Songwriters Roundtable - Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, Jon Batiste & More

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Billie Eilish ('Barbie'), Cynthia Erivo ('Drift'), Dua Lipa ('Barbie'), Jon Batiste ('American Symphony'), Julia Michaels ('Wish') and Olivia Rodrigo ('The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes') sit down for THR's acclaimed roundtables and talk about their songwriting inspiration, their very first music purchase and why Billie thought she had already hit her "peak"

First album downloaded or purchased:
Cynthia Erivo - Never Say Never / Brandi
Olivia Rodrigo - Pure Heroine / Lorde
Dua Lipa - Songs in A Minor / Alicia Keys OR Whoa Nelly / Nelly Furtado
Jon Batiste - Bought 4 at once: 1. Dangerous / Michael Jackson 2. Mama's Gun/ Erykah Badu 3. Vespertine / Bjork 4. Voodoo / D'Angelo
Billie Eilish - American Idiot / Greenday (mostly talks about Sail by AWOLNATION)
Julia Michaels - Train / Train & Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

Julia, Billie & Olivia were all home schooled.

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I saw a clip of this and was like "WTF is Jon Batiste doing there" so had to watch. He stands out like a sore thumb a little bit, ILH and y'all should too.

I'm about half way through the video, I'll update the summary if there's anything else that jumps out.