Billie Eilish and her brother and longtime collaborator FINNEAS performed “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” with a full band at the 2025 Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy framed the performance as a tribute to Los Angeles during the January 2025 wildfire crisis; Eilish closed with, “I love you LA.”
How the performance honored Los Angeles
The Recording Academy’s February 3, 2025 recap described an idyllic wilderness setting, with a mountainous backdrop and childhood photographs appearing behind the performers. It presented the staging as an homage to Los Angeles and its resilience during the wildfires. The telecast had been reimagined to raise funds for MusiCares Fire Relief, and the ceremony was dedicated to the Los Angeles community and first responders. Read the Academy’s performance recap.
Eilish ended the performance with “I love you LA,” as transcribed in that recap. A separate Recording Academy highlights article renders the shout-out as “I love you, L.A.” and identifies Eilish and FINNEAS as Highland Park natives. See the Academy’s highlights.
Song and Grammy context
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” is a single from Eilish’s 2024 album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, which the Recording Academy identifies as her third studio album. The song and album helped earn her seven nominations at the 2025 ceremony. The performance recap and album context.
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- Billie Eilish's third studio album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, released via Darkroom/Interscope Records is her most daring body of work to date, a diverse yet cohesive collection of songs - ideally listened to in its entirety from beginning to end - does exactly as the album title suggests; hits you hard and soft both lyrically and sonically, while bending genres and defying trends along the way
The Academy lists Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell as the song’s writers. “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” was nominated for Song Of The Year; Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” won Record Of The Year. The performance itself was not an award win. See the 2025 Grammy Awards results and the Song Of The Year nominees.
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The Academy’s Song Of The Year feature describes “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” as detailing an unwavering connection and credits Eilish and Finneas as songwriters. For listeners wanting to revisit the studio release after the live performance, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT is the related album. Current stock and specific physical editions are not established by the official coverage cited here, so check a retailer’s listing for the format and edition before ordering.
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