Crazy But True: Billie Eilish's Gravity-Defying SNL Performance Was Inspired By Fred Astaire

It's been three days since Billie Eilish turned Saturday Night Live upside down with her ambitious efficiency of "bad guy," while in which she danced on the walls like it was no big deal at all. Right now, SNL has released a behind-the-scenes vid that sheds light on how the gravity-defying stunt came with each other — and there's a surprising source of inspiration beyond it.


In the new vid, Eilish explains that her efficiency was influenced by a scene from the 1951 movie Royal Wedding, in which Fred Astaire dances on the walls and ceilings. Eilish and the SNL team pulled off the same trick by essentially creating a rotating replica of the stage and shrinking it into a box with a camera attached to it.


"It's pretty disorienting," Eilish mentioned of the nifty set-up. "It's not scary, ever. It's been only fun. For me, it was pretty easy to understand and get the hang of. The fact that they even trusted us to pull this off is really big because I do not even know if I would've."


Check out the vid below to be able to see how the efficiency came with each other — from Eilish conceptualizing the setup with a tissue box on her living room carpet, all of the way up to the live debut. Oh, and did we say that she did this whole thing with not one, however TWO sprained ankles?! The girl is truly in a league of her own.