Billie Eilish Watches New York Knicks Game 5 Courtside With Jennifer Hudson & Common

With an upcoming album titled Hit hard and soft, you'd think Billie Eilish would prefer contact sports to basketball. Regardless, the pop star spent one of the final days before her third studio LP arrives enjoying a hoops game at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday (May 14), sitting courtside among several other stars.

The pop star was in attendance for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference second round playoffs to watch the New York Knicks take on the Indiana Pacers, rocking a plaid shirt, shorts and cap in a front row seat next to Jennifer Hudson . The 'Spotlight' singer's rumored partner, rapper Common, sat on the other side of Hudson.

Also in attendance were stars such as Chris Rock, Spike Lee, Ben Stiller, Billy Crystal and Nicholas Braun. The game ended with the Knicks taking a 3-2 series lead over the Pacers, winning 121-91.

The event comes just two days before its release Hit hard and soft, a 10-track set produced by Eilish's brother and frequent collaborator, Finneas. While in New York, the “What Was I Made For?” The artist will hold an album listening party at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Wednesday (May 15) before doing the same in Los Angeles the following day.

For those who couldn't snag free tickets to either event, Eilish will also be releasing a listening experience for Hit hard and soft at all AMC theaters with Dolby Atmos offerings in the U.S. Screenings will be available for two days only beginning May 16, and tickets will cost $5.

Aside from a few sneak peeks here and there — including a snippet of the song “Birds of a Feather” in a recently shared teaser for Netflix Heartstopper — the nine-time Grammy winner has largely kept details about her new project under lock and key until its release on Friday (May 17). She told her fans from the jump that she wouldn't be releasing any singles early, noting in her initial announcement about the album, “I want to give it to you all right now.”

“I feel like this album is me,” he said Rolling rock in April. “He's not a character. It feels like it When we all fall asleep, where do we go? my version. It feels like my youth and who I was as a kid.”