OlderBillie Eilish Gets Support From Julia Roberts at ASCAP Pop Music Awards
Billie Eilish receives a tribute from Julia Roberts at the 2019 ASCAP Pop Music Awards!
The “Bury A Friend” crooner and the Ben Is Back star teamed up for the event held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday (May 16) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Julia donned a floral dress, while Billie sported a Powerpuff Girls ensemble.
In a surprise appearance, Julia presented Billie and her older brother, fellow singer Finneas, with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ Vanguard Award.
“When I started this s–t, I did not think anyone would give a f–k, so thank you for giving a f–k,” Billie said, thanking fans for “being appreciated for not just being a brand or being just a name and a face, but appreciated for actually creating something and writing it, especially when we wrote it for nobody except us. Especially by Julia Roberts? Geesh! The baddest bitch around.”
In her speech, Julia noted that Billie and Finneas “have written and created most of their collaborations in a small bedroom in Highland Park. Well, to be a fly on the wall where Finneas and Billie compose indelible words, again and again. It is thrilling to be here tonight to help celebrate these two people who are so uniquely gifted, such inventive wordsmiths, such wondrous musicians. And that they are in fact brother and sister is pretty darned special. Together they have built universes of chaos, heartbreak and humor that we never realized we longed for and now we will never leave. They’re like dancers, really, weaving their verses and music around each other and us, knowing just when to turn this way and that and to move away and move closer and closer still. … I personally am completely taken with both of them. They’ve shown themselves to me to be down to earth and humble in their talents.”
Julia added that “they have been given a sense of family from their parents that serves them infinitely.”
Billie and Finneas also played a three-song set, including “I Lost a Friend,” “I Love You,” and “When the Party’s Over.”
FYI: Julia is wearing Givenchy with an AUrate ring. Billie is wearing Prive Revaux sunglasses.
30+ pictures inside of Julia Roberts, Billie Eilish, and Finneas at the event…
