Billie Eilish Returns

Conan O’Brien kicks off the episode with lighthearted banter among his team, reacting to sound engineer Eduardo Perez’s viral clip calling him a “little bitch” during a tense work moment. The group laughs it off, with Conan praising Eduardo’s cool demeanor and crediting the studio environment for such candid exchanges. Jokes fly about who else could get away with it—Sona Movsesian maybe, but not David Hopping or Adam Sachs—highlighting the podcast’s relaxed, trusting dynamic. Eduardo shares his wife laughed it off, and Conan invites him to hang out cruising in an Entourage-style car, debating tacos versus higher-end eats in playful accents.

Family Ties and Childhood Memories

Billie Eilish returns for a warm reunion, recalling her last visit three years ago when she and brother Finneas O’Connell first sketched “Birds of a Feather” (Conan jokingly claims co-writing credit). Finneas is doing well, engaged to Claudia after seven years, with their wedding in August; the siblings are midway through a new album. Eilish describes her musical family—parents and Finneas often singing harmonies in the car growing up, a contrast to Conan’s less vulnerable, joke-heavy Irish household. Both share name regrets: Conan endured “Conan the Barbarian” taunts, while Eilish hated “Billie” as a “boy’s name,” craving girly options like Sparkle, Violet, Lavender, or even Pirate (her brother’s bell