Billie Eilish: Tiny Desk Concert
Video Overview & Insights
Anamaria Sayre | December 12, 2024
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Saudade is a Portuguese word that can be roughly defined as a feeling of melancholy, nostalgia or yearning for something that is beloved but not present. There's no perfect translation, but one of the closest English expressions of the word I've ever seen is Billie Eilish's Tiny Desk performance.
You'd think the Los Angeles-born singer invented the term. Every breath is so full of indulgent melancholy, hopeful regret, at 22 years old she's become a captivating fixture of what it means, or rather what it feels, to love and lose simultaneously.
Trading belting vocals and rocking guitar for gentle piano and almost-breaking falsetto, she reimagines tracks like "THE GREATEST" in their most raw and honest form. In Eilish's world, love's purest forms are inherently terrifying. Therein lies her starpower – she effortlessly, relentlessly brings to the fore the trickier emotions many of us tuck away for fear of what the world might think.
"I don't know what I'm crying for, I don't think I could love you more," she sings on "BIRDS OF A FEATHER." Turns out the world is made up of a lot of people who just want to be seen, and this stripped down set is the perfect space for Eilish to give listeners just that.
Cuando la veo a ella siento la misma ENERGÍA de la elegida al TRIANGULO Amy whinehouse
SET LIST
"THE GREATEST"
Can't stand her politics, idealogy and rhetoric, but no doubt she is a stellar talent. Beautiful voice, soulful songwriting; they are remarkable musicians
"L'AMOUR DE MA VIE"
"i love you"
❤️💫
"BIRDS OF A FEATHER"
MUSICIANS
She is talented thou
Billie Eilish: vocals
Finneas: guitar
Im going back to bed
Andrew Marshall: drums
Solo Smith: bass
Saujad 100%
Abe Nouri: piano
TINY DESK TEAM
Turn off the room lights and use headphones for a more immersive experience, as if you were watching her live up close.
Producer: Bobby Carter
Director/Editor: Maia Stern
PHINEAS AND FERB
Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Alanté Serene
The breath control is crazy 😮😮😮
Audio Engineer: Neil Tevault
Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
Ha ça avant après ça marche toujours
Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
Tiny Desk Copy Editor: Hazel Cills
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
Dioooossssssssssss ese baterista de verdad siente y conecta con cada canción
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
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Bless you for bringing such exquisite music to a world bombarded by noise.
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When they sing, specially Billie it feels like she’s hugging my soul. Love their music!!!
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@brunolima8506100/100❤
@LorexBrown(Official Music Video) Billie Eilish - LUNCH
@nicolaharbord392yyyguitaroiiooВсё равно люблю тебя Билли
@dlyaspam28Не понимаю, но всё равно люблю ❤❤❤
@dlyaspam282026?
@cristianearaujo853923 year old!!!!!! remember that!!!
@dessmonnethe idiocy of placing ads during songs is as unprofessionally lazy as it gets. What a shame, hire someone else
@bxt246Love the way she and her brother stick together
@SBa-128Billie destroyed me 😩💗
@andreyarellano0004The greatest is the best
@Sebas._ardilaLa energía de AMY WINEHOUSE en otro cuerpo la misma estrella pero está vez si haciendolo bien❤
@YessicavanessaЗ живою музикою, навіть Біллі звучить адекватного🥹
@JuriObeziuk3:56 oh it hits my soul ❤
@lyly_0404perfeitinha <3
@unfavorit"I love you" ...carrying me through heartbreak again. Oh Billie, thank you 🥹❤❤
@makhosazanamkhonto1419And that's why i still listen to tiny desk concerts.....another great addition
@KUDOSphiriI watch this at least once a week and I cry every time.
@Literarium7Everytime Billie says it’s early or she’s not been sleeping, or she has a raspy voice or whatever is my favorite 🥰
@auraborealis8061The guitar in the last song is great!
@강태권-k2jI had never cared about billie eillish. She is really good. I will add her to my list.
@decaalvI love you Billie ❤
@mtarymindThe note change during "I love you" was chef's kiss
@JessiGrajeda-l8vte amo tanto billie, tu música significa mucho para mi
@Aleju-c4cShe is absolutely one of the greatest voices of our time.
@lisakdunnBillie tiene una voz majestuosa! 🙂↕️
@More.991Love finneas and billie voices together
@550dotcomIt's incredible that she sounds exactly the same live as she does on the recording. I'd even say she sounds much more pure, natural, talented, and full of life and melancholy. I couldn't love my precious Billie and this performance with these incredible musicians more; she has undoubtedly left us breathless and speechless 🎤🎶✨🥹
@MeryGomezBurgosSurreal, amo demais ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@DiolandaSilvaaI’ve been a vocal artist for 15 years. I’ve trained a handful of famous artist and talented people, and I’m telling you right now her vocal cap is too excessive, and her trifecta is quantum significant to the ratio of her diaphragm protruding from her esophagus !!
@bobbygatto5206have you given back your land back yet ?
@HollywoodDieAlreadyEthereal harmony on The Greatest.
@noonan_fan