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Billie Eilish Performs 4-Song Tiny Desk Concert

The musician was joined by her older brother and collaborative partner Finneas.

Billie Eilish performs onstage during Billie Eilish HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR at Madison Square Garden on October 16, 2024 in New York City.
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Billie Eilish performed a new Tiny Desk Concert, this time at the NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C.

For the musician's second Tiny Desk event—her first was in 2020—she was once again joined by her older brother and collaborator Finneas on guitar and a three-piece band.

Around the six-minute mark of the video below, the nine-time Grammy winner called the set "nerve-racking."

"This is so cool. I've wanted to do this like my whole life, so I'm a little shaky," she confessed to the intimate audience. "I'm really excited to be here and you're all so beautiful so thanks for watching and having me."

During the 22-minute set, Eilish performed her 2019 classic "I Love You," along with Hit Me Hard and Soft tracks "The Greatest," "L'Amour De Ma Vie," and "Birds of a Feather." The singer-songwriter, who's currently on tour, received a rousing applause at the show's conclusion.

In her recent Complex cover story, Eilish discussed the making of her third album, revealing that while recording "The Greatest," the album process "got way better."

"I hadn't really been totally honest, and I wasn’t being honest with people around me," she told Complex's Eric Skelton. "But the reason is, I wasn't really being honest with myself. My life was pretty unpleasant, but I didn't really know what else it could be, so I wasn't really aware of that. I wasn't able to verbalize that, but with 'The Greatest,' it was the first time that I really was honest. It opened a door for the whole album that had been completely glued closed."

Eilish's last Tiny Desk Concert was in 2020 when she and Finneas performed "My Future" and "Everything I Wanted."

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