As Billie Eilish mania came to Glastonbury Festival, the Grammy-winning singer used her platform on the Pyramid Stage to criticise the US Supreme Court's Roe v Wade abortion decision, emotionally telling the crowd she 'can't bear to think about it'.
Aged 18, she became the youngest artist and first woman to score a number one with their 007 theme, No Time To Die, which she wrote with her brother.The 20-year-old's set came on the first full day of music at the five-day festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, which is celebrating its 50th year after two enforced fallow years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Her set featured the majority of her Grammy-nominated second album, Happier Than Ever, written during lockdown. In a nod to her career trajectory, the song Getting Older was accompanied by home baby videos of a young Eilish with her family projected onto the large screens at each side of the stage, showing her as a blond infant, singing and playing, while on the stage she sang:"Things I once enjoyed, just keep me employed now."As well as tunes from her latest album, Eilish also treated fans to her 2019 hit Bad Guy, which was the biggest selling single globally that year.
There was certainly no evidence of the teenage dance injury, which affected the growth plate in her femur, during the hour-and-a-half set.The Worthy Farm audience was made up both of loyal fans, many of whom had travelled miles to see her despite large-scale rail strikes, and casual festival goers, keen to see what all the fuss is about. There was also a large sprinkling of older children - mainly girls - accompanied by parents.
However, known for her attentiveness to her fans, known collectively as"Avocados" she frequently told the audience they were loved, and encouraged them to relax, even encouraging them to"scream loud" and"have a tantrum" during one of the songs.Eilish temporarily called one of her recent London shows to a halt after fans passed out due to the heat.
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