Last summer, Armani White blew up on TikTok and beyond thanks to “Billie Eilish” and the distinct line, “B*tch, I’m stylish / Glock tucked, big t-shirt, Billie Eilish.” Eilish organically learned of the song and showed she was on board with White using her name by reposting videos featuring it on social media. Now, she’s taken her co-sign to the next level: At the Osheaga festival this weekend, Eilish brought White out on stage during her set.
Addressing her audience, she said, “You know that song that’s like [laughs], ‘Glock tucked, big t-shirt, Billie Eilish?’ You know that song?” The track’s instrumental started playing to much cheering, then White came out and performed some of the song as Eilish danced along. The two then put a cap on the fun moment with a big hug.
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White, who performed his own Osheaga set the following day, exclusively shared with Uproxx this morning (August 7) how the full-circle moment came to be — noting it was the first time the two had met in person, but they “became homies” in recent months.
“It’s Billie’s world, and we’re just living in it. Even as the biggest artist on the planet, she’s just having fun doing what she wants,” the Philadelphia-bred rapper said. “I had told her [via Instagram DM] when we got to Montreal, we should play Uno together. She hit me, like, ‘Or…what if you played [‘Billie Eilish’] during my set?’ I didn’t even say yes yet. I just said, ‘WHAT THE F*CK!!?’ I’m also over-dramatic.”
White previously spoke about his Eilish-like aspirations, saying in an interview with Genius, “I think Billie, what she is in her world, is what I aspire to be in my world, is just kind of like an anomaly… if it’s me for hip-hop, if it’s her for pop, or whatever it is, just to be in this world, but completely stand out from everybody else.”
Check out clips of Eilish and White at Osheaga above.