Lana Del Rey welcomes Billie Eilish on stage to perform TWO songs during Coachella set: ‘I’m so f**king grateful she’s standing next to me right now’

Lana Del Rey made dreams come true during her headlining Coachella set on Friday night when she welcomed Billie Eilish to the stage to perform two songs alongside her.

Much to the delight of her fans, the 38-year-old Summertime Sadness hitmaker invited the 22-year-old Gen Z superstar to join forces in front of 100,000 festival-goers at the annual music and arts festival in Indio, California.

The pair first performed Eilish’s 2016 song, Ocean Eyes, before dueting on Del Rey’s pop ballad Video Games, from her second studio album, Born to Die (2012).

The 11-time Grammy nominee, who is considered one of the greatest musical storytellers of the 21st century, gave Eilish a sweet shoutout for being on stage with her.

“That is the voice of our generation, the voice of your generation,” Del Rey said excitedly. “I’m so damn grateful that she’s standing next to me now, singing my favorite song of hers.”

Eilish laughed at the compliment and joked that her idol should “get the fuck out of her face,” which made them both laugh.

Later, the Bad Guy crooner opened up about Del Rey’s impact on her career and the music industry.

“This is the reason for half of you bitches’ existence… including mine!” Eilish told the audience. “Lana Del Rey, guys, come on!”

In addition to Eilish as a surprise guest, she brought out Jon Batiste and Jack Antonoff.

Batiste played piano and sang with her during her song Candy Necklace, while Antonoff came out for a reading of Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me – but I Have It.

Last year, Del Rey interviewed Eilish for an issue of Interview Magazine.

During their conversation, the pair spoke candidly about navigating online criticism and internet trolls.

Eilish admitted to struggling to fight the feeling that “everyone hates her” and becoming emotional after watching a video with “millions of likes” that said she was a “terrible person.”

She explained how in “the world of TikTok and social media,” she is regularly exposed to mean comments and messages that tear her apart for seemingly no reason.

Remembering that she was on TikTok to “just be mindless” and “watch some funny videos,” the Oscar winner said she swiped on a “video with millions of likes” about how she was “a terrible person.” is.

“And all these comments are like, ‘I’m so glad you guys see through her.’ And I was like, ‘Damn,'” Eilish said.

Del Rey said that was “hard” to “fathom” because the Ocean Eyes crooner is so “nice.”

‘I’ve always felt that there is such warmth between you and your family. It just made me feel like you have that shield,” the Summertime Sadness singer replied.

The artist then mused, saying she’s “never read anything crazy about” Eilish other than “any time dating comes into the picture.”

“That’s when things get crazy for me, but then it goes away,” Del Rey said.

Eilish playfully replied, “It’s true. You need to keep your mouth shut about me because you’re too serious.”

On a more serious note, Eilish told Del Rey that if she ever “felt like any part of the world was against you, no one else did.”

“I find myself thinking that everyone hates me, when really that’s such a small part of reality,” Eilish said.

Del Rey, who became a household name after releasing her hit Video Games in 2011, said despite her fame, “every day is still so normal for her.”

“If your circumstances are negative, of course you have to accept that, but it’s so important not to focus on a negative situation that you actually have nothing to do with,” she advised readers.

During the interview, Eilish told the superstar that she “changed the way the music industry hears and sees music.”

‘You really paved the way for everyone. Ever since you started, people have been trying to look and sound like you,” she enthused.

Del Rey reflected on the music industry being in a “different era” than when she started.

While recalling her “first big interview with Rolling Stone,” Del Rey recalled being asked if she felt “uncomfortable calling herself” a girl at 29.

“I was like, ‘You mean instead of?’ And he said, ‘Well, a woman. I mean, you’re like thirty,” she said. “I was really caught off guard because I wanted to talk about how I mixed my own album with Robert Orton.”