Billie Eilish Resurrects an Old Deep Cut About the ‘First Time I Fell in Love’ on ‘Tiny Desk’: Watch
"I've wanted to do this my whole life," the pop star said of appearing on the web series.
Billie Eilish is currently touring through arenas and stadiums, but she’s also making time for smaller venues — tiny ones, you might say.
On Thursday (Dec. 12), the 22-year-old superstar’s appearance on NPR’s Tiny Desk web series went live on YouTube, showing Eilish, her brother and producer Finneas and a few band members cramming into the show’s iconic office space to perform four songs. She began with two favorites from her most recent album, Hit Me Hard and Soft: “The Greatest” and “L’Amour de Ma Vie,” both of which she gave a gentler vocal approach to match the intimacy of the room.
“This is nerve-racking for me,” she told the crowd gathered at NPR’s office in Washington, D.C., during a pause. “This is so cool. I’ve wanted to do this my whole life, so I’m a little shaky.”
The two-time Oscar winner then surprised fans by pulling out one of her older deep cuts, softly singing “I Love You” from her Billboard 200-topping debut LP, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, over Finneas’ soft acoustic guitar. “This is one of our favorite songs that we’ve ever written,” she said, introducing the track. “It was the first time I fell in love and it was very scary. It’s funny how that fear never goes away — that fear of falling.”
Eilish went on to close out the show with her three-week Billboard Global 200-topping single “Birds of a Feather,” which recently earned three nominations ahead of the 2025 Grammys for best pop solo performance as well as song and record of the year.
The performance comes as Eilish is getting ready to wrap the North American leg of her Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour, which kicked off late September. After breaking Dec. 21 following five nights at the Kia Forum in L.A., the singer will head out on a run of dates in Europe and Australia in February.
Watch Eilish’s Tiny Desk below.
