Watch Billie Eilish and Finneas teach first grade kids how to “write a hit song”

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Billie Eilish and Finneas have taken the time to teach first graders how to “write a hit song” in a new video.The ‘Birds Of A Feather’ singer and her brother and collaborator appeared as the latest guests on the digital series Celebrity Substitute where they stopped by Garvanza Elementary School in Los Angeles to create a hit song titled ‘I’m Just A Polar Bear’ with a group of first grade students.Upon arriving at the classroom, Eilish and Finneas were treated with cheers and excitement with one student saying: “Am I dreaming right now?” while another noted that she had seen the singer on TV when she was sporting red hair.From there, Finneas played a couple of different chords on a piano to begin the process of creating their song.

Eventually, the class and the two Grammy-award winning artists created ‘I’m Just A Polar Bear’, a song about a lonely polar bear.

The song features lyrics: “I’m just a polar bear / but nobody cares and it’s just not fair” in the chorus, but luckily throughout the song, the polar bear makes a friend.Finneas also took the time to explain to the students what a slant rhyme is after one of the kids’ suggestions lead to the creation of the lyric: “But I made a friend with a snowman/And it’s not the end, I’m on the mend.”“Kids are so deep and relentless,” Eilish told host and Recess Therapy creator Julian Shapiro-Barnum.

She also gave advice to future guests of the series, sharing: “Let the kids do their thing, I guess.”“Kids, no matter how young, have cool, advanced taste in art,” Finneas shared. “That’s been my takeaway.