Hayley Williams and Billie Eilish during the 2022 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival.Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Coachella
Paramorehad quite the surprise for fans in Los Angeles last night.
During the group’s performance at the Kia Forum, bandleaderHayley Williamsshared that there would be a special guest joining them.
The singer, 34, was performing the Nashville emo outfit’s 2009 track “All I Wanted,” when she revealed Billie Eilish, 21, would be joining them on stage.
“Please welcome our friend Billie Eilish,” she told the audience midway through the song.
Billie Eilish and Hayley Williams of Paramore at Coachella in 2022.Amy Sussman/Getty
Inthe video, Eilish is visibly thrilled to be performing with Williams, sporting an oversized black T-shirt and shorts with a striped tie.
At last year’s Coachella, the roles were reversed when the “Bad Guy” musician invited Williams duet“Misery Business”and“Happier Than Ever"during her headlining set.
Eilish isn’t the first musician that Paramore has collaborated with lately.
Last month, Williamsjoined Foo Fighters on stageto perform their 1997 classic “My Hero” at Bonnaroo, and the bandinvited Lil Uzi Vert to performtheir breakout hit “Misery Business” at Madison Square Garden in New York City duringtheir summer arena tour.
Paramore was also one of the opening acts atTaylor Swift’s Eras tourand is set to join the pop superstar as support for the 2024 European leg.
Williams was also notably featured on “Castles Crumbling,” a vault track from Taylor Swift’s latest albumSpeak Now (Taylor’s Version).
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Ahead of its release date, the Paramore vocalist reminisced about the first time she heard the 2010 LP in anInstagram post.
“Taylor was the first industry friend I ever made and hung out with outside of work things. WhenSpeak Nowdropped, I bought my friend’s record (as you do!) and listened to the whole thing in my first car, sitting still in the driveway. It’s my favorite Taylor Swift album for so many reasons,” she wrote.
“I wish I could go back to this moment at my 21st birthday and tell her one day she’ll legitimately ownSpeak Nowand we’ll get to sing together on one of the songs,” she added, referencing the Swift-owned version of the record.
In an interview withZane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Williams also shared that spending time with Swift helped inspire the track “Running Out of Time” from Paramore’s latest albumThis Is Why.
Williams noted that the first time she went over to Swift’s home, the"I Can See You"singer also showed her a closet teeming with ready-to-send gifts for people she’s thankful for.
“I was like, ‘Oh my God, my life is so not together.’ I was like, ‘I can barely remember to send someone a card or flowers.’ There are still Christmas gifts at my house that I have not sent to my friends just sitting there in the back of my closet,” she explained.
It was that moment that inspired “Running Out of Time.”
source: people.com
