A current conceit for some pop concerts if you will, be they Madonna, Beyonce or Taylor Swift, entails the performer flashing their hits across a spectacle of costume changes and jazzed up set pieces.
Billie Eilish on the other hand doesn’t need such tricks. In fact, the singer only has one get-up throughout her “Hit Me Hard And Soft” tour, which is closing out its North American leg in her LA hometown this week at The Kia Forum.
Her performance wattage is what’s bedazzling in how she can take the singles from her recent chill, self-reflective album “Hit Me Hard And Soft” and turn them up on stage to an 11 (in Spinal Tap volume speak) whether its bass or belting.
Witness her first tune of the evening “Chihiro” an ode to the character in Spirited Away. Not exactly a dance party number from the album, however, Eilish mushrooms the ditty out of the gate directing her fans to join in, which they do, screaming the lyrics to the heavens of the Forum.
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