To see a crowd wearing slime-green, Billie Eilish's signature color, is to understand just how important she is to Gen Z, and how quickly fans respond to her imagination.
The green slime came in waves on Tuesday. In the lines to get into the Shrine Expo Hall, teenage girls were covered in it, head to toe. Inside, as the 17-year-old pop singer Billie Eilish awaited her headline set, that green dripped from her fans’ sweaty hair. At the merch booth, everything — hoodies, T-shirts, shorts — was slathered in it.
Over 90 minutes at the Shrine on Tuesday , she fully translated its claustrophobia onto one of pop’s biggest stages.In the two years since Eilish released the wispy, melancholic “Ocean Eyes,” she’s almost single-handedly redefined the sound of streaming — whispered vocals, intimate headphone-centric mixes and crisp electronic editing. Some call it “Spotify Pop,” and in less talented hands, those tricks can turn into perpetually chilled-out digital bathwater.
But she’s also a musician of serious prowess. In her rise to pop stardom, Eilish has kept her small-band format, with just a live drummer and O’Connell on various instruments. As her stages get bigger, her singing and stage presence have become ever more poised and incendiary. While her brother handled guitar and keys, high kicks and writhing were her instruments.
“If you absolutely despise yourself, this song is for you,” she said, introducing “Idontwannabeyouanymore.” Pretty dark as crowd-rallying cries go, but rally they did.
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