Billie Eilish introduced an emotional second to followers at her Paris live performance on Monday night time (June 10), delivering a stripped-down cowl of Paramore’s Model New Eyes ballad “The Solely Exception.”
Performing the primary of two nights at Accor Enviornment, Eilish paused her traditional setlist to pay homage to the emo-pop icons. Sitting in a circle along with her band, the the singer wove via the melancholic melody as the group shortly acknowledged the 2009 fan favourite. A clip of the efficiency shortly circulated on-line, with followers and artists alike exhibiting love for the duvet.
Amongst them was Paramore’s Hayley Williams, who reposted the video on Instagram Tales, tagging Eilish and writing, “@billieeilish i really like you candy child b — y’all did this so fantastically.”
It’s not the primary time the 2 artists have shared a second. At Coachella 2022, Eilish invited Williams onstage to carry out Paramore’s “Distress Enterprise” and Eilish’s personal “Happier Than Ever.” Williams later returned the favor in 2023, bringing Eilish out throughout Paramore’s Los Angeles present to carry out “All I Wished.”
The Paris cowl got here halfway via Eilish’s 25-song Hit Me Arduous and Smooth set — a tour supporting her third studio album of the identical title. Launched Might 17, 2024, Hit Me Arduous and Smooth marked Eilish’s third studio album following 2019’s When We All Fall Asleep, The place Do We Go? and 2021’s Happier Than Ever. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
Eilish beforehand earned No. 1s on the Billboard 200 along with her debut LP When We All Fall Asleep, The place Do We Go? (2019) and Happier Than Ever (2021), whereas changing into the youngest artist in historical past to brush the highest 4 normal area Grammy Awards in a single night time. On the Billboard Scorching 100, she’s charted 36 songs so far, with “Unhealthy Man” hitting No. 1 in 2019.