Billie Eilish breaks down in tears during a high-energy, emotional show in Nashville

On Wednesday night, pop star Billie Eilish hit Nashville hard and soft during her energetic and emotional show at Bridgestone Arena.

The 22-year-old singer-songwriter performed a tight 90-minute set of her hits spanning three albums, mesmerizing as she danced and sang amid a barrage of laser lights or slowed down and took center stage during acoustic ballads.

Eilish, known for her hits “Birds of a Feather,” “Lunch” and “Wildflower,” visited Music City on her “Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour,” whose U.S. tour began Oct. 4 in Baltimore.

The massive world tour will include 81 dates across North America, Australia and Europe.

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Eilish emerged from a floating and smoking cube of light and hovered over a rectangular stage set up in the middle of the Bridgestone floor.

Opening with the powerful techno-house song “Chihiro,” Eilish immediately caught the audience's attention as she slowly and intensely walked toward the crowd.

Exuding her signature swagger and confidence, she appeared in a black hat and bandana, a Supreme “86” jersey, baggy check-side shorts and red sneakers. Of course, Eilish's neck was adorned with several necklaces and her fingers were adorned with rings.

The crowd's style mirrored Eilish's, creating a sea of bandanas and baggy shorts.

Billie Eilish cries at Nashville show

Throughout the evening, Eilish oscillated between powerful electro-pop bangers, lyrically moving singer-songwriter favorites, and passionate moments that she shared with her audience.

The emotional tone for the evening was set early when Eilish peeked out and surveyed the crowd as everyone cheered her on and she began to cry.

Although Eilish confided to the crowd that she was going through a difficult time following Wednesday's presidential election results, she still delivered an impressive performance.

She dazzled with her breathy falsetto while simultaneously strutting across the rectangular stage, performing in the round like a play as she spent her time confronting various sections of the audience head-on.

Laser lights shot across the arena from all angles as graphics were projected onto the stage, jumbotron and floating cube.

Musical highlights from the night before included tracks “Lunch” and “Wildflower” as well as Eilish performing live on stage for her song “When The Party's Over.” It's not often you hear a pin drop at Bridgestone Arena, but when Eilish asked her audience for silence so they could loop appropriately, they obliged.

Midway through her show, Eilish used her platform to address the audience about Trump's presidential victory, which was announced early Wednesday morning.

Billie Eilish talks about Trump's presidential win, speaks out about the abuse of women and sings “Your Power”

Eilish, who publicly supported Kamala Harris' presidential candidacy, posted a simple sentence on her Instagram Story earlier in the day: “It's a war on women.”

A day earlier, Donald Trump won eleven votes in Tennessee's election; the 54 electoral votes from Eilish's home state of California went to Harris.

“When I woke up this morning, I somehow couldn't imagine doing a show that day,” she said.

“But the longer the day went on, the more I felt like it's a privilege to do this with you guys and that we're having this at a time where… I just love you so much and I want that you do.” Know that you are safe with me and that you are protected here and that you are safe in this room.

Eilish said she would be singing her 2021 song “Your Power,” a song she and her brother Finneas wrote about some things she has personally dealt with. “I was taken advantage of,” she said. “And I've…overstepped my boundaries, to put it politely.”

“(The song is) about the abuse that goes on in this world against women and a lot of experiences that I've had and people I know have gone through,” she said. “And to tell you the truth, I've never met a single woman who doesn't have a history of abuse.”

“Well, a person who is convicted… uh, so many things… let's say a convicted predator, let's say that, someone who hates women so, so much is about to become President of the United States of America,” Eilish said.

“And that’s why this song is for all the women out there. I love you, I support you.”

Eilish sat on the floor with her backup singers as they harmonized. “Try not to abuse your power,” she sang. “How dare you? / And how could you? / Won't you feel bad until they find out? / If you could take it all back, would you?”

Eilish deviated from the setlist again and sang a haunting cover of the Beatles song “Yesterday” after saying it was fitting to perform today.

Eilish closes the show with “Happier Than Ever,” “Birds of a Feather.”

After slowing the show down a bit, Eilish returned to pop songs “Bury A Friend,” “Oxytocin” and a performance of her hyperpop hit “Guess” with Charli XCX on the stage screens.

Eilish sang a few songs on the piano, including “Ocean Eyes,” before closing the evening with her greatest hits.

She performed the Grammy and Oscar-winning track “What Was I Made For?” as she sat on stage, bathed in pink light, performing her 2021 song “Happier Than Ever,” playing electric guitar and over the stage stumbled as fireballs burst.

The evening ended with “Birds of a Feather,” where Eilish left her audience with a message: “Birds of a Feather, we should stick together.”

Billie Eilish's Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour Nashville setlist.

“Chihiro”
“Lunch”
“NDA”
“That’s why I am”
wildflower”
“When the Party's Over” (with live vocal looping)
“The Diner”
“Ilomilo”
“Villain”
“The Greatest”
“Your power”
“Yesterday” (The Beatles cover)
“TV”
“Bury a Friend”
“oxytocin”
“Guess” (Charli XCX cover)
“Everything I wanted”
“Lovely” / “IDon'tWannaBeYouAnymore” / “Ocean Eyes”
“L'Amour De Ma Vie” (“Over Now”, extended version)
“What was I created for?”
“Happier than ever”
“Birds of a Feather”

Audrey Gibbs is a music reporter at The Tennessean. You can reach her at [email protected].

Billie Eilish breaks down in tears during a high-energy, emotional show in Nashville

Billie Eilish cries at Nashville show

Billie Eilish talks about Trump's presidential win, speaks out about the abuse of women and sings “Your Power”

Eilish closes the show with “Happier Than Ever,” “Birds of a Feather.”

Billie Eilish's Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour Nashville setlist.

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