Billy Joel duets with Olivia Rodrigo on deja vu and Uptown Girl

Billy Joel brought out surprise guest Olivia Rodrigo at his Madison Square Garden concert.

The ‘Piano Man’ hitmaker, 73, was joined on stage at the world-famous venue in New York City on Wednesday night (24.08.22) by the 19-year-old pop superstar for renditions of her 2021 mega-hit ‘deja vu’ and his 80s’ classic ‘Uptown Girl’.

Introducing Olivia on stage, Billy said: “I’m going to bring up another young musician. This is a very talented singer-songwriter.

“She’s very talented. I like her music and so do my kids. Please say hello to Olivia Rodrigo.”

She responded: “Thank you so much for having me, Billy.

“I’m such a huge fan, and I kind of wrote this next song about you.”

The ‘good 4 u’ hitmaker had some fun switching up the lyrics of her song with Billy accompanying her on the piano.

Olivia sang: “And I bet that she knows Billy Joel / ‘Cause you played her ‘Uptown Girl’.”

She later belts: “Play her piano, but she doesn’t know / That I was the one who taught you, Billy Joel.”

As Rolling Stone noted, Joel has been embraced by the youths of TikTok, with his song “Zanzibar” used as part of a popular dance challenge.

“I don’t even know what TikTok is,” he said last year. “But this is a thing.”