-Welcome back!
I'm talking to
our pal Billie Eilish right here!
[ Cheering and applause ]
She's got the number 1 album,
"Happier Than Ever."
And, in February, you're going to go on a sold-out arena tour.
[ Cheering and applause ] It's already sold out.
Come on!
You must be excited to go back out there.
-[Contented sigh]
I have had like six dreams this week about shows.
Dead serious. -Really?
-Yeah.
It's been so long!
It's going to have been two and a half years, I guess.
Or two years. I don't know.
And that's crazy to me, so I can't wait.
-What songs are you most excited
to perform off the new album?
-Ooh. For sure, "Happier Than Ever" the song.
-The song you're doing tonight, "Happier Than Ever," yeah.
-[ Singsong ] Yes, I am!
[ Cheering and applause ] And -- [ Laughs ]
-See? Don't you miss?
I mean, do you miss that? I mean, you --
Kind of a performer needs.
I mean, when we first had our audience back --
which, I'm so psyched and happy
that this audience is back here --
[ Cheering and applause ]
[ Whistling ]
...you get emotional, you get choked up.
And I know I'm going to come out and tell these,
you know, goofy jokes, you know,
but I really just want to -- I miss them.
I need an audience.
I need my fans. I need people.
-Yeah, you do.
I mean, it feels so unsatisfying
and like unrewarding without one.
But the thing that you're doing, now,
they did at the Hollywood Bowl, which is gorgeous,
that comes out September 3rd on Disney+.
But you shot this at the Hollywood Bowl,
an empty Hollywood Bowl,
-Yeah, in the middle of the night. -and did a great job.
You made it beautiful.
Who directed?
-It was Robert Rodriguez... -Come on. [ Clap ]
-...the king.
-Come on! -I know. I know. I know.
It was a crazy week.
We shot all night long for four nights
at the empty Hollywood Bowl
-Wow! -in the middle of the night.
Like it was crazy.
It was crazy.
-And you also got to see yourself animated.
-[ Singsong ] Yes!
[ Laughter ] -That was cool.
Was it weird to see you as a cartoon?
-Well, first of all, they're still working on it
because animation is so complicated.
I'm sure you know. Like it takes so much.
It takes so much work and it takes so long.
But like when they were drawing the main girl,
which is me, right?
-Yep. -They would send me like,
"How do you like this and you like this?"
And I was just like --
And it's Disney, you know?
It's not just some random -- like it's literally Disney
making an animation version of me.
-If you're going to do it, yeah, you might as well do it -- yeah.
But I want to show everyone you brought a sneak peek
of the concert, which I appreciate.
Thank you for bringing this. Here's a look
at "Happier Than Ever: a Love Letter to Los Angeles."
Check it out.
♪♪
[ Tapping ] ♪♪
-♪ What would people say ♪
♪ People say, people say? ♪
♪ If they listen through the wall ♪
♪ the wall, the wall? ♪
[ Cheering and applause ] -Yeah, that's how you do it!
Don't mess around Billy Idol is everyone.
Her new album, Happier than Ever is out now.
Thank you so much for being here.