- I just wanna say one thing
that's not on my little note pad and that is that,
at 17 I read a book called "Sisterhood Is Powerful".
I have witnessed my whole life, a male dominated business.
I've had many brothers in the industry who've helped me,
but I've always wished, wished, wished
that there were more women to stand shoulder to shoulder
with and thank you Eliesha for your work.
I will probably see you tomorrow morning,
but to all of you who like me,
stand on the shoulders of people who came before, thank you.
And now it is my privilege.
Billie, there's no freakin' way in hell
I could read that so,
I couldn't read that way back when,
that's why people thought I had squinty eyes,
I was squinting, I couldn't see.
(audience laughs)
Anyway, when I first heard Billie sing,
I kinda stopped breathing for a second
because it was so emotional and so deep
that it just stopped me, and your work is very compelling
and then you add the visuals, listen even when you had
that black shit coming down your face I was...
(audience claps and cheers)
You know, I was like,
"Did she drink it and then it came out?"
(audience laughs)
But when I saw you dance upside down on Saturday Night Live,
that was it for me, because I didn't want to know
how you did it, I just wanna believe you were upside down.
Were ya?
Were ya upside down, yeah, was it magnets?
Can you buy magnets like that?
All right, no.
It's just a hidden power you got, I got it.
Anyway, I just wanted you to know
that I think you're magical
and that this is just the beginning of your career.
It's a long journey.
Anyway, now your props, I gotta do your props girl.
Let me see, here we go.
All right, what the heck?
All right, here we are four years after she began her
journey by uploading her first single "Ocean Eyes"
to SoundCloud.
(audience claps and cheers)
There they are, they're from SoundCloud I think.
(audience laughs)
They're very excited, okay.
And I'm excited for ya, I listen too, come on.
Anyway, 2019 was Billie Eilish's year.
You released your first album
"When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?"
Question I been askin' all my--
Which debuted at number one on Billboard 200, right?
The album had the third biggest streaming week ever
for a female artist.
Some day Billie, it's not gonna be for a female artist,
it's just gonna be highest female,
highest streaming for an artist.
Anyway, so this album
has earned six Grammy nominations, right?
And you are the youngest person ever to be nominated
in a single year for all major Grammy categories.
Record, Song and Album of the Year and Best New Artist.
(audience claps and cheers)
Okay, keeps tellin' me to pause, okay.
(audience laughs)
Billie has gotten here by doin' it her way,
recording in her bedroom with her brother,
Finneas O'Connell, is that your name, O'Connell?
- Yes.
- 'Cause I know an Rosie, but it's a totally different name,
I never got her name, O'Donnell,
it's totally different, okay, never mind.
Staying true to yourself and your vision and creating music
that has a beautiful raw and haunting
and beautifully defiant, Billie.
Never lose that.
You are so gifted and so talented and again,
2019 may be just the beginning, 'cause it's a long road.