Billie Eilish - lovely (with Khalid) - Cello & Piano cover (Brooklyn Duo)

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Lovely by Billie Eilish with Khalid, arranged and performed *live on cello and piano by Brooklyn Duo. *Extra cello harmonies were recorded and added to the live recording afterwards!

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Ahhh, we finally got a chance to cover Billie Eilish! 🙌Sheesh these songs are good. And we got approximately one million requests for this one, so thank you guys for all the suggestions! The song sounds simple but the arrangement was a bit tricky because there are so many parts we wanted to play...the original has that continuous piano accompaniment, plus some prominent string solos, and parts with lush string harmonies. PLUS the two voices. We need more people in our band for this kind of song! We ended up liking the sound of a few extra cello lines layered in there (we record it live and then Patrick records the extra lines using headphones and playing along to the live recording). 🎧Let us know what you think!
Also, Patrick is playing the GRAMMYS this weekend (lucky duck) with old Shawnie again so keep an eye out for him on TV on Sunday night! 👀📺🎻🕺(p.s. He arranged all the string parts!)

Brooklyn Duo:
Marnie Laird, piano
Patrick Laird, cello

Brooklyn Duo uses Earthworks microphones.

Lyrics:

Thought I found a way
Thought I found a way out (Found)
But you never go away (Never go away)
So I guess I gotta stay now
Oh, I hope someday I'll make it out of here
Even if it takes all night or a hundred years
Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near
Wanna feel alive, outside I can't fight my fear
Isn't it lovely, all alone?
Heart made of glass, my mind of stone
Tear me to pieces, skin to bone
Hello, welcome home
Walking out of time
Looking for a better place (Looking for a better place)
Something's on my mind
Always in my head space
But I know someday I'll make it out of here
Even if it takes all night or a hundred years
Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near
Wanna feel alive, outside I can't fight my fear
Isn't it lovely, all alone?
Heart made of glass, my mind of stone
Tear me to pieces, skin to bone
Hello, welcome home
Woah, yeah
Yeah, ah
Woah, woah
Hello, welcome home

Brooklyn Duo Bio:

Founded in 2014, Brooklyn Duo has quickly established itself as one of today’s most successful classical crossover ensembles. Through its creative arrangements and live video performances, the piano and cello duo has garnered a huge following, with over 700,000 YouTube subscribers, and over 150 million streams annually on platforms such as Spotify and Pandora Radio.

On a whim, the couple arranged and recorded two pop covers and released them on YouTube. Shakira noticed the duo’s cover of her song Empire and promoted it to her 130 million-plus fan base, saying: “We're loving Brooklyn Duo's piano/cello cover of Empire! Great work guys." The boost that resulted from that exposure and the positive response they were getting on YouTube encouraged the couple to continue creating videos.

Since then, Marnie and Patrick have released over 80 videos on their Brooklyn Duo YouTube channel and 7 albums of covers, spanning artists from The Beatles to Metallica to Taylor Swift (who also tweeted about them, saying their cover of her song “Blank Space” sounded "like a song people should walk down the aisle to"). In 2016, the couple started a second YouTube channel, Brooklyn Classical, with the goal of introducing classical music to a larger audience. With this new channel, Marnie and Patrick aim to showcase high quality, live performances of classical music. Brooklyn Classical often hosts high-profile guest artists, including the world-renowned Dover and Escher string quartets and percussionist Ivan Trevino.

In 2017, Marnie and Patrick partnered with Carnegie Hall and Ensemble Connect, a collective of some of the best young musicians in the U.S., to produce a cover of a-ha’s “Take On Me”. The video went viral and garnered millions of views in just a few months. Popular classical music stations Classic FM and WQXR regularly share Brooklyn Duo’s music on their social media pages, with Classic FM calling the duo “masters of the artfully planned pop cover.” One of their covers was also recently featured in an episode of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy.

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[BrooklynDuo]

Ahhh, we finally got a chance to cover Billie Eilish! 🙌Sheesh these songs are good. And we got approximately one million requests for this one, so thank you guys for all the suggestions! The song sounds simple but the arrangement was a bit tricky because there are so many parts we wanted to play...the original has that continuous piano accompaniment, plus some prominent string solos, and parts with lush string harmonies. PLUS the two voices. We need more people in our band for this kind of song! We ended up liking the sound of a few extra cello lines layered in there (we record it live and then Patrick records the extra lines using headphones and playing along to the live recording). 🎧Let us know what you think!
Also, Patrick is playing the GRAMMYS this weekend (lucky duck) with old Shawnie again so keep an eye out for him on TV on Sunday night! 👀📺🎻🕺(p.s. He arranged all the string parts!)

[xFute]

Well... I'm from Spain and my english is not good enough to express what i feel when I hear you both playing this song... You have passed the line of beautiful... There is magic in the atmosphere... Just amazing, the world of music have to be proud of having musicians like you, thank you <3

[hollyfucili]

My wedding party walked out to this at our outdoor wedding. It was so beautiful!

[ladyjaydee]

Anyone gonna talk about how crazy it is that shes playing three parts at once lol

[kristiTindell]

You should do The Night We Met by Lord Huron! Would sound beautiful!

[parkedawn]

Beautiful arrangement. You two always play with such joy. 🌞Have a wonderful time at the Grammys, Patrick!

[aerinhinton]

I love how you two managed to balance the melody between the piano and the cello. A lot of these I see only give the melody to one of the instruments, so it's nice to see both the piano and cello get the chance to shine.

[thatlebleh]

This made me fall in love with this song all over again😢. I'm actually weeping. Can you guys do a panic! At the disco cover? Maybe "the end of all things" or if you want to do a more upbeat one maybe "emperor's new clothes". Or any one really

[dodette]

There's nothing more beautiful than watching two people whom are performing music together have such a deep, deep connection as they play. Seeing them feel it and then looking at the other to see that they're feeling it too. Such an intense, intimate moment.

[shauntxiv]

Thought I found a way
Thought I found a way out (Found)
But you never go away (Never go away)
So I guess I gotta stay now
Oh, I hope someday I'll make it out of here
Even if it takes all night or a hundred years
Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near
Wanna feel alive, outside I can't fight my fear
Isn't it lovely, all alone?
Heart made of glass, my mind of stone
Tear me to pieces, skin to bone
Hello, welcome home
Walking out of time
Looking for a better place (Looking for a better place)
Something's on my mind
Always in my head space
But I know someday I'll make it out of here
Even if it takes all night or a hundred years
Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near
Wanna feel alive, outside I can't fight my fear
Isn't it lovely, all alone?
Heart made of glass, my mind of stone
Tear me to pieces, skin to bone
Hello, welcome home
Woah, yeah
Yeah, ah
Woah, woah
Hello, welcome home

[calebrobinson]

2:41 best part gives me chills every time🕊🕊🕊🕊

[Kannans]

My life is worth living to just listen to this

[Kazakhandproud]

It’s SOO hard for Pianist to show expression and she KILLLED it. Good job I’m in love

[fullmoon]

The part at 02:57 is killling me softly... it just says „keep going“

[sofij.q]

You guys are out of this world honestly like A hundred million hearts from me

[eszterhuszar]

These kinds of covers are always tearing up my eyes.
Not just because i really love the original song, and you guys made an amazing cover with amazing, clear and harmonized sound, but because of this, I want to play the cello again, while I can't because of my injured, ill left hand (waiting for surgery)
The only thing I can do is to listen this song, with a little bit jealous.

Amazing work, keep going.

[eternalsoul]

Don't know why tears are there in my eyes.. after listening this.. just fabulous 💝

[thechatshitshowapodcast]

This song is lovely. I think the word has always described it perfectly. Listening to it, it just sounds lovely

[amenamoni]

You guys took away my pains, my depressions and my insomnias. While listening to your music I fell asleep while crying. Because of my day at school. Its a long story what happened in my school. Do you wanna hear the long story?

[micahanderson]

OMG! Finally a cover that nailed the closing notes of the violin. It’s so beautiful, I could cry