Great performing artists often enjoy residences at famed venues such as Elton John and Billy Joel at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. At the tender age of 23, pop star Billie Eilish is reaching the resident stage in her hometown of Los Angeles’s Forum. The award-winning musician has played a number of times there since 2020 and recently completed her latest five-show engagement at the venue.

This multi-show stint came in the midst of a busy time for Eilish, who is continuing her Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour, which includes 36 North American dates and is scheduled to end on February 2. After that, she will head down under to complete the tour’s international leg in Australia. 

Each LA show featured a different opening act, including The Marias, Towa Bird, Nat and Alex Wolff, Ashnikko, and Finneas. 

Experimenting with Visuals

Eilish prides herself on using unique and intriguing visuals to accompany her acts. At the Forum gigs and throughout the current tour, she has created a music video-type atmosphere by including notable backdrops for each song in her set.

Working Alongside Friends

Eilish employs close childhood chums Jane and Ava as backup singers. The affable star made her buddies feel at home by announcing that the trio are long-standing pals, and this was Jane and Ava’s first tour.

“We were friends in middle school, then there were a few years where our lives and things changed, and then everything came back how it was supposed to be,” Eilish said. 

Using Her Platform

Eilish is an outspoken supporter of abortion rights and a woman’s right to choose. The singer utilized the tour as an opportunity to make these feelings more public on a grand scale. At the LA shows, as well as other stops along the tour, she has performed her 2022 hit song “TV.” Eilish emphasizes lyrics such as “the internet’s gone wild watching movie stars on trial” before screaming the words “while they’re overturning Roe v Wade.” 

At a recent LA show, the audience shouted the words right along with Eilish, who paused briefly to soak in the support given by her throngs of fans. The pop star enthusiastically supported Vice President Kamala Harris in the recent presidential election and encouraged her supporters to cast their ballots in her favor. 

Celebrity Support

It was not only civilians who liked Eilish’s music. The multiple Grammy Award recipient enjoys adoration from fellow celebrities such as Charli XCX, who first appeared at the first two Forum shows in the video. Eilish reciprocated by singing her supporter’s verse on the remix collaboration “Guess,” which the two worked on together. At the third LA show, Eilish brought the British pop star on stage with her. 

Members of the social media and television-dominating family, the Kardashians, are also fans. The oldest sister, Kourtney, and younger sibling, Kim, attended different gigs. Kim even braved a broken foot to give Eilish some love.

Showing Holiday Spirit

Cognizant of the holiday season, Eilish displayed a significant degree of Christmas spirit during the Los Angeles engagement. Finneas, Eilish’s brother and musical collaborator, joined his sister on stage. Adorned in a Santa Claus hat, Eilish crooned several well-known holiday tunes, including “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.” 

Christmas was not the only special occasion being celebrated. On December 18, during her hometown visit, Eilish turned 23. Finneas recognized the event by leading the audience in a community song, “Happy Birthday To You,” to honor her. Eilish completed the song by blowing out a candle inside a single cupcake that Finneas brought for his sister.