Glastonbury has made a historical headliner by including Billie Eilish as the youngest mainstream and a teenage pop star of the festival. Billie Eilish’s name topped the bill without any controversy for the performance. Watching her bounce from the industrial electro pop of You Should See Me in a Crown to kitschy lounge styling. The Pyramid stage on Friday seemed overawed by the size of the crowd they’ve attracted and the vociferousness of their response. Here are some of the moments from Billie Eilish Stage:
Speaks for Women’s Right
Supreme Court on 24th June voted for overturning the Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling provided the constitutional right to abortions in the US. The move paved ways for individual state to ban the procedure. Billie Eilish, the youngest-ever solo headliner of the festival by pointing the issue said: “today is a really dark day for women in the US”. Also in this issue she sang “Your Power”, a song about abuse in the music industry and beyond.
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The Gen-Z Takes over
The Gen-Z has taken over Glastonbury. The headline sets aren’t meant to be easy with adorning fans, winning over the casuals and naysayers was Friday night’s real challenge. Highlight “Therefore I Am” permeates and ripples through the crowd, with sparkling fireworks on stage.
Discussing Politics
20- year old woman discussing political decisions without fear; encouraging the crowd and contemporaries to live and embrace the moment, extending warmth and compassion to each every person in the field. Eilish being unapologetic about herself, and owning the responsibility and power she hold over her audience.
Songs Sang by Her
‘Ocean Eyes’ appears to be in the medley form. Then ‘Happier Than Ever’ materials is cut. ‘I’d never treat me this shitty/ you made me hate this city”, as recommended by the crowd by her. Billie’s greatest strength has been embracing the roads less trodden and bringing the weirdness into the mainstream. Tonight’s show felt the proof that future of Gen-Z is here. So here is what she played
‘bury a friend’
‘I didn’t Change My Number’
‘NDA’
‘Therefore I Am’
‘my Strange addiction’
‘idontwannobeyouanymore’
‘lovely’
‘you should see me in a crown’
‘Billie Bossa Nova’
‘GLODWING’
‘Oxytocin’
‘ilomilo’
‘Your Power’
‘bellyache/ ocean eyes’
