Experimental, pitch-black teen pop that marked the debut of a new kind of superstar.
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WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
Billie Eilish
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With the release of her haunting alt-pop smash “Ocean Eyes” in 2016, Billie Eilish made it clear she was going to be a new kind of pop star—an introvert who favoured chilling melodies, moody beats, creepy videos and a playful crudeness. At 17, the Los Angeles native—along with her brother and co-writer, Finneas O’Connell—presented her much-anticipated debut album, a melancholy investigation of all the dark and mysterious spaces that linger in the back of our minds.
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Billie, who is both beleaguered and fascinated by night terrors and sleep paralysis, has a complicated relationship with her subconscious. “I’m the monster under the bed, I’m my own worst enemy,” she told Apple Music. “It’s not that the whole album is a bad dream, it’s just…surreal.” With an endearingly off-kilter mix of teen angst and experimentalism, the album quickly and decidedly launched Billie Eilish as the perfect avatar for a new, uncertain era.