Overview

• Billie Eilish performed a stripped-back cover of Paramore’s “The Only Exception” on June 10 at Paris’s Accor Arena during her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour.
• Hayley Williams shared a clip of the performance on her Instagram story with the caption “@billieeilish i love you sweet baby b – yall did this so beautifully.”
• The onstage cover adds to a years-long creative exchange that began when Eilish invited Williams to Coachella in 2022 and continued in Los Angeles in 2023.
• Eilish has also woven other artists’ songs into her set list, including a rendition of Radiohead’s “Creep” during her Amsterdam show last month.
• Her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour presses on through Europe before mid-August dates in Japan and a return to North America in October.