Phoebe Bridgers performed for NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. What gives? Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. Today, she delivered her first-ever Tiny Desk concert, performing an intimate “Home” version of the NPR series alongside her brother/collaborator FINNEAS.
Bridgers used the magic of green screen to project her performance into the Oval Office. Sign up to get important news and culture from around the Northwest, delivered to your inbox six days a week. But there was more to come when she surprised us all for a magical collaboration with her musical hero Conor Oberst as Better Oblivion Community Center just six months later. The set began with Eilish’s latest single, “my future”, which she sang softly and emotionally from behind the piano as FINNEAS cooed along gently in the background. Phoebe and bandmates Marshall Vore on drums and Harrison Whitford on guitar perform three songs from her brilliant new album, Punisher. And then comes the kicker, as Phoebe introduces herself with the words "I hope everybody's enjoying their apocalypse," as the band kicks into her surreal doomsday tune "I Know the End." For her Tiny Desk (home) concert, Phoebe Bridgers chose the White House. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. For her Tiny Desk (home) concert, Phoebe Bridgers chose the White House. Watch it below. The No. However, at first glance, it appeared as if the 2019 Artist of the Year was singing from NPR’s iconic Tiny Desk office space, complete with shelves of LPs and random knick knacks. Watch Phoebe Bridgers Tiny Desk (Home) Concert below: “If you pour some music on whatever’s wrong, it’ll sure help out.” — Levon Helm, “Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.” — John Prine. Choosing a replica of the White House Oval Office as her virtual location, Phoebe Bridgers provided a performance for NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. The 26-year-old singer-songwriter performed "Kyoto," "Moon Song" and "I … It's a far cry from the hotel bed in Austin we first filmed Phoebe on back in 2017, but her ambitions and talent run high. The utterly depressing spectacle of the 2020 election could use some levity. The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Artists have been getting more and more creative with their Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts of late (Billie Eilish recently delivered hers in front of a cardboard cut out of Bob Boilen’s desk). Alas, Eilish later revealed that the backdrop was just a very convincing cardboard cutout. Phoebe Bridgers performed for NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert.The singer-songwriter and guitarist delivered three songs from her 2020 album, Punisher. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space. Living up to her status as the queen of the apocalypse, Phoebe Bridgers performed her Tiny Desk (Home) Concert right from the Oval Office, where the end of the world continues to play on. For last year’s one-off “everything i wanted”, they switched roles and FINNEAS hopped behind the keys as they delivered a sparse and touching duet. In between the tracks, Eilish took the opportunity to casually muse about the shitty reality that prevented this from being a normal Tiny Desk performance. Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site. Stand for news that matters and reporting you can trust! She played the Tiny Desk later that year and returned with newfound bandmates, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, as boygenius one year later. Everything else about the performance was incredibly genuine, though. There’s barely anything that feels like there’s any hope in, but I think the future is something to be super hopeful in.”. “I know you all feel the same, we don’t know how long it’s going to go. The singer-songwriter and guitarist delivered three songs from her 2020 album, Punisher. Believe it or not, Phoebe Bridgers is here to help thanks to her NPR Tiny Desk Concert. Stand for news that matters and reporting you can trust.

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