Billie Eilish, 20, showed just how much she cares about her fans’ safety in a new clip from her Jan. 5 show in Atlanta. “Do you need to come out, or are you OK?” she said on-stage as she stopped the performance to check in on a fan — even instructing security to bring her an inhaler from backstage.
Fans cheered as Billie sweetly reassured the fan she was “OK,” saying: “I wait for people to be okay before I keep going.” While she didn’t name Travis Scott, 30, fans online seemed to think she was referencing the Astroworld tragedy in Houston (notably, Travis apologized for continuing his show, unaware that a crowd crush was occurring).
In the video posted by a Billie fan account, the singer paused her set when she appeared to notice a struggling fan in the crowd to stage right. “Do you need an inhaler?” she asked, clearly genuinely concerned about the fan’s safety.
With an inhaler ready backstage, Billie made sure security got the device to the fan immediately, blew her a kiss, and mouthed “I love you,” all while making sure the fan could get space if she needed to, urging the audience softly but surely “Give her some time, don’t crowd.” The fear of crowd-crush hits all too close to home these days after the tragic events at Travis Scott’s Nov.
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