Disney+ Short Will See Lisa Simpson Meeting Billie Eilish

'The Simpsons: When Billie Met Lisa' will begin streaming on Disney+ April 22nd.

Sure, winning Grammy Awards, an Oscar, selling lots of records and becoming the youngest person to headline giant festival Coachella is nice and all, but what young stars really want to do is crop up on ‘The Simpsons’. Or, at least, that’s what music superstar Billie Eilish and brother Finneas will do – and in a special all their own.

Yes, eschewing the usual cameo voice on a regular ‘Simpsons’ episode, Eilish and her producing/co-writing sibling O’Connell will appear in a new Disney+ short called ‘The Simpsons: When Billie Met Lisa’.

The official synopsis reads, “Lisa Simpson is discovered by the chart-topping artists while searching for a quiet place to practice her saxophone. Billie then invites Lisa to her studio for a special jam session she’ll never forget.” Will she be… happier than ever? (Billie’s latest tour is called… you can probably figure the next bit out).

Though the days of appearing on the long-running animated series (there are fans of Eilish who weren’t born when it debuted) carrying the same cultural clout are probably passed, it’s still considered cool to show up as yourself alongside Springfield’s finest.

'The Simpsons: When Billie Met Lisa' will begin streaming on Disney+ April 22nd.

This is just the latest Simpsons-themed short, the fourth a series created for Disney+ to highlight the streaming service’s marquee brands and most popular content. The previously released videos include ‘Star Wars’ and Marvel-themed tie-ins ‘Maggie Simpson in The Force Awakens From its Nap’ and ‘The Good, The Bart, and the Loki’ as well as ‘The Simpsons in Plusaversary’ which was released in November last year to celebrate Disney Plus Day. Never ones to pass up a good opportunity to cross-promote its brands, we can expect more from the House of Mouse.

One small downside is fan concerns: when the short was announced, social media lit up with worries that this could bear comparison with 2012 episode ‘Lisa Goes Gaga’, which saw the character meet Lady Gaga. Critics and audiences roundly panned that musical crossover, and it is routinely voted among the worst the series has to offer – which is saying a lot for a show with 723 episodes and counting on the books.

Also in question – will Eilish be debuting new music in the short? It’s as good a launchpad opportunity as any, though given that she’s on tour right now, that seems less likely.

Eilish and O’Connell have won seven Grammys from 17 nominations and this past March celebrated their first Oscar win via their work on the song for Bond movie ‘No Time to Die’.

‘The Simpsons’, meanwhile, has been on the air for 35 years since launching as shorts on ‘The Tracey Ullman Show’ in 1987 before graduating to its own series in 1989. Disney bought the rights to the characters and their back catalogue along with the rest of 20th Century Fox in 2019.

‘The Simpsons: When Billie met Lisa’ will land on Disney+ on April 22nd.