Watch: Billie Eilish Pauses Show For Hyperventilating Fan, Takes A Swipe At Travis Scott
Preventing an Astroworld-level disaster.
Music
Words by Tom Disalvo February 7, 2022

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“I wait for people to be OK,” the popstar said.

Billie Eilish temporarily paused a live performance in Atlanta to check on a distressed fan, offering assistance after the audience member was seen struggling to breathe. The State Farm Arena show, which formed part of Eilish’s Happier Than Ever world tour, was brought to a halt when the popstar stopped her set and asked the crowd to “give her some time.”

Footage from the event also shows Eilish request an inhaler for the concert-goer, before urging fans to “Relax, relax, it’s OK!” The news comes just two months after a similar incident at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival resulted in the deaths of 10 people. Seemingly addressing the controversy, Eilish made what fans think is a dig at Scott, telling the crowd that she “waits for people to be OK until [she] keeps going.”

You can peep Eilish’s full response, and more moments from her Happier Than Ever tour below:

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