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Hit Me Hard and Soft is out May 17, 2024 via Darkroom and Interscope.
No track listing yet.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 00:15 (one month ago) link
apparently no singles before release either
which i guess is fine because the last album was not at all a singles album
― ufo, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 01:05 (one month ago) link
we do actually have a tracklist though:
1. Skinny 2. Lunch3. Chihiro4. Birds of a Feather5. Wildflower6. The Greatest7. L’Amour De Ma Vie8. The Diner9. Bittersuite10. Blue
― ufo, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 01:07 (one month ago) link
"blue" is an old unreleased song that's been floating around for a while apparently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kgKFbaoAHE
i am not sure if this is a leaked studio version from a while ago or what?
― ufo, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 01:09 (one month ago) link
It’s interesting there’s a song called “The Greatest” – her last album had a song (“Halley’s Comet”) that sounded to me like it could have been influenced by the Lana Del Rey song of that title.
― rendered nugatory (morrisp), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 01:12 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT9qM99l9Yk
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 01:19 (one month ago) link
Thanks ufo, everywhere I looked, which was only two places, didn't have the track listed.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 01:21 (one month ago) link
she's a big jim hall fan then
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 19:14 (one month ago) link
she premiered a bunch of tracks at a coachella dj set and they sound very very promising
WE GOT THE EXTENDED PART OF “CHIHIRO” pic.twitter.com/nnFFAYaurC— Billie Eilish Music Videos (@eilishmvs) April 14, 2024
L’AMOUR DE MA VIE WAS PLAYED AT COACHELLA !!!pic.twitter.com/IThNewGOBZ— Billie Eilish Music Videos (@eilishmvs) April 14, 2024
LUNCH IS BEING PLAYED AT COACHELLA pic.twitter.com/CGmXbjswnV— Billie Eilish Music Videos (@eilishmvs) April 14, 2024
― ufo, Sunday, 14 April 2024 20:49 (one month ago) link
Billie teases ‘CHIHIRO’ in a new interview with @zanelowe! 🫧 pic.twitter.com/0ZbwS8YcZD— Billie Eilish Tours (@billieeilishtrs) April 12, 2024
― ufo, Sunday, 14 April 2024 21:40 (one month ago) link
a few tracks leaked and they sound fantastic
― ufo, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 05:48 (two weeks ago) link
that's a cellphone album cover layout if i've ever seen one
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 06:15 (two weeks ago) link
We get this tomorrow night, nice.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 16 May 2024 04:54 (one week ago) link
Oh, I forgot this was coming!
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 16 May 2024 12:55 (one week ago) link
album's pretty good, though it falls off a bit towards the end - the first half of "l'amour de ma vie", "the diner" and "bittersuite" are a bit of a step down from the rest. lots to love here though
― ufo, Thursday, 16 May 2024 22:24 (one week ago) link
"chihiro", "birds of a feather", "the greatest" are all fantastic
― ufo, Thursday, 16 May 2024 22:27 (one week ago) link
Not able to listen to this, so instead just heard the first song "Skinny." Stunning beautiful.
― Bee OK, Friday, 17 May 2024 04:48 (one week ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB3VkzPdgLA
― Bee OK, Friday, 17 May 2024 17:47 (one week ago) link
haven't listened to the album but "lunch" reminds me of sheryl crow
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 May 2024 18:42 (one week ago) link
oh man i love it when there's a hidden track inside of a track and it's a huge banger ("l'amour de ma vie")
― ivy., Friday, 17 May 2024 18:56 (one week ago) link
Lunch reminds me of the Cardigans.
― MarkoP, Friday, 17 May 2024 19:43 (one week ago) link
I got more of a Cardigans vibe off “lunch”.
Pretty good on first listen. The one-two punch lf “Chihiro” and “Birds of a feather” might be my favorite thing she has done. Finneas keeps improving as a producer.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 17 May 2024 19:44 (one week ago) link
I will always root for Billie, and there are def some great songs here, but overall this does not hit me at all the way the other two did.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 18 May 2024 01:04 (one week ago) link
Finally had a chance to listen to most of this. I agree with a lot that has been said, production is great and its not as immediate as her other releases. I need to finish up the last four songs but "The Greatest" and "Skinny" are some major highlights here.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 18 May 2024 19:16 (one week ago) link
I like this a lot! I didn't care for the first album, the second one impressed me, so it makes sense that she'd grab me with the third. I like stentorian, vulgar Billie Eilish.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 May 2024 20:10 (one week ago) link
Same boat as Alfred.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 18 May 2024 20:33 (one week ago) link
i think happier than ever is better overall but this has higher highs and lower lows
― ufo, Saturday, 18 May 2024 22:51 (one week ago) link
only one listen but I think this is easily my favourite album of hers, even if it doesn't have as many obvious "singles"
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 18:25 (one week ago) link
this is her best so far
― ivy., Tuesday, 21 May 2024 18:34 (one week ago) link
Yep.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 18:35 (one week ago) link
This album is pretty good. Surprised that we have yet to hear from morrisp.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 20:32 (one week ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WSIpxukIO8
she released a full length version of the cool part of "l'amour de ma vie"!
― ufo, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 12:51 (one week ago) link
why wasn't this on the album in full lol
― ufo, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 12:52 (one week ago) link
this is awesome. listening to the whole thing for the first time now. i loved "lunch" the first time i heard it. i even heard it in the car during an I Heart Radio premiere! that felt old-fashioned. i love the dreamy tracks on this. so pretty. and i love "the greatest". my new theme song.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:07 (one week ago) link
this is fine idk
― imago, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:09 (one week ago) link
Billie Eilish.... welcome to the great state of New Jersey!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:14 (one week ago) link
haha
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 20:40 (one week ago) link
"birds of a feather" is good damn
i like "lunch" but it does feel a bit like "bad guy" pt 2
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 21:30 (one week ago) link
"lunch" is just fine, it's not annoying in the same way as "bad guy" but it's not one of the best things here
― ufo, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 22:45 (one week ago) link
does CHIHIRO sound a bit like an Avalon Emerson bite?
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 22:48 (one week ago) link
man you people dislike pleasure
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 22:53 (one week ago) link
nuh uh, i like it fine.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 22:58 (one week ago) link
i'm gonna play it again tomorrow morning when i get into work. it was very soothing to me. but in an upfront present way. not background music or wallpaper. i was with her the whole way.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 22:59 (one week ago) link
pleasure is great, one thing I find pleasurable is ruining everyone else's fun
but tbrr, I like this album after one listen so far
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 23:33 (one week ago) link
I'm an outlier in that her 2019 whispery post-Lorde shtick bored me, so every subsequent album has impressed me.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 May 2024 23:50 (one week ago) link
― Muad'Doob (Moodles)
Oh yeah kind of, might explain why it’s one of my fave things in here.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 23 May 2024 00:13 (six days ago) link
I can’t remember a thing about this album after I’ve listened to it.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 23 May 2024 02:34 (six days ago) link
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.)
or pt 3 since Therefore I Am felt like "bad guy" pt 2.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 23 May 2024 15:11 (six days ago) link
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm)
I had a similar response to her first album.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 May 2024 15:13 (six days ago) link
I have only heard it a couple of times but "lunch" and "birds of a feather" are some of the catchiest things she has done. There's plenty of songs on the second half that I do not remember at all though but again, I haven't heard to it a lot.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 23 May 2024 15:16 (six days ago) link
while listening though I think this is her best produced record and her best vocal performance in general even though I don't remember much about half of it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 23 May 2024 15:19 (six days ago) link
the extended version of the second half of "l'amour" is great
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Thursday, 23 May 2024 15:28 (six days ago) link
part of what elevates "birds of a feather" above similar fare for me is the sound of the drums
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 23 May 2024 16:52 (six days ago) link
this is just a random stray thought but "birds of a feather" reminds me a lot of "II most wanted" in terms of being mawkish, FM radio type songs that could have been gloopy, corny, forgettable in the wrong hands, and instead are, to me, kinda exemplary contemporary versions of that kinda songcraft. in particular i think in both cases you have exceptional vocalists elevating the songs to a place of real emotional resonance
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 23 May 2024 17:03 (six days ago) link
I might not be that well versed in Billie Eilish but her vocal performance in “birds of a feather” seems out of her comfort zone, if I had heard it out of context for the first time I wouldn’t have guessed it’s her.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 24 May 2024 03:27 (five days ago) link
first-listen impression is that this is not an essential release from her, tho the closing track was great. "birds of a feather" is my fav w/ 'hit potential' but it sounds like that one jason mraz song lol
― dyl, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 01:34 (yesterday) link
i'd have said the same after my first listen, but after several subsequent listens i'd say it is definitely an essential release from her.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 10:42 (yesterday) link
i do not hear "i'm yours" in "birds of a feather" (thankfully!)
― ufo, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 11:59 (yesterday) link
Her best album.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 12:00 (yesterday) link
Does anyone hear a little of Kraftwerk’s “The Model” in “Lunch”, or is it just me
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 14:35 (yesterday) link
you're right
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 May 2024 14:48 (yesterday) link
i meant "you and i both" which i should have clarified given it not being super well known. those of us with refined taste in supermarket music know it's a great song in its own right ;P
― dyl, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 14:52 (yesterday) link
that makes a whole lot more sense
― ufo, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 15:03 (yesterday) link