Billie Eilish Supports Phones at Concerts

Billie Eilish voiced strong support for smartphone use at concerts during a recent interview with NME, promoting her new 3D concert film "Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour," directed by James Cameron.

The 24-year-old Grammy-winning artist described filming performances as a natural habit for her generation and younger audiences. "My generation, and the generations below, we love to film stuff. All I do is film and take pictures of stuff all of the time," Eilish said. She recounted her own experiences attending shows, adding, "For me, when I would go to concerts or festivals, I would film every single minute of it, and you know what I would do? I would watch every single video that I took over and over and over and over until I had this audio of the crowd memorised."

Eilish acknowledged drawbacks to social media but emphasized its benefits. "It's an important part of the culture that we are all on our goddamn phones and it keeps us connected, you know? It does. It's like yes, there are huge cons and social media is dark, but we get to share through the internet and I wouldn't have a career without the internet. I wouldn't have fans. I wouldn't have the connection that I do without...