Melissa Kacar

Ten years ago,  Billie Eilish  uploaded her very first song onto SoundCloud. When she recorded "ocean eyes" she was only 13 years old, yet instantly cemented herself as one of the defining voices of this generation of music. The track was written, produced, and mixed by her brother,  Finneas , who was 18 at the time. Originally intended for his band, he realized his sister's voice would suit the song much better. They recorded it together and uploaded it independently to SoundCloud, simply with the intention of wanting Billie's dance teacher to choreograph a routine to it. What happened next was beyond anything they imagined, with the song organically going viral overnight. "So my brother wrote it, and he kind of just came into my room one night and said, 'I have this song, and I want you to sing it.' I sang it, and it was weirdly exactly what I was going through at the time, which was weird," Billie said in a 2017 interview for Lexus' Artist Spo...

Happy Record Store Day! To celebrate the semi-annual independent record store event, Billie Eilish released a special 10" vinyl commemorating her acoustic performance apart of Amazon's Songline series.  She performed four songs off of HIT ME HARD AND SOFT ; "SKINNY", "L'AMOUR DE MA VIE", "WILDFLOWER" and "BIRDS OF A FEATHER". It's just Billie, her brother Finneas , her band, and three backing singers in an empty studio space performing them live in one take. These versions aren't available on streaming, other than this rendition of "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" , which is exclusively on Amazon Music. The videos of these performances are available to watch on YouTube though, and they are really incredible. I love that she chose to perform "SKINNY" first, as it is such an emotional and vulnerable introduction into this album. It sounded so beautiful in a stripped down format like this and reminded me of the way sh...

Following her career-defining 2024 run on the HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Tour , I was so excited to get the opportunity to see Billie Eilish live again! She added an additional US leg to her tour earlier this year and was so happy to hear she added an extra date for Philadelphia, PA! This is my second time seeing Billie live and it was another incredible experience. My first time was in October 2024 at Madison Square Garden , a dream come true after nearly a decade of being one of my favorite artists. It felt like such a long time coming to finally see Billie in person, and now to have seen her twice in just over a year is surreal. Even better, both shows are truly among my favorite concert experiences ever. The way Billie's music comes to life on stage is unlike any other artist I've seen. Sonically, her songs are already bold and vibrant, but the visual details elevate the show to another level. The stage for the HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Tour is massive, stretching across nearly the ...