With only 17 years, the American singer is number one in sales worldwide. Within the extensive tour 'When We All Fall Asleep', he stops in Spain to defend his only album
As the main protagonist of the television series Euphoria , Billie Eilish was born shortly after the fall of the Twin Towers. Specifically, on December 18, 2001 in Los Angeles (United States). The aforementioned HBO production premiered practically at the same time that Eilish's first album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? , and has been one of the first reflections with an impact on the popular culture of this generation (immediately after the so-called Generation Z ). For its part, the singer - whose songs sound both in that series and in the previous one For 13 reasons - has been her first real successful figure. He already has his place in history as the first artist born in this millennium who has managed to climb to number 1 in his native country and in the United Kingdom. In the latter, she is also the youngest singer to reach that position since the lists exist (and that the British musical tradition has references that began her career very soon). In addition, success has not only reached the level of figures, but also recognition. Among the comrades who have praised her work is Thom Yorke, a Radiohead singer, who has stated, for example, that she is "the only fucking thing interesting today" and has attended some of her concerts as a public.
But, above all this, this 17-year-old girl is breaking with what was the predominant pop star model. With Lorde's precedent (which was her idol when Eilish was 10 years old, she has confessed on occasion), the paradigm has changed: to begin with, she does not present herself as a hypersexualized woman according to the traditional, imperative canon she shares with the aforementioned New Zealand composer. His songs, almost whispered and intricate production, in which background noises and other effects have a determining function, avoid the rumble, the epic and the reigning romance between rhythms and algorithms that seek to uncover something more than emotion. In addition, their endless credits of composers, producers and guest voices that flood the world of mainstream pop do not appear in their credits. She also moves away from that: as important as she is her brother, Finneas O'Connell , who co-writes and co-produces all her songs, as well as being one of the only two musicians who accompany her live.
Revelation from the bowels
In the recent cover story by Rolling Stone magazine, presenting her as the best new artist of the year, the headline was "The triumph of the weird." There is in his aesthetic a return to that idea of unclassified and disheveled youth, with winks to movements such as emo and gothic, but also to hip hop. It is striking that in reality, she comes from within, from the very heart of the industry.
His mother, Maggie Baird, is an actress, director and singer-songwriter, and his father, Patrick O'Connell, also works as an actor, as does Finneas (who has appeared in popular series such as Glee and Modern Family ). His music reveals many of the traumas and anxieties of that American youth that was born after the fateful day when the US stopped being the same. However, that has not prevented it from being welcomed with fervor by the predominant culture: it has acted as a model for brands such as Calvin Klein and has publicly associated with Apple computing. Undoubtedly, his charisma and a high emotional connection with the public, especially the young, influence it.
That same we can check in his two concerts in Spain this week (Monday, September 2 at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona and in Madrid the next day, at the Wizink ). They will follow each other in considerable capacity - enlarged after exhausting the entries in record time - and sustained by a relatively austere staging: on the stage only her brother and keyboards and bass appear, a drums and giant screens with spectacular visuals. . There will also be the occasional surprise element that we will not reveal in this text, to maintain that aura of mystery or, rather, improvisation of this promise of electronic pop.
Data of interest:
What: Billie Eilish. When: Monday, September 2, at 6:30 p.m., in Barcelona; Tuesday, September 3, at 8 p.m., in Madrid. Where: Palau Sant Jordi (Passeig Olímpic, 5-7. Barcelona); Wizink Center (Av. Felipe II, s / n. Madrid). SOLD OUT.
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