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Billie Eilish Dances and Sings Along to Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Drake Diss

K. Dot's track debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May.

Billie Eilish performs during Music Midtown 2023 at Piedmont Park on Sept. 16, 2023 in Atlanta.

Billie Eilish performs during Music Midtown 2023 at Piedmont Park on Sept. 16, 2023 in Atlanta.

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Billie Eilish was spotted vibing to Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us.”

In a video that began circulating on social media Saturday (May 18), the 22-year-old pop star is seen dancing and singing along to K. Dot’s infectious Drake diss, which recently debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.


It’s unclear when and where the viral clip was shot, bit it arrives on the heels of the “What Was I Made For?” singer’s new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, which dropped on Friday. Ahead of the release, Eilish held listening parties in New York and Los Angeles.

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Produced as usual by the pop star’s brother and longtime collaborator, Finneas, the 10-track set marks her third studio set, following 2019’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? and 2021’s Happier Than Ever, both of which spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

No singles preceded the project, with Eilish telling fans from the moment she announced it, “i wanna give it to you all at once.”

“This whole process has felt like I’m coming back to the girl that I was,” Eilish told Rolling Stone in April. “I’ve been grieving her. I’ve been looking for her in everything, and it’s almost like she got drowned by the world and the media. I don’t remember when she went away.”

Earlier this week, Lamar’s Mustard-produced “Not Like Us” — one of his numerous diss tracks aimed at Drake in recent weeks — debuted atop the Hot 100, giving the Compton rapper his fourth No. 1 on the chart. The song also earned Mustard his first Hot 100 chart-topper as a producer.

Watch Eilish sing along to “Not Like Us” on X here.

This article was originally published by Billboard U.S.

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