The part where Cynthia was empowering Julia Michaels to own her accomplishments made me cry. This is the type of inspiring and healing content the world needs more of! I love artistry, I love music, I love celebrating women

Billie and Julia are the duo we didn't know we needed!

I just adore how attentive Cynthia is… she makes me feel safe through the screen IMAGINE in person. Ugh

I love how Oliva is just admiring everyone in that table in like learning about them and stuff you know

Julia is the right person to be on this table.. she’s the definition of ‘song writer’ ❤

The gentleman conducting this sit down, Mesfin Fekadu, has a wonderfully wide breadth of knowledge and excellent presence. Engaging in a way that makes him feel more like a participant in a discussion than a staffer sent there to read a list of questions. love it.

Julia Michaels is SO underrated. I know she's had a couple big hits but she deserves to have just as much fame as Billie, Olivia or Dua.

Julia is so humble. “You know the show Austin and ally?” UH YEAH literally amazing that was her first “gig”. She’s so talented!

Having Billie sit next to Julia was such a great choice, the way she kept comforting her was so sweet

Julia is so shy and down to earth, one wouldn't believe she's such a genius songwriter. She deserves to embrace all the love and recognition she gets from her work ❤️❤️

Billie, Jon and Olivia casually chatting on the same table while all competing with each other for the biggest Grammy categories this year is wild to me

Julia is so articulate and lovely , Cynthia amazing and full of empathy, Billie is a total genius , Dua is very warm and generous , Jon is incredibly versatile and Olivia is super sensitive and involved ...

Julia Michaels is so talented and I feel like not enough people know how big of an impact she has had on the music industry

Julia’s speaking voice is so calm and peaceful. I love it.

Jon’s story about his wife is so touching. I love how he shouted out her listening to Billie and Olivia’s music

Watching Olivia and Billie sit at the same table together makes me so happy, I SWEAR the internet would literally break if they made a song together. My life would change!!

billie's storytelling is so impactful and inspiring

Man Jon Batiste really touched my heart with him sharing the experience with his wife. I'm so glad that she's okay now and its also inspiring to see them overcome those challenges and come out with something beautifull.

My heart absolutely melted when Cynthia began comforting Julia. I feel like this video really allowed Julia to become vulnerable in ways she has never revealed before. I really appreciate how Mesfin shined spotlight on Julia because she truly has done so much for the music industry that nobody really talks about. I hope Julia becomes more confident in her work because she is such a gem!!

Cynthia Erivo is a treasure. Warmth emanates from her like no one I've ever seen before and that's how it feels just through the screen; I can't imagine how beautiful her energy must be in person. And I love all the moments between Cynthia and Billie in this.

John's divine feminine energy fits so perfectly into this space. He doesn't feel the need to dominate or even to feel uncomfortable as the only man in the group, he's just flowing through the experience being gentle like a breeze. He has a very clear and strong spiritual energy that emanates from his being almost as if he himself is a song. Him and his wife are beautiful and I pray more love over their lives. I lost my mom to cancer just two weeks ago and the songs he made about his wife are just beyond breathtaking. So many people at this table are keeping art alive and it's a blessing as AI starts to take over certain art spaces. Human beings can be the rawest form of art. I love all of this so much.

cynthia's words to julia speak directly to my heart, she is absolutely amazing in every way. the way she is so passionate about empowering other women is truly beautiful

I love Billie's energy and personality. She's just so cool without being trying. She's really complimenting Julia's introvert personality

i love when they actually ask artists questions about their art, no filler no drama or gossip just art

Cynthia looks like an african goddess. Wow as a songwriter I truly appreciate this roundtable, hearing some stories of some these people's talent I admire so much. Please have more musician roundtables !

this round table is definitely one for the books, they managed to get together in a room 3 of the biggest pop stars of the 2020s decade so far Dua, Billie and Olivia. I wish there was a round table in the 2010s where we could se Ariana, Taylor, Lady Gaga etc or the 2000s with Britney, Beyoncé, Xtina etc So this definitely feels like a time capsule

I love how collected and intelligent Olivia sounds when she speaks, I almost forget she’s barely out of her teenage years!!

I can feel John's energy through the screen he is such an active listener, as well as a lovely storyteller. He's a perfect choice for roundtable!

Billie is just so humble and in awe of her inspiring colleagues, so down to earth, and in awe of her own music which she admits at times it's hard to not doubt yourself. Rock on Billie!! ✊️❤

A Billie & Olivia collab is long overdue

I'm an author, not a songwriter, and this is still one of the best and most helpful/resonant roundtables I've ever seen. The discussions about inspiration, ownership, fear, doubt and creation - not to mention the genuine support and love shown for each other and the brilliant moderation? Brilliant on all counts.

Love that billie noticed that julia was shaking at some point en made sure she felt comfortable. They we're a perfect match sitting next to eachother :)

i’m so proud of liv! she’s only 3 years into her career and she’s already here…

Stop when Cynthia was talking about the artists making things that people can hang onto when they don’t have anything else touched me. Wether it’s songs, film, or writing it’s so amazing as a listener to connect on a personal level with a song and how an artist is feeling

When Billie talks about her song “What was I made for” I got chills just like I did the first time I listened to it❤ Thanks to all these incredible artists/song writers for making songs that inspire us and connect us, mostly through music! 🎶

I love Billie's answers! They are so honest and make her so likeable to me. I love the little details, like her association between "Sail" and The Walking Dead, so wholesome

I saw the Hunger Games film and the lyrics in the music sung in it and that played in the credits was truly the kind to give goose bumps. It really embodied the subject matter, the feeling of liberation/freedom sought in the franchise by all the people made to fight. I thought it was really beautiful and well written! 👏🏾

OLIVIA, DUA, AND BILLIE ALL IN THE SAME ROOM. MY BRAIN GOES AHHHHHH 😱😱.❤

above anyone at this table, billie takes my breath away with how much of an it factor she has. like truly. she’s just so herself and clearly born to be a star. i tear up listening to her speak.

The actual host/moderator (NOT YVONNE ORJI although Yvonne might be great) - but rather the person wearing the hat…is THE GREATEST I’ve seen from the Hollywood Reporter. They seem natural at it and informed and that there is sincerity and passion and depth present in the conversation. Nicely done.

there's something so humble about billie and julia, they're so inspiring and are so connected to what they do. everything about them is genuine.

52:10 cynthia's posture change as she charges up to give the most wise, beautiful, empowering advice to julia, love both of them sm

Thank you for this talk, it was absolutely amazing! I'm a classical musician who loves popular music and I find it sad how shallow the interviews usually are with insanely talented artists. I'm so grateful for this, because this one hour roundtable really does show what it means to be a musician and a songwriter, it's an actual job, it's their whole life and it takes a lot to get where they are! Also the chemistry amongst these people is amazing. They're all so down to earth and genuinely interested in each other's art and happy for each other, because they're in a way equal. Amazing!

this is one of the best things I have seen on yt. it's so nice to see artists come together and talking about all that stuff!

I’m happy to see these THR roundtables!!! Cool to see Jon Batiste continuing to flourish! Cynthia, Dua Lipa, Olivia, and Julia are absolutely divine! But I save my biggest congratulations to Billie Eilish. She is one of those singer-songwriters who as soon as you hear her voice you know that she has something special and specific that she wants to express. Any time she’s on tv performing, I stop what I’m doing and listen to her song. She is a major talent. Congratulations to all of them! I’m loving the laidback nature of these talks. All pretentiousness of a typical talk show are not here. It’s always great to see.

Cynthia’s commentary for the other artists was both insightful and affirming. She seems like such a cool person. Already loved her work but this interview gave me a whole new appreciation for her ❤️

I could’ve listened to them for hours and hours. Can we do this regularly? This group? I love them.

I love everyone of them, period. But I am super proud of Olivia, considering how young she is and how well accomplished the other artists there are. What a way to celebrate art ❤

I love how Billie expresses herself, every detail she gives when speaking is so real, I really love her and she is a great inspiration.

This is how you interview and cover musical artists. This is an expansive, supportive, inclusive, and insightful conversation that should be seen by any fan of these artists, or music, in general. Kudos.

Billie was SO mesmerized by Cynthia, honestly same girl, I get it

51:38 I felt her anxiety spike up so much that I started crying and shaking more for her-like in that moment, I understood exactly what she felt with happiness and shock and embarrassment and like everything all together and not being able to properly word her thoughts as to why she felt that way

the way everyone mentions the strong influence of other people’s works on their creative process is fascinating

I love that Julia was included in this. For many years I've seen her credited in all those artists' songs and I was like damn she's so talented and deserves so much more credit. Love her and all the incredible humans in this table, it was such an inspiring interview

I love how their answers on their first bought album really reflects on the style of music the produce themselves; kind of how what they resonated with and the harmonies they enjoyed really influenced the style of music they pursued

This was a group of people i never knew i needed to see together. honestly, watching musicians connect is wonderful :)

I love the ending so much. I’m so glad that Cynthia spoke up about Julia. It is important that she understands how amazing and talented she is 🥺

Billie Eilish has such an incredible talent for songwriting it’s actually breathtaking

I love that they all acknowledging what each other said and quoting them. So much respect and so much talents.

I could watch all of them talk for ever!!! This is such an amazing group of people to have at this table and I'm so very thankful for not only the incredible artists here but also all of the work behind the scenes from the Hollywood Reporter. From the production, editing, hosting, the questions you put together, all of it was so profound and powerful. This makes something in my soul so happy and at peace. I'm in love with this concept and video as a whole. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Billie Eilish with that blissful song of hers ‘What Was I Made For’ the portrayal she enlisted in that song is so real and empowering. The juxtaposition of floating and then falling down, and the mental health of not knowing how to feel & sadness is so human of her. I feel it’s the best song written of her discography. I’m so excited to see what she brings on in 2024.

I clicked on the video to listen to Billie. I love her as an artist. But that whole conversation was so beautiful! I loved every word and emotion each artist told. It's so human. You forget alot about it because of their fame, but this!? It was just so real and loving. These people are smart. The way they express deep feelings is for sure not easy. This hour long talk went by like nothing.

Listening to this as we ease into the new year hits different. It feels like a gift. Love them all!

This is one of my favorite round tables. The way they all engage with each other. All of them are amazing

Julia is such an amazingly talented and gifted songwriter and singer, I wish she didn't struggle so much with anxiety. The part at 51:00 really made me tear up because I could feel from the screen how panicked she was getting and it's heartbreaking to see that in real-time.

the way Billie talks and had everyone super into what she’s saying, LOVE HER!

I hope that you do a part 2 soon this was amazing!

Thank you so much for this round table. A rarity to hear musicians & the mc was so gentle and gave space to all. Such a delight. Listening to creatives inspire- as Cynthia said to Julie, is so important. If you were a songwriter, learning that there are many paths to take, creating in collaboration, or for yourself are equally important. Julie's body of work is mindblowing. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼💜

I love the sweet moment between Julia, Billie and the wonderful words that Cynthia (having also more years of experience) said to Julia 😭❤️ beautiful… and I love us women for this because we immediately support each other when someone has a problem, because we know what our weaknesses are, we are often too unsure of our abilities and skills and we are often ashamed of it, much more than men in our careers …. And for example as a fan of Billie every time she won an award she often said others deserved it not her .. always awkward moments 😭 she always feels ashamed for every result she achieves and she doesn't like it when people compliment her, even if as a pop artist with that success it's impossible, but she just likes working doing her job bc she knows it’s just her job there is nothing special to talk about it .. here too, she demonstrated that she still has no self-esteem in herself even if on the outside she shows that she is also a badass rebellious stubborn strong woman but this is just a protective shell for empathetic and sensitive ppl like her (her fans know her really well about this) and you can feel this, she immediately felt and saw that Julia was struggling bc she was embarrassing in that moment .. and she immediately touched her hands and everything .. she was not ok for Julia… she is REALLY empathetic and she hates when ppl are not ok … she does this with everyone and her fans too 😊 she always likes to hug / help her fans and ppl in general and she talks to them having fun like they are all best friends, she also go to the park and ask ppl to play frisbee with her 😭 only her fans will understand how amazingly she is inside. And Billie and Julia have the same soul, Billie just hides it better with that badass sometimes not simple but protective attitude. And Julia is an amazing talented humble woman ! And it's true that women are more sensitive to certain things and therefore have more difficulty in stuff like this, but it's what makes us special as women in our work, we always question everything and complicate our lives 😂 because we “like” to live our life fully (too much 🫣) and we want to demonstrate how much we are worth, we know that we could give more and therefore what we give is never enough for us … but then once we grow up we become like Cynthia , with an incredible inner power... amazing thoughtful mature woman ❤️

58 minutes of Billie Eilish crushing over Julia

I loved this interview. So interesting, so many perspectives from famous artists who are songwriters. This has to be a series and we need to bring more artists!!

I love how every person at the table and how they were able to talk about their accomplishments and songs they made over the years and being able to relate to one another and understanding where an artist was coming from at the time is amazing honestly loved this so much wish these same people were here again I would love to see another video of the same people at the table just talking this was so wholesome

Julia Michaels is such a delight - this round table has made me fall for her as hard as Billie seems to have 😭😭

Cynthia is so wise. I loved the advice that she gave to Julia. This roundtable was great.

Holy crap, how much power and tears come out of this video. Thank you for blessing us in this way. This is the content that needs to go viral.

Cynthia truly speaks poetry. What a lovely woman

Olivia has been writing masterpieces since she was 16. Her talent is incredible.

Proud of Olivia for making it here with these bunch of wonderful Songwriters 👍

Amazingly done! Perfect selection of writers, vibe, and discussion topics. Need to see more of these ASAP with the same interviewer

there is something so profound and beautiful about all of these creative souls coming together to talk about what they love...

Like I came for Dua, Olivia and Billie and ended up falling in love with Cynthia, Julia and Jon ❤️❤️

Dua lipa is so well spoken!!!! She's truly amazing at everything she does!!!

Thank you for anyone who making this 😊😊

There is some beautiful shimmery souls in that room. I love how this round table thing is honoring artists for their art, and showing that it is fascinating and interesting to talk about what you do, and not to ham it up, or just answer questions about your private life and useless anecdotes about silly things that happened to you, but actually talking process. It is not boring and people love to hear this.

Billie is Rare and Special. She's ahead of her Time and a Genius.

Incredibly inspiring to listen to these amazing artists talk to each other. Love the mutual respect, support and curiousity. Cynthia and Billie supporting and praising Julia also brought me to tears. You own it girls

Julia is my spirit person lol. She might be an INFP. Also Cynthia is so wise and I loved how she said it's ok for women to be proud of their work. We do need to hear that!!

Billie was so sweet to Julia at the end😭 I sense a new friendship🥰🥰

THR Roundtables have come such a long way since the start. This conversation was so casual, so cozy, so chill, so connected. The moderator guided it perfectly. Beautifully done, THR. Looking forward to more of this.

This is so beautiful. Need more of these kind of interviews ❤

Cynthia has such a way with words. I love hearing her insights!

they are all so well-spoken! i have such a new admiration for julia micheals, her stories are so profound

Julia is being very modest like it's a job of work but it's actually much more than that. She's impacted so many lives with the songs she's written for so many artists. Love her!! ❤🤗

I'm so happy I clicked this video, it made me appreciate even more all those artists, I loved get to know Julia, and see more of Cynthia and how charismatic and sweet they are

this is one of the best thr roundtables to ever happened. the conversation, naturally occurred, was so meaningful and flew so eloquently. loved jon's story and cynthia's encouragement.

Billie is so empathetic and sweet.. love Julia and Billie friendship, they are so cute ❤️🥰🥰 Billie can be both extroverted but also introverted, what a girl !

I loved this so much to the point where i just didn't want it to end. I love those super open conversations about their personal experiences as an artist. I wish this was a regular thing. I'm dying for more content!

i am just finishing watching the entire thing in one go and it’s just really cool not only all of these diverse backgrounds coming together but it’s obvious that they start connecting more and more as they get to the end after unpacking all of their history and more vulnerable perspectives… it’s crazy aha. like by the end i feel like they could all just get lunch together again and it would be super chill. i think it just goes to show everyone can find ways to connect with each other if you give it some time.

WE NEED MORE ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS LIKE THIS!!!

If anyone doesn't know the depth of Julia Michaels talent as a songwriter please look it up. She is brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.