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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Billie Eilish Returns

11 May 2026

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Chapter 1: How does Billie Eilish feel about being Conan O'Brien's friend?

3.457 - 11.43 Billie Eilish

Hi, my name is Billie Eilish. And I feel really good about being Conan O'Brien's friend.

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11.451 - 12.612 Unknown

Oh, that's so nice.

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12.633 - 13.133 Billie Eilish

It's true.

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15.958 - 34.83 Unknown

Fall is here, hear the yell. Back to school, ring the bell. Brand new shoes, walking blues. Climb the fence, books and pens. I can tell that we are gonna be friends. I can tell that we are gonna be friends

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34.996 - 39.24 Conan O'Brien

Hey there, welcome to Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, joined by Sona Movsesian. Hey, Sona.

39.26 - 39.62 Sona Movsesian

Hello.

39.66 - 42.082 Conan O'Brien

And David, of course, hopping. Hello.

Chapter 2: What name did Billie Eilish's parents almost give her?

42.343 - 65.003 Conan O'Brien

And there's been a lot of chatter, I guess, online about Eduardo. Because Eduardo just, I guess, this episode just dropped where he called me a little bitch. A little bitch. I forgot. Eduardo, let's talk about this. People, it's blowing up. People are loving it that you called your employer a little bitch.

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64.983 - 71.712 Conan O'Brien

And you, today, when it was all blowing up, admitted to me that you were a little rattled afterwards.

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71.993 - 81.727 Unknown

I was. I remember it happening. And I remember going home and talking to my wife. She'll ask, how was work today? I was like, you know, kind of weird. And she said, what do you mean? And she knows the hijinks.

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Chapter 3: How did Billie Eilish co-direct her new concert film with James Cameron?

81.747 - 91.982 Unknown

She's seen some of the videos. And I said, uh... today I think I went a little too far. And she said, what did you say? I said, I called Courtney a little bitch.

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92.002 - 110.474 Conan O'Brien

She just started laughing. Oh, she didn't say, oh my God, that's too far. She just started laughing. Well, you know, I looked into it and apparently, and I consulted my doctor and I talked to family. I am a little bitch. So you are on safe ground here.

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110.494 - 110.915 Unknown

I feel better.

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111.155 - 111.897 Conan O'Brien

No, no, no.

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112.097 - 118.948 Unknown

It just felt weird. I'm not used to being in a workplace.

Chapter 4: What does Billie Eilish mean by striving for reachability with her audience?

118.968 - 123.396 Unknown

It didn't feel just right in every way. It was a candid moment.

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124.317 - 126.16 Conan O'Brien

Yeah, but that's what makes it work.

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126.18 - 127.563 Sona Movsesian

It wasn't weird for you at all?

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127.823 - 128.544 Conan O'Brien

No. Really?

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129.005 - 134.494 Sona Movsesian

Because I don't know how you guys felt, but I was like, oh, whoa, Eduardo went there. Nobody else felt that?

134.474 - 146.37 Conan O'Brien

When you say went there, it sounds like he visited a place that we all know about. He said the thing that we're all thinking, like it's the emperor's new clothes. Oh, okay. No, I wasn't.

146.81 - 152.778 Unknown

I think that's how I... I think you matched my self-image.

152.799 - 162.532 Conan O'Brien

I think you mirrored how I felt. So I just felt like I was getting into perfect... I was stepping into a bath that was perfect human body temperature.

Chapter 5: How does Billie Eilish connect with her fans during performances?

162.552 - 174.462 Conan O'Brien

Oh, man. That's how it felt to me. You create an environment that people feel safe to call you a little bitchin'. Yes, yeah. Hey, watch it. You know, you have to be careful. Yeah, wait, is it because Eduardo called?

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174.642 - 177.75 Sona Movsesian

Is he the only one who could say that to you?

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177.911 - 191.807 Conan O'Brien

Yeah, Eduardo has all kinds of He's like the coolest guy here. And he designed the studio. And he's, you know, he's not thirsty at all. He doesn't need praise. He's just this guy. He's just Eduardo.

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Chapter 6: What unique experiences did Billie Eilish have while filming her concert movie?

191.847 - 195.831 Conan O'Brien

He knows he's good. So when he says something that has a certain ring of truth.

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195.851 - 201.576 Sona Movsesian

You just insulted everybody in here. Well, yeah. Except for me. Except for you.

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201.596 - 208.643 Conan O'Brien

I know. By praising him, you're the only person in here. It's Eduardo and then just a collection of the worst people I've ever seen.

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209.517 - 239.237 Conan O'Brien

so no you hired every single person in this room I didn't hire you Sona hired you that's true thanks I don't even think I hired Sona anymore I was interviewing her she offered me a drink I blacked out and she was my assistant oh no yeah roofied me and then you became my assistant yeah but it made you sign papers yes many papers but yeah I do think if Adam if you called me a little bitch it would it would upset me

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239.217 - 248.309 Conan O'Brien

You know, if you said like, hey, we're going to do this dynamic ad insertion. It's a new policy. It's serious. I'd be like, well, I don't think I want to do that. You'd be like, what are you, a little bitch?

Chapter 7: What challenges does Billie Eilish face as her fame grows?

249.09 - 276.759 Conan O'Brien

I'd be upset. You know, if you said, hey, little bitch. Yeah, I'd be freaked out. I would physically assault you. And David, that would be a huge mistake coming from you to call me a little bitch. You know, in what context would you say it? Oh, let's think of a context. You'd say, oh, you'd say, hey, I'm going to see Hilary Duff tonight. And for the seventh night in a row, I'm going to see her.

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277.08 - 293.809 Conan O'Brien

And then I'm following her to she's taking a vacation and I'm following her and her family. Oh. Oh, my God. I know where she's staying, that kind of thing. But if you said, hey, I'm going to go see a show tonight and I have an extra I have a third ticket because Dustin and I are going. But Conan, you can come, too.

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Chapter 8: What advice does Billie Eilish have for aspiring artists?

293.829 - 300.439 Conan O'Brien

And I said, I don't know. I'm it's kind of late and I don't think that's my scene. So I don't think I'll go. I say, fuck you, you little bitch. Yeah.

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300.76 - 302.964 Unknown

Oh, God. Wait a minute. Why'd you add fuck you?

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303.385 - 306.532 Sona Movsesian

Fuck you. My God. That made me uncomfortable.

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306.572 - 308.136 Unknown

That's way too far.

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308.657 - 310.24 Sona Movsesian

Jesus. What the hell?

310.32 - 314.63 Unknown

I thought it would be like a new personality for me. No, that was awful.

314.71 - 315.612 Sona Movsesian

That was not cool.

315.632 - 319.36 Conan O'Brien

Fuck you, little bitch. No, that's not how you do it.

319.34 - 320.201 Sona Movsesian

Nobody liked it.

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