billie eilish

If you say so (I thought the s/t was ok btw, everything after that can perish in a fire).

It sounds nothing like the XX who are great and got better after the s/t. So there.

I actually do think she and Romy have a certain vocal similarity, though Eilish is a lot more demonstrative esp now

also "I'm in love with my future" is a cool lyric/sentiment

try singing that in six months.

j/k, I like the song.

chilly gonzales otm these are asmr vocals

This is very good and so smooth !
Perfect for a cocktail by the swimming pool as the sun sets...

The long vocal intro before the groove kicks in reminds me of Donna Summer in spirit.
Actually the track is so short it begs for an extended club remix.

beautiful song, agreed that she's taken major steps as a singer, even since 'everything i wanted'

I don’t really hear the XX? Maybe Zero7 or some other chillout/downtempo act from the early 00s.

I thought of the xx because of the barely-there instrumental substratum in the first half and her voice's mild R&B inflections. I can hear echoes of Zero 7 as well, maybe even a bit of Radiohead.

Yeah I got strong turn of the millennium trip-hop/downtempo vibes from this. Like Esthero.

half of esthero is responsible for the weeknd so that's not surprising

welp I learned something today!

(I don't hear any of them so much as something cathy battistessa maybe would sing on)

this maybe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unt6WExrupg

It's got kind of a Cardigans vibe to me

dammmmmmn what a song

it's okay

Her voice sounds terrific (and I’m listening thru an iPhone speaker). Don’t know how I feel about the song, but what a performance.

Lol at the hype, this is okay but if anyone else released this noone would care.

i listened again and i think i was being mean, it really is quite nice

The esthero comparison is otm. I couldn’t quite place what it reminded me of but that’s it... I don’t hear that much difference between say “that girl” and this.

https://youtu.be/CJ-6vzIqsg4

Not hating the production is great and she’s a very competent singer but as a song it’s very non-descript ripe for some cafe del mar compilation.

Seriously go to 2:00 and tell me that couldn't break into "love me love me say that you love me"

This just got recommended to me via youtube...:

Noga Erez - You So Done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn813NKlhzI

Sounds influenced by Billie Eilish.

"my future" is amazing... there's something understated about the groove that displays fluency w/ the reference points but isn't trying to show off that reminds me of velvet rope

@buzzfeed @upworthy

For those interested – she’s doing a $30
livestream concert today/tomorrow (depending on where & when you’re reading this): https://livestream.billieeilish.com/

(or 10 years in the past... depending on when you’re reading this.)

anyone watching? I wonder how much she's making off this; worldwide, $30 a pop, preshow is pretty lined up with sponsors (beats, Verizon, fender). Good for her.

This show is fucking wow. These projections are amazing

Cool video. (Parking at the Glendale Galleria was probably easy for once.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUQl6YcMalg

holy "family affair" batman

Very cool: http://billie.withyoutube.com/

Per RS: https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/youtube-billie-eilish-infinite-bad-guy-video-1093765/

To celebrate that milestone, and the fact that Eilish’s smash hit is one of the most-covered songs the platform has ever seen, YouTube is releasing what the company calls “the world’s first infinite video,” which takes short clips from tens of thousands of “Bad Guy” covers and randomly links them together, creating a new visual every time. Thanks to AI that can recognize song structure, the clips are always strung together to fit the sequence of the sing.

In truth, the “infinite” video isn’t actually infinite. But, according to YouTube, there are 1.46 x 10^100 years of video combinations, so it would be impossible for a person to see the exact same sequence more than once in their lifetime. The video was created with 10.5 million seconds of digital content.

Not Billie, but this performance was really powerful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-5qRTeuX8w

Ugh I hate that I kind of love her now but there’s no denying she’s an astounding performer and most of their compositions and production suit her to a T.

I’ve even switched into thinking “my future” sounded pleasantly generic into thinking it’s one of my favorite songs of the year.

I think what’s really standing out to me after seeing a few of her live videos is how much confidence she has in her own voice and how often it’s stripped from too many things going on except for layers of vocals (e.g. “my future”, “when the party’s over”, “everything I wanted”...).

Anyways, she’s won me with the mellow ballads. Still not a fan on her more “fun” side (therefore I am, bad guy...) but I do love “bury a friend” so I might be getting there.

Is that Leeann Rimes on The Masked Singer?

That is the rumor

she's doing a song with Rosalia which would be a lot more exciting if it wasn't for a TV show soundtrack (Euphoria)

It's not TV...

isn't it?

.... it’s HBO

Lol

High five D-40!

i can't remember the last rosalía collab i actually liked (was it "con altura"??) so i fully expect this to be underwhelming

I can hear a middle ground in their sound that makes me think this could actually be good.

Oh... this is out now apparently.