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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jacob Stolworthy

Billie Eilish has personal conversations with teary fans around the world on Instagram live

Billie Eilish has surprised fans by going live on Instagram and plucking out random people to speak with personally.

The singer, 18, admitted to being “bored” in coronavirus lockdown, so thought she’d try and communicate with her fandom despite “not knowing” how it worked.

Within minutes, the stream was being viewed by 270,000 people.

Eilish then began surprising bemused fans by accepting their request to be added to the chat.

The lucky fans included people from Australia, Azerbaijan and the UK. Most broke down in tears after realising they were having a personal chat with Eilish.

One fan showed off impressive drawings of Eilish, while another thanked the singer for cheering her up after having a “bad day”.

Another fan couldn’t stop crying, to which Eilish said: “I love you. I’m going to get to see you one day and I’ll hug you.”

She bonded with another about their love of US sitcom The Office.

Her brother and songwriting collaborator Finneas was absent from the live stream.

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