Hundreds of tents in front of the Arena Accor. An ephemeral store full of people. The arrival of Billie Eilish to France unleashes her fans. The Pop singer, a true idol of children aged 15-25, offers two concerts on June 10 and 11 in Paris. Two dates that have been “complete” for more than a year.
The success of your tube Wicked Coming from your first album When we all fall asleep, where are we going? In 2019, he promoted it at the head of the international music scene. Six years and billions of listeners later, the pop star has completely changed its dimension. Nine Grammy awards, she is also the winner of two Oscar for There is no time to dieTheme of the last James Bond to date, Dying can wait (2021), and for What did I do? (2023), movie soundtrack Barbie.
Since this weekend, some of their fans have been camping near the Accor Arena in the hope of being the first in the tail of their two Parisian dates, or better yet, in crossing the star before the concert. A few kilometers away, in the Lafayette Haussman galleries in the ninth group, an exclusive collection of the artist for sale from June 6 to 12, attracts many fans.
An artist rooted in his time
If she brings together so many young fans, it is because Billie Eilish knew, for the themes of her songs, expressing her concerns and fights, sometimes her discomfort.
“His text messages helped me a lot when I was not going very well at high school” he trusts in the BFMTV microphone a girl, who explains that he found a “refuge” in his music. “In addition to being a feminist, he is also vegan and activist for the climate that is great. He has power and uses it in the right direction,” adds another.
Never far from her older brother, Finneas O’Connell, who composes and writes her music with her, Billie Eilish embodies this new generation anxious to bring her fights as “sexuality, gender or depression” specifies another fan, who is waiting to be able to access the ephemeral store.
“She had the courage to talk about issues that are going through adolescence, out Billie Eilish, her French story Available in France.TV.
“Today we are talking about mental health and she worked hard to make this notion more public. And that, adolescents were very sensitive and recognized themselves.”
An accessible star
Green hair or red wicks, clothes too large, the singer imposed a new image of the pop star by altering gender stereotypes and giving another definition of femininity. “Allowing to be yourself is very emancipatory for her audience. She authorizes people to be themselves and not only for the young generation. (…) We would have all liked to meet a Billie Eilish at 15 years,” summarizes Claire Duguet.
Like Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish was able to create a real proximity with her fans, maintaining “fidelity” and “benevolence” towards them, according to Claire Duguet.
But beyond this state of “good girlfriend”, it has become the icon of an entire generation, analyzes the director. It represents a complete generation, for the causes it defends, be it the feminist cause, in the body, in the appearance, in hypersexualization, but also the LGBT causes, the ecology … “.
Source: BFM TV
