Billie Eilish is one of those artists who has the ability to caress us with just a whisper and bristle our skin after the first chords. A Warm sensation, hug, closeness and trust: That is the mixture that concerts attendees at the Palau Sant Jordi have been able to live.
The city of Barcelona was filled with followers of the artist on June 14 and 15 and in the streets we saw Billie T -shirts in all cornersfrom the Batlló house to the Gothic neighborhood. From Cadena 100 we were able to attend the first night of the Californian in the city and we have a lot to tell about the great show that Eilish set up for ‘Hit me hard and soft: The Tour’.
A Cardio class or a Billie Eilish concert?
Before commenting on how this concert of an hour and a half was, we must highlight the great opening in which he told. Tom Odell He appeared in the great 360th scenario next to his band. After the piano The artist of the best musical variety of Cadena 100 was hidden, who took the perfect image of Spain by singing his great theme ‘Another Love’. The public left the throat to interpret those verses and heating the voice for the main act.
After this exciting moment the nerves inside the Palau could feel. Minutes later, in a wait that became shorter than normal since the opening one began his set at 7 pm and Billie at 8:00 p.m., leaving a window of a few minutes to manage emotions. Taking advantage of this pause, a video on the sustainable side of the tour was issued on the screens, something that also served as a distraction To take Billie to the hidden stage in a cart.
Everything started with a luminous cube ascending in the middle of the stage 8 on which Eilish smiled when he saw his followers so excited to spend a night together. The screens that showed the artist more closely were mobile, something that was played throughout the concert, added to the Lights and lasers with those who introduced us to his world. She could have filled an Olympic stadium if she had wanted, but production and lighting may have been determining factors not to do so; or the mere fact of wanting to make more sandy style instead of stadiums.
When getting out of that platform mentioned Billie was willing to demonstrate that this was not only a concert, but also A cardio class. Running from one point to another from the stage and approaching all corners of the enclosure It caused the screams of a delivered audience that made during the first songs heard his voice. His fans showed their passion during all minutes, but after ‘Therefore i am’ the Ovation full of shouts and enthusiasm lasted a couple of minutes.
“I will always be for you”
She wanted to approach each of her followers and even in the moments of more intimacy, such as when she surrounded her choir companions to interpret ‘Your Power’. Sitting in a stool She turned to project towards all corners of the room and that everyone could feel caressed for their whispers. The surprise From the night it was with ‘Halley’s Comet’, something that was rumored that would happen since the people who queued that day heard during the essays. He crying of many would not arrive until minutes later with ‘What was i made for?’the song for the movie ‘Barbie’, impacting equally in the two nights at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona.
Another of the great caresses we could feel was with ‘Ocean Eyes‘. The public’s hands moved from one place to another simulating an ocean that surrounded Billie. ‘The Greatest’ took us back to the bucket in which he began his performance, a swing between two worlds: introversion and extroversion, from privacy to the public, from caress to euphoria.
‘when the party’s over’ It was another of the songs with which demonstrated its vocal capacity and talent. Billie asked “Absolute silence“To be able to do this song perfectly, since I was going to use a loop to create layers with your voice and required that silence in which it would not be heard Not a single shout. It seems that the public fulfilled and even it was excited with the result. To be sitting with cross -legged to lie down While singing this song, a skill that not everyone can enjoy.
Although it was not all tranquility, since we also could move to the rhythm of issues such as his collaboration with Charli XCX in ‘Guess’. This song begins with Charli’s voice and she wanted to project the video clip on the screens to start the Performance. Although We do not know if a couple of songs escaped beforewhen the time of truth Billie arrived slipped to reach a second stage and flood the Catalan enclosure in green lights.
Billie Eilish stopped on a couple of occasions To address his audience, one of them to send a message of support to the city of Los Angeles and another to show himself as a friend of his fans. “I will always be for you“, he said with emotion in his voice causing songs of” beautiful and queen “that took Cesar in Cesar.
Between fires, which appeared throughout the second half of the concert, and confetti He said goodbye to Barcelona to the rhythm of ‘Birds of a Feather’. One night that will be unrepeatable, like the 15th day with which he said goodbye to the European Union to finish his tour in the United Kingdom in style.
