Critic mikaelwood writes: Billie Eilish’s packed Coachella debut was worth the wait.
With a closely watched live stream to consider, Coachella generally doesn’t allow tardiness.
And here that enthusiasm was still strong enough that tens of thousands of festival-goers waited 30 minutes past Eilish’s scheduled start time. Accompanied by a drummer and her older brother, Finneas , Eilish ran through tunes from “When We All Fall Asleep” — including “My Strange Addiction” and “You Should See Me in a Crown” — about obsession and domination. For “When the Party’s Over,” huge screens onstage played herAs it is on the record, the music was spare — often just a vocal, a bass line, a beat and various effects.
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