Grammys 2022: Billie Eilish Pays Tribute to Late Taylor Hawkins
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During her performance at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. Singer Billie Eilish stole everyone’s heart with a heartfelt homage to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. Alongside fake rain falling on them, Eilish began singing. Her ‘Happier Than Ever’ title tune with brother Finneas, wearing a T-shirt in honor to Taylor Hawkins (all while performing on an upside-down set). Billie Eilish, 20, wore a bespoke enormous Willy Chavarria T-shirt with a picture of Hawkins’ face on the front and his last name inscribed in capital letters on the back to sing her song “Happier Than Ever.”
El homenaje de Billie Eilish a Taylor Hawkins de Foo Fighters ✊🏼 #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/IbJPPexx1D
— Pogopedia (@Pogopedia) April 4, 2022
Billie Eilish Pays Tribute to Taylor Hawkins During GRAMMYs Performance
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The audience was treated to a visual feast during the performance. Billie Eilish’s touching homage to Hawkins was also praised by netizens. A Twitter user wrote, “Thank you Billie for commemorating Taylor in such a-rockin’ way.”
Thank you Billie for remembering Taylor in such a rockin’ way!
— Pamela Ann Gilliam (@PamelaGilliam) April 4, 2022
“Wow, that was really sweet.
That was so sweet. So damn cool.
— superlorna🌻 (@superlorna69) April 4, 2022
Another person wrote, “So dang cool.” Taylor Hawkins, the veteran drummer for the Foo Fighters, died on March 25 in a hotel room in Bogota, Colombia, at the age of 50.
Grammy’s Tribute to the legend Taylor Hawkins
Taylor Hawkins was also honoured at the Grammys ‘In Memoriam segment. “This was the time of the show when I was supposed to be introducing the Foo Fighters,” Noah said as he began the segment. We would have been there to congratulate them on their three GRAMMY nominations earlier today.” “However, they aren’t here due to the untimely death of Taylor Hawkins, their iconic drummer.
Taylor Hawkins’s family, friends, the Foo Fighters family, and all of their friends across the world are in our thoughts. “Let us take a minute right now to commemorate Taylor,” he added. Hawkins’ legendary concert performances were later shown in a tragic video montage on the broadcast. (ANI). This report was generated automatically by the ANI news service. Its content is not the responsibility of ThePrint.
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