Billie Eilish
Kia Center
Tuesday, October 24th, 2025
Opener: Young Miko
Main artist: Billie Eilish
On October 14th, I went to see Billie Eilish’s Orlando concert at the Kia Center. I love concerts. I’ve been a frequent attender of concerts since I was 10. I’ve been to concerts from genre to genre, from heavy metal to jazz. So when I heard Billie Eilish was coming to the Kia Center for her album tour, I was overjoyed. Going into this experience, I didn’t expect much. I thought it was going to be a concert with some good music that I could add to my list.
When Brandon Greaver, another journalist from One School, and I got to the venue, we immediately noticed how everyone was dressed. With baggy jorts, jerseys, and bandanas, everyone was on theme with Billie and her style. It was so cool to see how all her followers collectively knew what to wear, and how to show up as a fan.
We got our tickets and the show started with the opener, Young Miko. I was not familiar with her whatsoever, but she had great energy that kept the crowd alive. She was a great performer that truly had that captivating energy that is needed to perform in such a large venue.
Around 8:15pm, the lights shut off, and the show started. The second the lights turned off, the crowd erupted into screams.
She stepped on stage, and the show started. She performed a few songs from her latest album, “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT”. After, she sat in the middle of the stage, and told the arena that she would be performing “when the party’s over”, in which she used a looping microphone to layer vocals to make harmonies. She told the crowd that she needed them to be completely silent for this to work, and everyone listened. That was such a cool part of the show, where around 20,000 crazed fans just fell silent.
Throughout the show, she performed songs from all her albums and engaged with the whole crowd, no matter how high their seats were. She made everyone feel like she was performing solely for them, and that they weren’t at the top of the arena. Her voice truly carried throughout every seat.
The setlist was around 2 hours and 40 minutes, but it felt like so much less. Overall, I am truly blessed to experience one of the best performers of this era. I’ve never really understood what people mean when they say, “She put on a good show.” But after watching Billie own that 360 stage on her own, I can find a true meaning to that.
