Missy Higgins has lent her support to chart-topping musician Billie Eilish, after a six-year-old video of Eilish covering Higgins’ ‘Secret’ went viral.
Early last week, The New York Times decided to do a deep dive into the world of US musician Billie Eilish, covering her for their ‘Diary Of A Song’ series.
Focusing on her single ‘Bury A Friend’, The New York Times‘ research included interviews with the likes of Eilish herself, along with collaborators and family members as they look into the roots of her musical history.
Along the way though, the musicians’s mother, Maggie Baird, reminisced on some of Billie Eilish’s early performances, including one at a homeschool talent show.
Accompanied by footage of the performance, the clip sees the then-11-year-old singer performing a cover of Missy Higgins’ 2007 track, ‘Secret’.
Check out Billie Eilish covering Missy Higgins’ ‘Secret’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz7ONo2z4ac
Armed with an acoustic guitar, and backed by some rather out-of-time clapping, few could have assumed that just six years later, this young musician would be topping charts all over the world.
However, while the video appears to have gone viral, attracting countless viewers over the last week, it also appears to have caught the attention of Missy Higgins herself, who took to Twitter to congratulate the young pop icon.
I’ve been really getting into @billieeilish‘s new album the last week and just found out she covered my song ’Secret’ when she was 11! Kind of blows my mind for a lot of reasons. Congrats Billie on your #1 album here in Oz! xhttps://t.co/tYyVjtTI0B
— Missy Higgins (@missyhiggins) April 8, 2019
I’ve been really getting into Billie Eilish’s new album the last week and just found out she covered my song ’Secret’ when she was 11!” Higgins wrote on Twitter. “Kind of blows my mind for a lot of reasons.”
“Congrats Billie on your #1 album here in Oz!”
In fact, Billie Eilish’s debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, has been so successful that it managed to hit the top of the charts in 14 other countries, including the US, UK, and Canada.
While her rise to fame has been relatively fast, it goes to show that Eilish’s fame was secured years earlier when she first picked up that guitar. Whatever the case, she clearly has great taste in Aussie music, and we’re sort of hoping there might be some more covers that see the light of day some time.
In related news, Eilish is set to hit up Australia next month for Groovin The Moo, along with a number of sideshow dates.
Check out Missy Higgins’ ‘Secret’:
Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep Australian Tour
Tuesday, April 30th
Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW (All Ages)
Tickets: Ticketek
Friday, May 30th
Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, VIC (All Ages)
Tickets: Ticketek
Tuesday, May 7th
Eatons Hill Hotel, Brisbane, QLD (All Ages)
Tickets: Oztix
Friday, May 10th
Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA (18+)
(*Minors allowed with a legal guardian)
Tickets: Oztix
Friday, 26th April
Adelaide Showground, Wayville, SA
Saturday, 27th April
Maitland Showground, Maitland, NSW
Sunday, 28th April
Exhibition Park, Canberra, ACT
Saturday, 4th May
Prince of Wales Showground, Bendigo, VIC
Sunday, 5th May
Murray Sports Complex, Townsville, QLD
Saturday, 11th May
Hay Park, Bunbury, WA
Groovin The Moo 2019
A$AP Twelvyy (USA)
Angie McMahon
Aurora (Norway)
Billie Eilish (USA)
Carmouflage Rose
Coolio (USA)
Crooked Colours
DMA’S
Duckwrth (USA)
Fisher
Flosstradamus (USA)
G Flip
Haiku Hands
Hermitude
Hilltop Hoods
Holy Holy
Jack River
Jimothy (UK)
Just A Gent
MØ (Denmark)
Nick Murphy
Nicole Millar
Regurgitator
Rejjie Snow (Ireland)
Sofi Tukker (USA)
Spinderella (USA)
Thelma Plum
Trophy Eyes
Wafia
Tickets available from the Groovin The Moo website
