Lana Del Rey made dreams come true during her headlining Coachella set on Friday night as she welcomed Billie Eilish on stage to perform two songs with her.
To her fans’ delight, the Summertime Sadness hitmaker, 38, invited the 22-year-old Gen Z superstar to join forces in front of 100,000 festival goers at the annual music and arts festival held in Indio, California.
The pair first performed Eilish’s 2016 track, Ocean Eyes, before doing a duet of Del Rey’s pop ballad Video Games, off her second studio album, Born to Die (2012).
The 11-time Grammy nominee, who is considered one of the greatest musical storytellers of the 21st century, gave Eilish a sweet shoutout for joining her on stage.
Lana Del Rey made dreams come true during her headlining Coachella set on Friday night as she welcomed Billie Eilish on stage to perform two songs with her
‘That’s the voice of our generation, the voice of your generation,’ Del Rey raved. ‘I’m so fucking grateful she’s standing next to me right now, singing my favorite song of hers.’
Eilish laughed at the compliment and joked for her idol to ‘get the f**k out’ of her face, which made them both laugh.
Later, the Bad Guy crooner gushed about Del Rey’s impact on her career and the music industry.
‘This is the reason for half of you b**ches’ existence…including mine!’ Eilish told the audience. ‘Lana Del Rey, you guys, come on!’
In addition to having Eilish as a surprise guest, she brought out Jon Batiste and Jack Antonoff.
Batiste played piano and sang with her during her song Candy Necklace while Antonoff came out for a reading of Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me — but I Have It.
Last year, Del Rey interviewed Eilish for an issue of Interview Magazine.
During their conversation, the pair spoke frankly about navigating online criticism and internet trolls.
To her fans’ delight, the Summertime Sadness hitmaker, 38, invited the 22-year-old Gen Z superstar to join forces in front of 100,000 festival goers at the annual music and arts festival held in Indio, California
The pair first performed Eilish’s 2016 track, Ocean Eyes, before doing a duet of Del Rey’s pop ballad Video Games, off her second studio album, Born to Die (2012)
The 11-time Grammy nominee, who is considered one of the greatest musical storytellers of the 21st century, gave Eilish a sweet shoutout for joining her on stage
Eilish admitted to having trouble battling the feeling that ‘everyone hates’ her and getting emotional after watching a video with ‘millions of likes’ about her being a ‘horrible person.’
She explained how in ‘the world of TikTok and social media’ that she is regularly exposed to mean comments and posts picking her apart for seemingly no reason.
As she recalled going on TikTok to ‘be mindless for a second’ and ‘watch some funny videos,’ the Oscar winner said she swiped to a ‘video with millions of likes’ about how she is ‘horrible person.’
‘And all these comments are like, ‘I’m so glad that you guys are seeing through her.’ And I’m like, ‘Damn,’ Eilish said.
‘That’s the voice of our generation, the voice of your generation,’ Del Rey raved. ‘I’m so fucking grateful she’s standing next to me right now, singing my favorite song of hers’
Later, the Bad Guy crooner gushed about Del Rey’s impact on her career and the music industry
Del Rey said that was ‘hard for’ to ‘fathom’ because the Ocean Eyes crooner is so ‘nice.’
‘I always felt like there’s just such a warmth there between you and your family. It just made me feel like you’ve got that shield,’ the Summertime Sadness singer replied.
The performer then mused as she stated she ‘never read anything crazy about’ Eilish apart from ‘anytime dating comes into the picture.’
‘That’s whenever things get crazy for me, but then it goes away,’ Del Rey said.
Eilish playfully responded: ‘It’s really true. You need to shut up about me because you’re being too serious.’
On a more serious note, Eilish told Del Rey if she ever ‘felt like any part of the world was against you, nobody else thought that.’
‘I find myself thinking everybody hates me when really, that’s such a tiny sliver of reality,’ Eilish said.
‘This is the reason for half of you b**ches’ existence…including mine!’ Eilish told the audience. ‘Lana Del Rey, you guys, come on!’ (Eilish seen after hitting the stage)
Del Rey, who became a household name after releasing her hit song Video Games in 2011, said despite her fame that ‘every day is still so normal for’ her.
‘If your circumstances are negative, of course you have to accept that, but it’s so important to not focus on a negative situation that you don’t really have anything to do with,’ she advised readers.
During the interview, Eilish told the superstar that she ‘changed the way the music industry hears and sees music.’
‘You really paved the way for everyone. People have been trying to look and sound like you since you first started,’ she raved.
Del Rey reflected on the music industry being in a ‘different era’ than when she started.
While recalling her ‘first big interview with Rolling Stone,’ Del Rey remembered being asked if she felt ‘uncomfortable calling’ herself ‘a girl’ at 29.
‘I was like, ‘You mean instead of?’ And he said, ‘Well, a woman. I mean, you’re like 30,’ she said. ‘I was really caught off guard because I wanted to talk about how I mixed my own album with this guy Robert Orton.’
