When Billie Eilish met Stormzy

September 7, 2021 9:12 AM

The two artists, beacons of excellence in pop, come together to discuss failure, rejecting the role model label and Stormzy's favourite Billie track. [i-D]
posted by ellieBOA (3 comments total)

Great article and discussion. I don't know Billie Eilish's music at all but I love Stormzy. Great conversation between the two of them.
posted by shoesietart at 10:17 AM on September 7, 2021 [1 favorite]

Stormzy headlined the Reading and Leeds festivals recently. As Reading was traditionally a heavy rock festival, Stormzy's manager thought it would be cool to open the show with a heavy guitar introduction. The guitarist they chose, Rabea Massaad, is well-known to YouTube guitar-heads as a demonstrator on the channel for the shop Andertons, and here he explains how it came about and what it was like to do the show. Basically alone on a stage in front of 90,000 is quite an intense first gig back after lockdown.

(Personally not a Stormzy listener, but he seems like a good egg.)
posted by Grangousier at 2:48 PM on September 7, 2021 [2 favorites]

They talk about this right at the start, but this clip of Stormzy meeting Billie backstage at the Brits is just so endearing; he's crashing her interview to tell her how much he loves her lyrics and gushing.
posted by Superilla at 4:25 PM on September 7, 2021