The singer briefly halts her concert at the O2 arena after several fans pass out in the heat.
Later that month, she also paused a show in New York's Madison Square Garden, telling fans: "If you want to sit down, you are allowed. Go ahead, you're good. Sit down, take a breath."at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival in Houston last year.
The atmosphere at the concert had been feverish from the start; with the star's breathy vocals frequently drowned out by fans. She sings of nerves and depression, awkward social interactions and hopeless boyfriends. Her songs have a flair for the macabre and a scepticism of authority."Singing those songs out loud tonight was like a free therapy session," my 12-year-old remarked as we left the arena.Early in the set, Eilish laid out her ground rules for the night: "Don't be an asshole, do not judge anyone in here, and have fun, bitch".
One concession to arena spectacle was the moment Eilish climbed into a giant hydraulic crane to serenade the back of the auditorium, but she managed to subvert even that cliché, bending backwards over the safety ropes to dangle perilously over the crowd. Her insurers must have been quaking in their boots.