performed four songs when she sat cross-legged on the floor after “Wildflower” and demanded silence “for the first minute of that song” so she could set up a vocal loop for “When It’s Over.” ”

It was kind of fascinating, even after all these years of people building loops on stage, also because it was an a capella vocal loop recorded with no frame of reference that we could hear and sounded like the band came in it perfect.

This would be a good time to talk about singing.

Eilish is a brilliant singer that people of a certain age will never understand.

Her whispered singing never seems like a gimmick. Its elastic upper register is capable of controlling melodies that would have caused most modern singers to rely on Auto-Tune. And no matter what song she is singing, she is incredibly expressive.

I don’t want to overuse the word vulnerability. This is the second reference. But Eilish has this magical ability to harness the raw emotion of a lyric, from “L’Amour de Ma Vie” to the singer’s contribution to the “Barbie” soundtrack, “What Was I Made For?”

Eilish got hit in the face during “What Was I Made For?”

It happened while I was sitting cross-legged on the floor singing “What Was I Made For?” that Eilish was hit in the face by what appeared to be a flying bracelet, a moment that went viral after fans shared videos on social media.

In a video posted on X, a voice in the audience can be heard saying, “I’m sorry.”

Eilish continued singing the hit after missing the end of the line she was singing before picking up the item and tossing it aside, but never addressed what happened as the show continued.

The catharsis in the air as an arena full of concertgoers sang along to “Happier Than Ever” was ridiculously intimate for an arena show, which makes you wonder why we don’t expect this kind of intimacy from arena shows.

This is Eilish’s first tour without her brother Finneas, the singer’s main collaborator and producer. He is apparently preparing for his own tour.

Hopefully this doesn’t mean a more permanent break. They did a great job together. And while we have no problem with at least a dozen solo Beatles albums, you kind of hate it when a great collaboration goes their separate ways.

However, when it comes to her live performances, Eilish is doing just fine without her brother. She is blessed with a magnetic personality that speaks volumes to the fans who come to see her on those massive arena tours and a smile that almost makes you not want to smile along.

And the amazing thing is that it’s just beginning.

If she’s aiming for the exuberant pop sound of “Birds of a Feather,” there’s no end in sight to what she can achieve.

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Billie Eilish Setlist 2024: All the songs she played in Phoenix

Here’s every song that was on the setlist when the Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour played Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale on Friday, December 13th.

A stage

“Chihiro”
“Lunch”
“NDA”
“That’s why I am”
“Wildflower”
“When the Party’s Over” (live loop intro with vocal layers)
“The Diner”
“Ilomilo” (abridged)
“Villain”
“The Greatest”
“Your power”
“Slim”
“TV”
“Bittersuite” (excerpt)
“Bury a Friend”
“oxytocin”

B level

“Guess”
“Everything I wanted”

A stage

“Blue” (detail)
“Nice”
“Ocean Eyes”
“L’Amour de Ma Vie” (contains elements of “Over Now Extended Edit”)
“What was I created for?”
“Happier Than Ever” (abridged)
“Birds of a Feather”
“Blue” (detail)

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