Billie Eilish Paid Tribute to Those We Lost with Heartbreaking Rendition of The Beatles’ “Yesterday” During 2020 Oscars ‘In Memoriam’
Billie Eilish made her debut to the Oscars stage tonight (Feb. 9), for a performance during the Memoriam segment of the show, her and her brother Finneas took to the stage for a heartbreaking cover of The Beatles’ “Yesterday,” while…
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Billie Eilish made her debut to the Oscars stage tonight (Feb. 9), for a performance during the Memoriam segment of the show, her and her brother Finneas took to the stage for a heartbreaking cover of The Beatles’ “Yesterday,” while a slideshow of the celebrities who are no longer with us played including the late, Kobe Bryant. You can see the full list of passed celebrities HERE.
Eilish was dressed in a stunning black sparkling Gucci outfit, sat down belting out the song’s lyrics while brother and collaborator, Finneas O’Connell, played the piano.
Celebrities like Ellen Degeneres said, “@billieeilish that was heartbreakingly beautiful. #TheOscars” and country artists Dan + Shay tweeted, “wow, @billieeilish. absolutely incredible..”
“Honored to be performing during the in memoriam segment for the oscars tonight covering a song i’ve always loved,” Eilish wrote.
Watch the performance below:
Every year this is the part of the #Oscars that really gets me ?
But this year The In Memoriam was even more heartbreaking ?#KobeBryant #JohnSingleton #JohnWitherspoon #KirkDouglas #BillieEilish #Yesterday
— Javier Urquieta ‼️ (@DeJesusUrquieta) February 10, 2020
That was a really beautiful performance from Billie Eilish. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/wyyqdkhSDr
— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) February 10, 2020
Billie Eilish doing the world proud. #oscars pic.twitter.com/fuICRsksAb
— Connor Malbeuf (@ConnorMMalbeuf) February 10, 2020
See Eilish’s red carpet look below:
Slo-mo of Billie on the red carpet at the #Oscars pic.twitter.com/HwhIet0qcg
— billie eilish updates (@eilishupdates) February 10, 2020
