Billie Eilish has admitted she came dangerously close to backing out of her surprise appearance during Justin Bieber’s Coachella set — claiming her legs “gave out” moments before she was meant to walk on.
Speaking to Jordan North on Capital Breakfast, the 24-year-old singer said his wife, Hailey Bieber, gave her barely any warning before she walked into the spotlight for One Less Lonely Girl at the world-famous festival in Indio, California, on April 18.
Billie recalled: “Hailey said, like, one song before, that she was gonna push me on stage.”
The panic hit so hard she could “barely stand”, and, to make matters worse, she says she was left to fend for herself.
She said: “Also, nobody walked me on! They were just like, ‘alright, go on your own.’”
Billie admitted she’d already sensed something was brewing earlier in the day — and then a friend of Justin’s accidentally confirmed it.
She recounted: “He may have spoiled it a little.
“He goes, ‘so are you gonna go up?’ and I’m like, ‘what are you talking about?’ Then he says, ‘you know, for One Less Lonely Girl?’”
Despite the chaos, Billie said she ultimately chose to go through with it because it was a “life-changing dream” she’d had for years.
She added: “And I had to just decide that it was a life changing dream that me and everyone wanted to live and I can’t actually believe that I lived it. I can’t even think about it. I can’t even talk about it. I can’t even look at the videos, it’s too intense for me.”
Bieber superfan Billie sat in a chair while her 32-year-old idol sang One Less Lonely Girl in a nod to their first meeting at the festival in 2019.
