Billie Eilish is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She gained immense popularity at a young age with her unique style of music that blends elements of pop, electronic, and alternative genres. She first rose to prominence in 2015 with her debut single "Ocean Eyes," which was initially released on SoundCloud and later became a viral hit. In 2019, she released her debut studio album "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" which achieved both critical acclaim and commercial success. The album included hit songs like "Bad Guy," "Bury a Friend," and "When the Party's Over." Her most recent song 'What was I made for?' was featured in the new 'Barbie' film.
In this magazine cover, Eilish dominates the page, with her head covering the title of the magazine, 'Elle'. The colour scheme of the cover fits in with Eilish's own aesthetic at the time, as the colour of the font matches her green and black hair. The font on the right of the cover talks about 'Women in music' while mentioning other singers like 'Lizzo', Camila Cabello, Nicki Minaj and Rosalia; However, Eilish is the face of the cover, suggesting that she herself is more prominent than the other artists mentioned. In the bottom left corner where Billie Eilish's name is mentioned, the title before this calls her 'the new edge of seventeen'. This draws our attention to how young she is to be such a successful artist in the industry and suggests that she is perhaps more for a younger audience she herself fits in with that age bracket. Eilish maintains eye contact with the audience, in a powerful position demonstrating her independence.
Eilish's website has all of her products, including her albums but additionally her merchandise, her fragrance, her documentary and tour dates. The first part of her website markets her new song featured in the Barbie movie.
As you scroll down, you can see Eilish's upcoming tour dates. Further down, her fragrance is also advertised.
Similar to Swift's website, you alos have the option to subscribe to the website so that you can keep up to date with all things Billie Eilish via email.
"When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" was released on March 29, 2019. The album was a massive success both critically and commercially, solidifying Billie Eilish as a prominent figure in the music industry.
The album features a mix of genres including pop, electronic, and alternative, and it's known for its dark and introspective themes. One of her songs 'All the good girls go to hell,' has lyrics that touch on topics like environmental issues, climate change, and the consequences of human actions on the planet. It uses apocalyptic and metaphorical imagery to convey a message about the negative impact of human behavior. This is further reinforced via the music video.
Its not hard to see what the music video is about; it begins with Eilish falling to earth and landing in oil; she then sprouts black wings after initially being injected by some mysterious compound. Once she gets up, she begins to roam the dimly lit area. While she walks, the land around her lights on fire quickly and furiously.
In a statement, Billie touched upon the message of the video, which has to do with the urgency of climate change. "Right now there are millions of people all over the world, begging our leaders to pay attention," the singer begins. "Our earth is warming up at an unprecedented rate, ice caps are melting, our oceans are rising, our wildlife is being poisoned, and our forests are burning."
As fires behind her begin to flare up, her wings also become ablaze. This, along with lyrics like 'man is such a fool, why are we saving him?' shows to the audience the criticism that is being levied against us, as we are all complicit in the severity of climate change.
While the video is aesthetically pleasing and has a certain element of spectacle to it, it also harshly calls for action to be taken.
By the end, she turns back, wings burnt, and walks back into the post-apocalyptic scene. There's no conventional resolve in the video's plot. Instead, Eilish's surroundings continuing to burn down around her, seemingly as a metaphor for the future if climate change is not accurately addressed and remedied. The video has 227 million views, suggesting that her messaged should have been heard and listened too.
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