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Billie Eilish’s Music Revealed What Her <em>SNL</em> Sketches Couldn’t

As host, the pop star embraced mainstream celebrity. As a singer, she revealed the journey that got her there.
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The first time Billie Eilish appeared on , the then-17-year-old put her famously green hair in two topknots, donned a graffiti-print outfit, and of a rotating room to underscore her eerie, enigmatic image. She rose to fame creating dark, ASMR electro-pop that distilled the fears of her generation with wry directness. Yet months later, she with her debut album, , and her rising star turned meteoric. On this weekend’s , pulling double duty as both host and musical guest,.

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