Billie Eilish thinks performing “The Greatest” in concert is, well, the best.
In an interview with Apple Music, which is celebrating the singer as Acoustic Artist of the Year, Eilish, 22, talked about why she enjoys hearing fans sing her song “The Greatest” from her 2024 album. Hit me hard and soft at concerts.
“When I was doing the first show of my tour that I’m on right now, specifically, ‘The Greatest’ just has a lot of it, it’s just special to us, but I was doing ‘The Greatest’ and I took one of my ears out and it just I heard this huge arena full of people singing it,” said the Oscar winner.
Billie Eilish and FINNEAS 2024.
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“They sang every other song as well, but something about hearing that song that has this meaning for me and this memory for me, and also the memory of us making it and what it gave us in our creative spirit.”
“And just hearing that crowd sing it, I really wanted to, you know, have proof in front of me. I could see it with my eyes, I could hear it with my ears,” Eilish continued.
“And that’s something that I hold so close to me. And every time I get a chance to actually see how what I’m doing or whatever is affecting people in real time, that’s it.”
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Eilish debuted the song live in June during a performance at The Stephen Colbert Show.
“Man, am I the greatest/ My congratulations/ All my love and patience/ All my admiration/ All the time I’ve been waiting/ That you want me naked/ Made it look painless/ Man, am I the greatest,” sings Eilish in a sarcastic a proud choir.
Fans have speculated whether the song is about a romantic relationship or her relationship with fame, which she has been open about.
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FINNEAS and Billie Eilish in 2024.
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The “Bad Guy” singer said in May that the song made her emotional after partying in Los Angeles earlier this year.
“I really love that song. That song is really, really special to me. I literally performed it the other day and cried afterwards,” she revealed during an appearance on Radio 1’s New Music Show with Jack Saunders.
Eilish’s Apple Music set was recorded in her hometown of Los Angeles with her longtime collaborator and brother FInneas O’Connell.
The live stream airs Tuesday, December 17th at 6pm PT. After that, it will be available on demand to Apple Music subscribers.
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