Billie Eilish looked up to her childhood Justin Bieber fangirl days after joining him on stage at Coachella for a performance of ‘One Less Lonely Girl’. The 24-year-old singer shared old photos, Bieber merch memories, fan jokes and a childhood video after her April 18 performance left her visibly emotional. The post showed how long Eilish has admired Bieber, 32, and why the Coachella moment struck such a personal note for her.
The Billie Eilish-Justin Bieber throwback
According to People , Eilish shared a post of the announcement on Instagram on Thursday, April 23, and kept the caption simple. “Don’t talk to me,” she wrote.
The first photo showed the “Birds of a Feather” singer as a child, wearing a rainbow sequin dance costume and white Converse sneakers. He posed in a room full of Justin Bieber posters. The post was then moved to a whiteboard, where a young Eilish rewrote the lyrics to Aqua’s 1997 song “Barbie Girl” with a purple marker. He also added details about Bieber’s birthday and birthplace in Canada.“I’m a Bieber girl,” she wrote. “In a Bieber world, it’s Biebertastic, let’s blast Bieber, Bieber flips his hair, wears purple everywhere, Bieber is a nation, thank god for his creation! Come on Bieber spread the FEVER!”
Billie Eilish’s ‘One Less Lonely Girl’ moment
The rest of the Instagram slides showed Eilish wearing Bieber merchandise over the years. It also included Bieber-fever themed memes. The final slide featured a young Eilish dancing to Bieber’s 2013 song “Confident.”It came after Bieber invited Eilish, a self-proclaimed Belieber, on stage at his Coachella headline show on April 18. She released it in the midst of her 2009 hit “One Less Lonely Girl.”The next day, Eilish showed fans she was still reeling from the surprise. She posted a red-eyed selfie on Instagram Stories and wrote: “I can’t stop crying.”Her mother, Maggie Baird, shared a touching Instagram post after the performance. He called it “one of the most emotional moments ever.”“We see our children develop these deep connections with the artists that move them and usually there’s nothing we can do about it… To see this crazy dream come true that has been unimaginable for so many years is so incredible,” she wrote.The comebacks turned the Coachella cameo into a full-circle moment for fans of Eilish and Bieber.
