I think her real genius is in her soft closely microphoned vocals
― Dan S, Thursday, 30 January 2020 03:59 (four years ago) link
yeah, i don't even know who produces and records her stuff but they should be getting paid
― I wanna publish memes and rage against machimes (rip van wanko), Thursday, 30 January 2020 04:03 (four years ago) link
I was listening to a lot of the album yesterday and I'm still amazed how perfectly the xanny vocals, starting at skepticism, kind of float off at the end
― babu frik fan account (mh), Thursday, 30 January 2020 04:03 (four years ago) link
xp it's her and her brother in her bedroom iirc?
― The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Thursday, 30 January 2020 04:08 (four years ago) link
xp production is entirely her brother, Finneas, who also writes the music for the tracks. All in their bedrooms at their parents' house in LA. I've seen interviews where Billie points to the bed and says yeah I just lay on my back there with a vocal mic to record "Bad Guy" or whatever.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 30 January 2020 04:11 (four years ago) link
it does feel like bedroom music in the best way
― Dan S, Thursday, 30 January 2020 04:13 (four years ago) link
does anyone know of a good edit that basically justs extends/loops the house-tempo sections of Bad Guy?
― Good taste, bit Victorian but who isn't? (jed_), Thursday, 30 January 2020 04:13 (four years ago) link
(for download)
― Good taste, bit Victorian but who isn't? (jed_), Thursday, 30 January 2020 04:14 (four years ago) link
still astonished that my 10 year old goddaughter picked up on her even before this album came out
― Dan S, Thursday, 30 January 2020 04:16 (four years ago) link
Finneas won Grammys for producer of the year and best engineered album, so he's certainly getting recognized.
― jaymc, Thursday, 30 January 2020 04:36 (four years ago) link
imo the biggest argument for billie eilish having actual talent is how much worse finneas's solo stuff is
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Thursday, 30 January 2020 04:51 (four years ago) link
fr
― I wanna publish memes and rage against machimes (rip van wanko), Thursday, 30 January 2020 04:56 (four years ago) link
I assume now that Finneas will take a bunch of production jobs and Billie won't drop another album until 2022
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 30 January 2020 15:10 (four years ago) link
can't imagine there are many/any production gigs more lucrative than the one he already has
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 30 January 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
he's worked with Halsey, Tove Lo, Camilla Cabello and Selena Gomez recently. Probably made a few bucks.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 30 January 2020 15:16 (four years ago) link
Her bro is reportedly readying a solo bow.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 30 January 2020 15:19 (four years ago) link
he already put out an EP last year
― maura, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link
anything to recommend on it?(btw maura, i liked your time mag best music of the decade and connected with a lotta your choices)
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
i'd have to relisten!
(and thank you :))
― maura, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link
I've only heard "bad guy," but I liked it. That's all I got on the subject, beyond thinking it's damn ridiculous people thought she should be aware of Van Halen.
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 30 January 2020 19:15 (four years ago) link
Her brother did one of those "song association" things for ELLE that made me want to defenestrate my monitor.
i have to say i have never forgiven him since seeing this picture http://scrumptiousmoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Maggoe-Family.png
― I wanna publish memes and rage against machimes (rip van wanko), Thursday, 30 January 2020 19:25 (four years ago) link
i'm sorry but when you're 16 you're not supposed to like family photos. you don't smile reflectively while dressed like you're doing a Tigerbeat shoot
― I wanna publish memes and rage against machimes (rip van wanko), Thursday, 30 January 2020 19:28 (four years ago) link
dude wait til you see his yearbooks
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 30 January 2020 19:32 (four years ago) link
let's do an old fashioned FT 'am i cool or not?'
― I wanna publish memes and rage against machimes (rip van wanko), Thursday, 30 January 2020 19:34 (four years ago) link
What's wrong with that photo?
― dad genes (morrisp), Thursday, 30 January 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
(as in -- I don't get the problem w/it, looks like a perfectly normal family pic)
a lot, not least of which dad's mock turtleneck, but i'll stop shitting up this thread now
― I wanna publish memes and rage against machimes (rip van wanko), Thursday, 30 January 2020 19:57 (four years ago) link
it may sound harsh, but the revolution will not be a success without the destruction of the family as a concept
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 30 January 2020 20:44 (four years ago) link
I love the bit at the very beginning where she and her brother just fall around laughing, but then at some point her laugh stops being a teenager goofing around and becomes this hollow sardonic supervillain laugh and then Bad Guy immediately kicks in.
If we do look back on this record at the end of the decade as one of those records that changed pop then it's immediately apparent from the very beginning. Just binning the permagrinning champagne maximalism of so much of the previous decade, it already sounds like a generational shift.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 30 January 2020 21:44 (four years ago) link
Oh it turns out I already made that last point several months ago.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 30 January 2020 21:46 (four years ago) link
it's a great otm point, deserved to be made again
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 30 January 2020 21:51 (four years ago) link
yes^^^
― brimstead, Thursday, 30 January 2020 22:43 (four years ago) link
Just binning the permagrinning champagne maximalism of so much of the previous decade, it already sounds like a generational shift.Even in light of Lorde?
― dad genes (morrisp), Thursday, 30 January 2020 22:46 (four years ago) link
(I’m not knocking BE or calling her derivative, but she feels very post-Lorde to me, not something radically new on the pop landscape.)
― dad genes (morrisp), Thursday, 30 January 2020 22:48 (four years ago) link
the sadboi movement was huge, arguably having broken into the mainstream, and preceded billie by years
― I wanna publish memes and rage against machimes (rip van wanko), Thursday, 30 January 2020 23:41 (four years ago) link
eilish still feels fairly radical in the current pop landscape even though lorde is an obvious predecessor
― ufo, Thursday, 30 January 2020 23:48 (four years ago) link
sky and lana?
― I wanna publish memes and rage against machimes (rip van wanko), Thursday, 30 January 2020 23:49 (four years ago) link
Nirvana had precedents as well but it didn't stop Smells Like Teen Spirit feeling like one of those generational watershed moments, the point where things suddenly snap into focus and become huge.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 30 January 2020 23:52 (four years ago) link
sky was never mainstream and i don't think lana shares much in common musically
― ufo, Friday, 31 January 2020 00:05 (four years ago) link
thank god
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 31 January 2020 06:40 (four years ago) link
Is it even possible to have generational watershed moments in pop music these days with the all of the genre and scene fragmentation that the internet has wrought? I feel like the social phenomenon that was Smells Like Teen Spirit won't happen in a purely musical medium in the future.
― octobeard, Friday, 31 January 2020 09:38 (four years ago) link
next cultural shift will take place in a Youtube toy unboxing video
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 31 January 2020 14:03 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36KTm7XJucc
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 31 January 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
https://www.complex.com/music/2020/02/billie-eilish-thinks-rappers-lie-too-much
incredibly lame
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 21:50 (four years ago) link
yeah fuck that
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 23:03 (four years ago) link
rmde, not at billie
― otm into winter (rip van wanko), Thursday, 6 February 2020 00:02 (four years ago) link
Wow, nice clickbait. Wonder how many shoes it sells them.
Side note: I had to look up "rap cap" and while I did find a definition, I wasn't able to track down an origin. Anyone know?
― ☮️ (peace, man), Thursday, 6 February 2020 12:30 (four years ago) link
― I wanna publish memes and rage against machimes (rip van wanko), Thursday, January 30, 2020 11:41 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
wtf is “sadboi”? i did a search and ilx has mentioned the word “sadboi” exactly two times before this post, both unrelated to any kind of musical genre or artist.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 6 February 2020 12:39 (four years ago) link
She’s got the Rockist™ seal of approval, lol:
Q: You appeared on the cover of "Rolling Stone" with Billie Eilish last year and have talked about going to her shows. How did you feel about her Grammys sweep last week?Armstrong: It was great. I mean, I only heard about it – actually trying to watch the Grammys is pretty brutal, but I'm stoked for her and Finneas (O'Connell, her brother and producer). It's insanely well-deserved. Their music is very real, and you can tell it all comes from them, which is what sets it apart from what other pop acts are doing. It's not even comparable to think about what she does compared to someone like Ariana Grande. She's the real deal.
― dad genes (morrisp), Monday, 10 February 2020 23:50 (four years ago) link