Billie Eilish And Finneas Pair Up For A 'Sunny' Performance At 'Together At Home'

"Sunny, yesterday my life was filled with rain."


That's how pop-soul common "Sunny," first released in 1966 by Bobby Hebb, starts, before giving way to a series of fantastic melodies that live somewhere between major and minor — sort of like an overcast day where you still manage to get sunburned. It's an apt state of feeling for this age of social distancing — and no one personified that better than Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas, who brought it to life on Saturday (April 18) as segment of Global Citizen's One World: With each other At Home special.


Eilish sang the mysterious, lovely tune in her patented gentle voice, flanked by orchids and accompanied by Finneas on an organ. It felt slightly offbeat and left-of-center — the jazz chords mingling with a sense of longing — something the sibling duo have parlayed into a well-celebrated musical career.


I couldn't help nevertheless hear tune because the sort of melody that could soundtrack a spy film. Perhaps it's just a preview for Eilish and Finneas's own upcoming contributions to the No Time to Die soundtrack. Or maybe it's just a song she's routinely fancied. "I love this song, and it's routinely warmed my heart and made me feel good, and I wanted you guys to feel good," Eilish mentioned before launching into it.


The One World special also featured performances from Lady Gaga, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, and Eilish's fellow Billie, Billie Joe Armstrong. The point of the show, as Gaga put it earlier into the night, was to celebrate the health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 battle.


Here, for a couple of minutes, Eilish and Finneas were able to summon the sun from in back of the clouds.