Billie Eilish, Beatles Superfan, Covered A Classic For Her Oscars Performance

Last year, Billie Eilish told MTV, "I think in the event you listen to my music... There's so much Beatles inspiration there, in case you really listen for it." On Sunday night (February 9), the 18-year-old wunderkind brought that love for the Fab Four to the Oscars stage, beautifully covering "Yesterday" for the awards show's In Memoriam tribute.


With her brother and collaborator, Finneas, accompanying her on piano, Eilish sat on a stool for the moving efficiency and stunned the crowd with her delicate, whispery vocals. Right now I long for yesterday," she sang, as images of deceased legends — including each person from Kobe Bryant to Doris Day — flashed on the screen beyond her. She even pulled off a dramatic costume change for the occasion — right after posing in a white pantsuit for the carpet, she and Finneas sported matching all-black outfits for the stage.


Eilish once sang, "You really know how to create me cry," and she certainly managed to get the tears flowing with her Academy Awards debut.


Earlier on Sunday, Eilish teased her Beatles cover by writing on her Instagram Story that she was "honored to be performing throughout the in memoriam segment for the oscars tonight covering a song I've routinely loved." Her Oscars moment comes just two weeks right after she gave an identically heartbreaking performance of any time the Party's Over" at the Grammys. On that night, she swept the big four categories, winning Album, Record, and Song of the Year, and also Best New Artist. Clearly, her awards show party is far from over.