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  • The Best of Billie Eilish’s Los Angeles Homecoming

    The Best of Billie Eilish’s Los Angeles Homecoming

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    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. 

  • Billie Eilish and Finneas Teaming Up to Open New Vegan Restaurant in Los Angeles 

    Billie Eilish and Finneas Teaming Up to Open New Vegan Restaurant in Los Angeles 

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    Acclaimed siblings Billie Eilish and Finneas have joined forces with vegan restaurateur Nic Adler to introduce Argento, an upcoming vegan Italian restaurant. Located in Los Angeles, Argento marks a noteworthy culinary development for the two music stars. 

    The talented duo, widely recognized for their collaborative work in producing and composing most of Eilish’s songs, is stepping into the restaurant business with a vision to offer a unique vegan dining experience. Nic Adler, co-founder of the well-regarded Monty’s Good Burger, a vegan fast-food chain with multiple locations across California, and the creative mind behind the popular plant-based eatery Nic’s On Beverley, joins the siblings in this exciting venture.

    Set to open soon in the former space of Little Pine, a vegan restaurant in LA’s Silver Lake neighborhood, Argento is poised to influence the city’s culinary scene. The restaurant’s menu will showcase a vibrant celebration of fresh, plant-based Italian cuisine. Distinguishing itself from Monty’s Good Burger, which offers vegan meat options, Argento will focus on a vegetable-forward approach, steering clear of processed plant-based meat alternatives. Nic Adler emphasizes the importance of highlighting the versatility of vegetables and allowing them to take center stage in this Mediterranean-inspired culinary space.

    For Billie Eilish, the allure of Argento lies in its accessibility to everyone, irrespective of their dietary preferences. Eilish envisions Argento transcending the typical “vegan” branding. She advocates that vegan food is for everyone, emphasizing the positive shift in the culinary arena over the past decade.

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    The surge in the popularity of vegan food is not limited to dedicated vegans but extends to flexitarians, a significant driving force behind the increased accessibility of vegan options. Billie Eilish invites individuals to consider the environmental impact of their dietary decisions, highlighting the water-intensive process of meat production. Research indicates that over half of young people aged between 24 and 39 in the US identify as flexitarians. This shift is not only a testament to changing dietary preferences but also emphasizes the expanding accessibility of vegan alternatives.

    Eilish’s commitment to environmental causes goes beyond her dietary choices. In 2022, she founded Overheated, a London-based plant-based event to raise awareness of environmental issues. Her recognition on the TIME100 Climate list further solidifies her influence in advocating for climate-conscious choices. During an interview, Eilish emphasized the significant role of animal agriculture in climate change and the urgent need for individuals to adopt a plant-based diet for the well-being of the planet.

    Eilish’s mother, Maggie Baird, plays a pivotal role in the family’s advocacy for plant-based living. Co-founding the nonprofit Support And Feed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Baird aims to address both the climate crisis and food insecurity. Inspired by her family’s dedication to veganism, Eilish fully embraced the lifestyle, along with Finneas and her father, actor Patrick O’Connell.

    Anticipation surrounds the opening of Argento, scheduled for December after ongoing renovations. Adler, Finneas, and Eilish envision the restaurant as a welcoming space, fostering a relaxed ambiance for patrons to enjoy Italian cuisine. Adler expresses his enthusiasm for extended Sunday dinners and hopes Argento will become an inviting gathering place that adds to the city’s diverse culinary offerings.