Billie Eilish may not be quitting her day job just yet, but she pulled off her debut stint as SNL host and musical guest with — to use some appropriately lofty critic terms — elan and aplomb.
, who turns 20 this coming Saturday, elected to take it on during her penultimate week as a teenager. And although Eilish may not be quitting her day job just yet, she pulled off her debut stint as “SNL” host and musical guest with — to use some appropriately lofty critic terms — elan and aplomb.from the age of 14 and was followed around by camera crews for upward of two years , Eilish is no stranger to cameras, and it showed as she sailed through her opening monologue.
Also on theme, Eilish’s family — which is deeply involved in her career — made multiple appearances, with mother Maggie coming out during the monologue. Eilish said her acting dream “died” when she was only nine years old — because of her mother. Mentioning that both of her parents were actors, she said that her mother decided to make a film about her own life, casting herself as the mother and Billie’s older brother Finneas as her son — and no daughter.
While she wasn’t as strong in the live comedy segments, the ones that fell flat — primarily a pair of largely incomprehensible holiday-themed skits — did so more for their overly complicated concepts than her execution. As she did on her first appearance on the show in 2019, Eilish nailed her musical performances: The first, a take on “Happier Than Ever” that started off introspective in a bland bedroom setting before pulling away to reveal the audience and finishing in a punk-rock fury, and a more chill version of “Male Fantasy.
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