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    On Wednesday night, pop star Billie Eilish hit Nashville hard and soft during her energetic and emotional show at Bridgestone Arena.

    The 22-year-old singer-songwriter sang a tight 90-minute set of her hits spanning three albums, mesmerizing as she danced and sang under a flood of laser lights or slowed down center stage for acoustic ballads.

    Eilish, known for the hits ‘Birds of a Feather’, ‘Lunch’ and ‘Wildflower’, visited Music City during her ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour’, which kicked off on October 4 in Baltimore, US.

    The massive world tour will span 81 dates across North America, Australia and Europe.

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    Eilish rose from a floating and smoking light cube, floating above a rectangular stage in the center of the Bridgestone floor.

    When Eilish opened with the thumping techno-house track “Chihiro,” she immediately captured the crowd’s attention as she slowly and intensely walked toward the crowd.

    Exuding her signature swagger and confidence, she showed up in a black upside-down hat and bandana, a Supreme ’86’ sweater, wide-leg shorts with plaid sides, and red sneakers. Of course, Eilish’s neck was covered in multiple necklaces and her fingers were adorned with rings.

    The crowd’s style echoed Eilish’s, creating a sea of ​​bandanas and baggy shorts.

    Billie Eilish breaks down in tears during the show in Nashville

    Throughout the evening, Eilish oscillated between high-octane electro-pop bangers, lyrically moving singer-songwriter favorites and passionate moments shared with her audience.

    The emotional tone for the evening was set early as Eilish peered out and scanned the crowd as everyone cheered for her and she began to cry.

    Although Eilish confided to the crowd that she had been struggling following Wednesday’s presidential election results, she still delivered a spirited performance.

    She dazzled with her breathy falsetto as she also paraded around the rectangular stage, acting theater in the round as she shared her time looking head-on at different parts of the audience.

    Laser lights shot around the arena from all angles as graphics were projected onto the stage, jumbotron and floating cube.

    Musical highlights of the evening included the songs “Lunch” and “Wildflower” and Eilish playing herself live on stage for her song “When The Party’s Over.” It’s not often you can hear a pin drop at Bridgestone Arena, but when Eilish asked her audience for silence to allow herself to be adequately repeated, they obliged.

    Midway through her show, Eilish used her platform to address the audience about Trump’s presidential victory, which was called early Wednesday morning.

    Billie Eilish Addresses Trump’s Presidential Win, Speaks Out About Abuse Against Women, Sings ‘Your Power’

    Eilish, who publicly supported Kamala Harris’ run for president, posted on her Instagram Story earlier in the day a simple sentence: “It’s a war on women.”

    A day earlier, Donald Trump won Tennessee’s eleven electoral votes in the election; the 54 electoral votes from Eilish’s home state of California went to Harris.

    “When I woke up this morning, I actually couldn’t imagine doing a show on this day,” she said.

    “But the more the day went on, I kind of felt like it’s such a privilege that I get to do this with you and that we have this at a time when… I just love you so much and I want that you do.” Know that you are safe with me and that you are protected here and that you are safe in this room.”

    Eilish said she would perform her 2021 song “Your Power,” a song she and her brother Finneas wrote about some things she has personally dealt with. “I was taken advantage of,” she said. “And I’ve been… my boundaries have been overstepped, to put it politely.”

    “(The song is) about the abuse that exists in this world against women and a lot of the experiences that I’ve gone through and that people I know have gone through,” she said. “And to tell you the truth, I’ve never met a single woman who doesn’t have a story of abuse.”

    “A person who has been convicted… um, so many things… let’s say a convicted predator, let’s say that, someone who hates women so deeply, is about to become President of the United States of America,” Eilish said.

    “And so this song is for all the women out there. I love you, I support you.”

    Eilish sat on the floor with her backup singers as they harmonized. “Try not to abuse your power,” she sang. “How dare you? / And how could you? / Will it just make you feel bad if they find out? / If you could take it all back, would you?”

    Eilish strayed from the setlist again, singing a moving cover of the Beatles song “Yesterday” after saying it felt appropriate to perform today.

    Eilish closes show with ‘Happier Than Ever’, ‘Birds of a Feather’

    After slowing down the show, Eilish started back up with pop songs “Bury A Friend,” “Oxytocin” and a performance of her hyper-pop hit “Guess” with Charli XCX on the stage’s screens.

    Eilish performed a few songs, including “Ocean Eyes,” at the piano before closing the night with her biggest hits.

    She performed the Grammy and Oscar-winning song “What Was I Made For?” as she sat on stage, washed in pink light, and her 2021 song “Happier Than Ever,” playing the electric guitar and stumbling across the stage as fireballs burst.

    The evening ended with “Birds of a Feather,” in which Eilish left her audience with a message: “Birds of a Feather, we have to stick together.”

    Billie Eilish’s Nashville ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour’ setlist

    1. “Chihiro”
    2. “Lunch”
    3. “NDA”
    4. “Therefore I am”
    5. Wild flower”
    6. “When the Party’s Over” (with live vocal looping)
    7. “The Dinner”
    8. “Ilomilo”
    9. “Bad guy”
    10. “The largest”
    11. “Your Power”
    12. “Yesterday” (cover of The Beatles)
    13. “TV”
    14. “Bury a Friend”
    15. “Oxytocin”
    16. “Guess” (Charli XCX cover)
    17. “Everything I wanted”
    18. “Beautiful” / “IDon’tWannaBeYouAnymore” / “Ocean Eyes”
    19. “L’Amour De Ma Vie” (“Over Now” extended adaptation)
    20. “What was I made for?”
    21. “Happier than ever”
    22. “Birds of a Feather”

    Audrey Gibbs is a music reporter at The Tennessean. You can reach her at [email protected].

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