Billie Eilish Invites ‘Vogue’ Backstage During Her ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ Tour

[crew chattering]

[ethereal music]

[car door thuds]

[ethereal music continues]

[crew chattering]

[ethereal music continues]

[burps] Ooh, that wasn t a good one.

Damn it. [burps]

It felt like it would be.

[gentle cheerful music]

Here is my wardrobe room.

Super glamorous.

We fit 40 looks in, like, two days.

The beginning of the last tour that I did,

I left for that tour with three looks total.

And so I had to, like, make all the outfits myself

on the road.

It was such a mess,

so I m really happy to have this all planned.

And then I have this look book,

which has all of the outfits

and all of the accessories in them,

all in, like, an order.

Thank God for this, truly.

I m not gonna spoil all of them,

but I m excited for all of em.

[somber music]

[crew chattering]

[laughs] But what s new?

[crew chattering]

I mean, it s a very different tour

than I ve ever done before for a lot of reasons,

many, many reasons.

One, I m in the round,

which I ve never done before.

I ve always done a show on one side of the arena

and then the crowd is on the other.

And now I m right in the center

and everyone s looking at me

from every direction the entire show,

which is a complete different experience.

♪ My congratulations ♪ ♪ My congratulations ♪

♪ All my love and patience ♪ ♪ All my love and patience ♪

♪ All my admiration ♪ ♪ All my admiration ♪

♪ All the times I waited ♪ ♪ All the times I waited ♪

♪ For you to want me naked ♪ ♪ For you to want me naked ♪

♪ Made it all look painless ♪ ♪ Made it all look painless ♪

♪ Man, am I the greatest ♪ ♪ Man, am I the greatest ♪

It s been a really long, grueling process

of getting all the visuals and the colors

to be right for each song.

And it s funny, people sometimes ask me like,

Why do you think those ideas for those songs?

And I literally don t know. They just are there.

They are preexisting.

It s like, you know, someone s like,

You know, what are those?

You re like Shoes, duh. They re shoes.

And that s kind of how it feels, I m like,

But it s in my brain

and then I have to create it.

[bouncy merry music]

[crew chattering]

Hey. [laughs]

Guys, this is Vogue.

[crew member cheers]

Vogue is just a camera.

I have a full band, which I have never had.

It s always just been me and my brother

and then our drummer, Andrew.

And now, you know, Finneas isn t out with me on tour.

I don t have my parents on the road for the first time.

And I m a grownup too.

I ve never been a grownup on tour,

so this is all very new for me.

Y all, this is my band s room,

and here s the band.

Here they all are. Say hello, everyone.

Hi. Hey. Hey.

[Billie chuckles] I m so-

[Band Member] What did you say last night

that was so stupid before the show?

Well, I ve never done a chant before.

[band member chuckles] Like, one of these.

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Billie] Because I ve never had a group

to really do it with or-

[Band Member] But what was it?

I said, Another show.

[band laughing]

Well, thanks guys. Love you all.

We re gonna have a great show tonight.

Hell yeah. Absolutely.

Another show. [laughs] Another show.

[melancholic piano music]

♪ Don t be that way ♪

♪ Fall apart twice a day ♪

♪ I just wish you could feel ♪

♪ What you say ♪

♪ Show, never tell ♪

♪ But I know you too well ♪

♪ Got a mood that you wish ♪

It s always, like, very exciting to play stuff

that I ve never played live for the first time

and, like, feel people s reactions and how people feel.

And I just, like, get this giant whoosh

of everybody s energy.

It s really cool.

I mean, it s been like nothing but good, so.

Been shredding on the guitar

for Happier Than Ever lately,

which has been nice.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER is great at the ending.

It s a nice little finale and there s confetti

and it s just like a sweet moment.

THE GREATEST is amazing.

That s a really special moment for the show for me.

You know, that song is not really, like,

in the mainstream world from that album.

And so honestly,

I ve been really surprised and so ecstatic

about how the fans really, really...

Like, they just are screaming the lyrics

for the entire thing and it s just so special to me.

It s like imagine, you know,

writing something that meant so much to you

and then an entire arena of people

is, like, shouting it back at you.

It s amazing.

[solemn music]

♪ I had a dream ♪

♪ I got everything I wanted ♪

[Crew Member 1] Oh my God. She falls that way.

♪ Not what you d think ♪ [crew member chatters]

♪ And if I m being honest ♪

♪ It might ve been a nightmare ♪

[bouncy solemn music]

♪ To anyone who might care ♪

[sound system clicks]

It s the same amount of time. I have the same...

Does it repeat twice on the real song?

Oh my God.

♪ Do it again ♪

♪ Would I do it again ♪

♪ If they knew what they said would go straight to my head ♪

♪ What would they say instead ♪

[bouncy solemn music]

The end of recording. Oh, it stopped recording.

I don t- The end.

Jam after the show every night.

[Producer] Oh, okay.

[Billie] Cause instead of drinking.

[producer laughs]

[gentle soothing music]

[bright poignant music]

[crew members chattering]

[Crew Member 2] It looks so cute. Was I?

[crew members chattering] [bright poignant music]

[crowd faintly cheering]

Why don t you...

Wow.

Hey. Sick!

[crowd faintly cheering]

[Crew Member 2] What s up, superstars?

How s it going? [band member chuckles]

[Billie] I got the name too.

Oh, yeah. Sick. [Billie laughs]

They re not too bad.

[Billie] Alright, everybody ready?

Let s do that. Ready?

Yeah. Let s do it. [band members laughing]

[Band Members] Another show!

[band members laughing]

[crowd cheering] [rousing music]

[crew member chatters]

[crowd cheering continues] [rousing music continues]

[bright reflective music] [crowd cheering]

This is my last song, Toronto!

I love you so much! Have a good night!

♪ I want you to stay ♪

[spectator shouts]

♪ Til I m in the grave ♪ ♪ Til I m in the grave ♪

[crowd cheering]

♪ Til I rot away, dead and buried ♪

♪ Til I m in the casket you carry ♪

♪ If you go, I m goin too ♪

♪ Uh ♪

♪ Cause it was always you ♪

♪ Alright ♪

♪ And if I m turnin blue ♪ ♪ And if I m turnin blue ♪

♪ Please don t save me ♪ ♪ Please don t save me ♪

♪ Nothin left to lose ♪ ♪ Nothin left to lose ♪

♪ Without my baby ♪ ♪ Without my baby ♪

[bright reflective music]

♪ Birds of a feather ♪ ♪ Birds of a feather ♪

♪ We should stick together ♪ ♪ We should stick together ♪

♪ I know ♪ ♪ I know ♪

♪ I said I d never think I wasn t better alone ♪

♪ Can t change the weather, might not be forever ♪

♪ But if it s forever, it s even better ♪