The third and long-awaited studio album by Billie Eilish is almost among us. Entitled “Hit Me Hard And Soft” the new album promises to be a return to her “self” from the first project she released, back in 2019.
In December 2023, the singer revealed that she was about to finish the project. In an interview with the Tonight Show, a program hosted by Jimmy Fallon, Billie Eilish said that she and her brother/producer, Finneas, were just putting the “final touches”.
At the beginning of April this year, Billie finally announced the album. The news followed a different announcement by the singer, who invested in marketing carried out using the “Best Friends” tool on Instagram.
As soon as you listen to the new songs, the CNN separated everything you need to know about “Hit Me Hard And Soft”. Check out!
Everything about “Hit Me Hard And Soft”, Billie Eilish’s new album
Complete tracklist
“Hit Me Hard And Soft” has 10 tracks . Among them, songs that have already received previews, such as “Lunch”, “Chihiro” and “L'Amour De Ma Vie”. And others, like “Skinny”, project opening song, “Wildflower”, “The Greatest” It is “Blue” which ends the album.
Check out the full tracklist:
- “Skinny”
- “Lunch”
- “Chihiro”
- “Birds Of A Feather”
- “Wildflower”
- “The Greatest”
- “L'Amour De Ma Vie”
- “The Diner”
- “Bittersuite”
- “Blue”
Previews of the new album
Despite not having released a single from the new project, Billie Eilish has already shown previews of some songs.
Billie Eilish made two surprise appearances at Coachella 2024. The first, to sing with headliner Lana Del Rey on the first day of the event and the second, on the second day, when she participated in a DJ set where she played her songs “Lunch”, “L 'Amour de ma vie” and “Chihiro”. Check out the previews here.
The song “Birds of Feather” was also heard in a preview of the new season of the series “Heartstopper”.
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Leaving here a snippet of Birds of a Feather, from the new album by @billieeilish, just to tell you that the 3rd season of Heartstopper premieres on October 3rd. 🍂 pic.twitter.com/oOfsG332Ec
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Return to your past self
His latest studio album, “Happier Than Ever “, was released in 2021, two years after the success of their debut album, “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? “. According to the singer, her new project has a lot in common with the first.
In an interview with Rolling StoneIt is, Billie Eilish said that she needed to get in touch with her darker side for the new production, and that it reminded her of the period she lived with the 2019 album.
“It sounds like me's version of 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?'. It feels like my youth and who I was as a child,” she reported.
“It was the best time of my life. This whole process felt like I was getting back to the girl I was. I have been mourning her. I've been looking for her in everything and it's almost like she's been drowned out by the world and the media. I don’t remember when she left,” she added.
Release date of
All tracks from “Hit Me Hard And Soft” will be available on May 17th.
International tour
Starting in September this year, Billie Eilish will go on an international tour for the new project. Despite passing through several regions of the world, the South America seems to have been left out of the singer's plans so far.
Billie Eilish performs in Canada and the United States, between September and December this year, and resumes shows in Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom, between February and July next year.
With information from Fernanda Pinotti, from CNN.
Source: CNN Brasil
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