Billie Eilish, the indolent teen idol, is back with a new album. Like her two previous albums, When we all fall asleep, where do we go? in 2019 and Happier than ever in 2021, Hit me hard and soft is produced entirely with his brother Finneas O’Connell.
Before its publication online, nothing had been leaked about this album, which was not preceded by any single. A way to fight against fragmented listening to an album and cutting songs for Tiktok, as he confided to Rolling Stone. “I don’t like singles from albums.” “I like being immersed in the world of an album,” says his brother Finneas, in the same interview.
“This album is me”
As in her two previous albums, the singer dedicates herself to Hit me hard and soft. “I feel like this album is me,” he told Rolling Stone. “He’s not a character.”
In the musical aspect, “it is not a concept album, but a set of coherent songs, inspired by works by authors from the last 15 years, such as live life by Coldplay, Born to Die by Lana Del Rey, Elf by Tyler the Creator, electra heart by Marina and the Diamonds and big fish theory by Vince Staples.
In just five years, the young singer has managed to sneak into the ears of the young public – and into Barack Obama’s playlist – with intoxicating melodies and topics such as suicide, depression, and body dysmorphia. Her feminist and environmental commitment aligns with the concerns of her young audience.
Less rated than Taylor Swift
The singer was discovered thanks to the song. ocean eyes in 2015, when she was 13, she pulls no punches in expressing the difficulty of being a young woman in front of the public.
“Being a woman is a forever battle, especially if you are a young, prominent woman. It’s really unfair,” she told Variety last November.
Less qualified and less “a good friend” than the essential Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish has made her doubts and imperfections a strength and a bond with her audience. Youngest artist to perform the credits of a James Bond film with his title No
Time to Diewhich earned her an Oscar and a Gold, Billie Eilish also composed the soundtrack for the Barbie by Greta Gerwig with her song What was I made for?also an Oscar winner.
Billie Eilish announced at the end of April a world tour that will begin next September in Canada and will visit the Accor Arena in Paris on June 10 and 11. Tickets for both concerts, put on sale at the beginning of May, are sold out.
Source: BFM TV
