Watch Billie Eilish bring her dark energy to the Democratic National Convention

Billie Eilish
(Image credit: Twitter/@Cheddar)

You know what the 2020 Democratic National Convention was really missing? Billie Eilish's "dark, horror-inspired aesthetic."

Thankfully that glaring oversight was amended on Wednesday night when the 18-year-old Grammy winner and voting registration activist performed her new song, "My Future," publicly for the first time.

"Silence is not an option and we cannot sit this one out," Eilish, who will be voting in her first presidential election this year, stressed. "We all have to vote like our lives and the world depend on it, because they do. The only way to be certain of the future is to make it ourselves." Watch below. Jeva Lange

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
See more

Continue reading for free

We hope you're enjoying The Week's refreshingly open-minded journalism.

Subscribed to The Week? Register your account with the same email as your subscription.