The song "blue" is a masterpiece. I feel like it's probably the best song they've made. Finneas and Billie. If you're a billie fan from way back, you know about the song "blue" and have heard it from it's humble beginnings of a plain ol pop song. It's an old song from the "don't smile at me" era that never made it on to an album. So for it to finally have it's birth on an album was a "holy shXt" moment for people. Almost emotional. To hear that little intro to "blue" at the end of bittersuite? it was epic. And to hear what it morphed into? Completely different song.
For me, it's actually the first album that I have to listen to in its entirety over and over again, where there isn't a single song on it that I don't like. not even close and I'm 51 years old. I've always loved listening to them, but this is phenomenal Feedback
yeah around late 2020 during covid (she was 19) there was this one photo that went public where people started saying she got "fat" and it went on for a bit long, and then after that she had to start changing her lifestyle (going to the gym more, changing her diet, etc.) and people thought she looked better and happier now bc she started wearing less baggy clothes around 2022 and so on, so the song "skinny" is something new to us, we didn't know how she felt about her body now and that's I guess her answer. on her short film "not my responsibility" she was still on the process of loosing weight.
blue is her least favorite color and people used to love her blue hair, and she hated that (as she stated in an interview). For billie being “blue” represents the person she “used to be”, the depressed young girl. This album is basically her accepting her true self (her true blue). This album felt like a journey of self acceptance. In the song skinny she basically say that looking back now she never been that bad
People says that the diner could be about the pov of the stalker she had that wrote her letters and waited for her at her home. I’m pretty sure he got arrested but I forgot because it was awhile ago
Yesterday I was obsessed with Bittersuite to Blue and today I’m drowning my senses in the fun of Lunch. This album is such a present, a treasure. I knew it would be good…but this good? Thank you, O’Connells.
2:30 Yes,there was a time where lots of people fat shamed her,it was around the time she had her hair dyed neon green and black , some people can be so mean,smh. She wasn't even fat though, people are so stupid bro.
u can actually call the number at the end of the diner and it’s a voicemail of Billie saying she’ll call u back! At the end of Blue aswell she says ‘ when can I hear the next one’ people believe she will be releasing another album because of these and also a lot of other evidence she may be releasing another one !
*Hello! I haven’t watched your videos since the last Billie album reaction lol. I’m so excited and happy you enjoyed this album! It has taken the spot of my favorite album Billie has made to this date. Also, fun fact about BIRDS OF A FEATHER, it made an appearance as the background music for a trailer of season 3 of the Netflix series Heartstopper! I’m really happy about that too because that is two of my favorite things combined! I really enjoyed the whole vibes of this album as a whole. I’ve been listening to it on repeat since it released! I’m probably going to go watch some of your other Billie reactions now as well! :DDD*
Billie always have had problems with people about her body. She used to wear hoodies and stuff that could hide her body from the people. One time I remember they would bring up even her brother Finneas to the conversation. so majority of Billie dealt with insecurity, now she's grown and she doesn't care as much as she did when she was growing
She said that she has been body shamed and she has been going to the gym to lose weight. Hit me hard and soft was meant to be able to work out to and have a dance vibe.
the whole entirety of the diner is about a stalker billie had "I saw you on the screen, i know were meant to be" "im waiting on your block, but please dont call the cops, theyll make me stop"
As a mom I still hear Maggie’s voice ‘ Are you sure you want to put this out there??’ Stalkers are VERY scary. Writing a song about one that references actual events.. 😬.
Showing this video some love too since I noticed you had to reupload I mentioned in the original post that I was listening to this album and you immediately came to mind as the first person I was excited to see a reaction/review from for HIT ME HARD AND SOFT. Seemed like it would be exactly what you're into and it seems I was right in that. Glad you enjoyed the album as much as I did, bro--truly just a masterpiece of lyricism and musical production
Thanks for coming over to the reupload bro. You were exactly right this album is completely on my wavelength and somehow it’s getting better with every listen
As a swifty who adores both Taylor and billie, this album absolutely slaps. Top to bottom bangers. S tier production and quality. After hearing this Taylors team should be embarrassed about what they just released. Quality over quantity goes a lonnnnnnnng way...
This was a tough watch but only because my eyes kept getting drawn to all those damn ads and vids around the lyrics. You really gotta get an ad blocker or something
Did you notice, at the end of BLUE, the last lyric was "But when can i hear the next one" she's been hinting (or at least us fans think, we are a bit delusional) that there's a second album?? Soundcloud posted "billie should we tell them" Ari Greenbalt posted "I'm ready for the next one" and a lot more clues, hinting towards something else, could be a deluxe version, idk. Love this album, it's been on repeat since it came out. Can't believe it's already got 72M streams and two songs have already reached 10M streams.
what can I say? Her vocals, the varied background music, how 1 tracks flows into another.. Her brother Finneas is Incredibly talented, the way he edits and remixes the music! So many great songs! not just an album, an experience! It's rare, these days that a recording artist puts out an album that's worth listening to all the way through.
I'm very much enjoying the album. Time will tell but possibly her best album. Not that anyone asked but my favorites in (rough) order, for now anyway: Chihiro, Blue, Bittersuite, The Greatest, L'Amour De Ma Vie, Lunch, The Diner, Wildflower, Skinny, Birds of a Feather. And it's not to say I dislike the songs at the tail end of that, it's just like a matter of S tier vs A tier lol. P.S. your L'Amour De Ma Vie dance is perfect lol
Honestly, it wasn't for me at first listen. I did think it sounded beautiful, I'm not sure what exactly I didn't like at first. But then before I realized it, I was suddenly listening to all the songs again and again on repeat. Now it's it's one of my favorite albums of hers. Also love how cinematic the ending of Skinny and Blue is, especially at the end of the album.
Blue has references to all the tracks in the album including The Diner( dont be affraid of me IM WHAT YOU NEED) in BLUE she changes the verse to IM NOT WHAT YOU NEED
i must warn you that the streams that were on spotify were from the partial day, the album didn't flopped!! in fact it was a smash and debuted with 72 million plays on the first day!!!!!!
She did have a stalker, NDA from her previous album kinda refers to that situation and it was in the news at some point. It was at her old house that she grew up at. I'm fairly certain this song is written from the perspective of the stalker - she tends to do a lot of songs written from other people's perspectives / fictitious scenarios (ex: Bellyache)
okay so (from a billie fan deeeep into the lore) there is some context/quick info about some tracks: SKINNY - there was a pic of her in a tank top i think in 2020-2021 where everyone said she was fat (it was just that nobody has seen her body) LUNCH - i dont think this banger needs explanation lol. she recently came out and you should also read the interview she gave to vanity fair CHIHIRO - if you have seen the movie you probably can spot the references. some of them are: 1. said you wont forget my name 2. open up the door 3. saw you turn around but it wasnt your face 4. I was waiting in the garden 5. there's a part of me that recognizes you do you feel it too (i thinks thats all). im not explaining the scenes cause i dont wanna spoil:) BIRDS OF A FEATHER - a love song wich is almost psychotic when you focus on the lyrics. the person in this song is so obsessed with them, that they would die for them. the person doesn’t care if they had to suffer for it or whatever, they would still love them. WILDFLOWER - okayyy lets take it from the beginning. Jesse Rutherford (singer of The neighborhood) was dating Devon Carlson for six years (2015-2021). Billie dated Jesse for less than a year in 2022-2023. Devon was Billie's friend when she and Jesse broke up (she was crying on my shoulder and some months later Billie and Jesse started dating ( only made us closer until July'). Billie said in a interview that this song is about breaking the 'Girl Code' and that's why she questions herself 'did i cross the line?'. She can't get over the guilt of dating her friend's ex and she still 'sees her in the back of her mind all the time. Also, the title comes from a phone case brand that Devon owns, called 'Wildflower Cases. THE GREATEST - there is not much to explain about this one. It's a heartbreak song talking about a one-sided relationship where she was the only one who tried and where 'all her love and patience (was) unappreciated. L'AMOUR DE MA VIE - the tranlation of the title is 'Love of my life. This is a kind of revenge song that SLAPS the shit out of her ex (we are not sure which one) saying she wishes the best for him but i told you a lie when i said you were the love of my life. She claims that she was not inlove with him 'now go fall inlove just like we were, if i ever was'. Then in the end she re-quotes her chorus lyric saying for you i was the love of your life, but you were not mine'. Second part of the song is just a clubby little part just saying she is glad it's all over with them now (she also put out an extended version of it called 'Over Now'). THE DINER - so when Billie was still living with her parents and she started to get famous, she had multiple stalkers around her house. One of them was the creepiest, he sent her letters saying he is Lucifer (in her song NDA she also makes a reference to him saying: ‚got a stalker walking up and down the street says he's satan and he'd like to meet') and that if you don't take this letter seriously YOU WILL D!E; (yes, in all caps). He broke into her garden topless (was easy getting over and i landed on my feet') and everytime she saw him he made a thoat-cutting move. After that Billie filed a restraining order against him and i think he got arrested. This song is written from the stalker's POV. BITTERSUITE - not much really, just another banger. Its outro is the instrumental of the first verse of 'blue' BLUE - this song is a combination of the unreleased but leaked and also quite famous very old song 'True Blue' Billie wrote on the beggining of her career and the song ‚Born Blue' which was supposed to be in her album 'Happier Than Ever' but didn't make it. True blue' is the first part of BLUE, kinda changed tho. In the first part of the song she also makes a reference to all of the previous songs on the album, either with their title or with lyrics included in them, The second part of BLUE is where we hear 'Born Blue'.
Billie is so like a flower, opening from a promising bud to a magnificent sweet blossom. Also, the video for Lunch shows her recently and even though a lot of the clothes were baggy, you still caught glimpses and she’s visibly thinner than that shot of her leaving the gym that started all the fat talk. So ridiculous.
yes idk if anyone explained it for you yet, but back in 2020 (?) she had a paparazzi picture go viral, everyone bullied her relentlessly, so many horrible memes of her were made from that photo. it was a horrible time to be a billie fan.
I noticed your catalog is mainly pop music, but if you want to see who inspired Billie to make such unique music, I'd highly recommend checking out Aurora. Aurora is not pop music, she's an experimental Norwegian artist, and probably the most underrated vocalist/composer/writer on the planet. Without Aurora, we probably wouldn't have Billie. She inspired Billie to start making music. The song Billie credits the start of her career to is called "Runaway" by Aurora.
Skinny - 1:48
Lunch - 6:50
Chihiro - 10:54
Birds of a Feather - 16:00
Wildflower - 21:12
The Greatest - 27:32
L'amour de ma Vie - 34:20
The Diner - 41:46
Bittersuite - 46:01
Blue - 52:52
I love people that do this
. thank you!!
48:05 the melody makes me remember the Brazilian song "Malandramente" by DENNIS, almost a sample
Album of the year. Straight up. And this is finneas's and billie's best work yet.
everyone is loving the album! critics are also giving HIGH ratings!
The song "blue" is a masterpiece. I feel like it's probably the best song they've made. Finneas and Billie. If you're a billie fan from way back, you know about the song "blue" and have heard it from it's humble beginnings of a plain ol pop song. It's an old song from the "don't smile at me" era that never made it on to an album. So for it to finally have it's birth on an album was a "holy shXt" moment for people. Almost emotional. To hear that little intro to "blue" at the end of bittersuite? it was epic. And to hear what it morphed into? Completely different song.
Not only is "True Blue" there, but another song called "Born Blue" is apart of BLUE and was originally written for HTE.
Actually it was called true blue!
For realll
For me, it's actually the first album that I have to listen to in its entirety over and over again, where there isn't a single song on it that I don't like. not even close and I'm 51 years old. I've always loved listening to them, but this is phenomenal
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bittersuite is play on the word referring to a musical suite which is a sequence of short musical pieces
yeah around late 2020 during covid (she was 19) there was this one photo that went public where people started saying she got "fat" and it went on for a bit long, and then after that she had to start changing her lifestyle (going to the gym more, changing her diet, etc.) and people thought she looked better and happier now bc she started wearing less baggy clothes around 2022 and so on, so the song "skinny" is something new to us, we didn't know how she felt about her body now and that's I guess her answer. on her short film "not my responsibility" she was still on the process of loosing weight.
i feel so bad for her ☹️☹️
blue is her least favorite color and people used to love her blue hair, and she hated that (as she stated in an interview). For billie being “blue” represents the person she “used to be”, the depressed young girl. This album is basically her accepting her true self (her true blue). This album felt like a journey of self acceptance. In the song skinny she basically say that looking back now she never been that bad
Your English is better than many Americans and bravo to you for trying this difficult language!
@@Sandy-xb1jpthanks!!
just came too see chihiro, the greatest and blue reaction. that shit hits hard.
Masterpiece for shure❤
I just discovered your reaction channel. I watched all your Billie album reactions love your devotion to her artistry. Hmh&s is a masterpiece.
People says that the diner could be about the pov of the stalker she had that wrote her letters and waited for her at her home. I’m pretty sure he got arrested but I forgot because it was awhile ago
BLUE is my favorite this album! Is incredible 💙😍
your reactions are so detailed it‘s so good appreciate your effort❤
Yesterday I was obsessed with Bittersuite to Blue and today I’m drowning my senses in the fun of Lunch. This album is such a present, a treasure. I knew it would be good…but this good? Thank you, O’Connells.
NOOOO U MISSED THE FINAL PHRASE ON THE FINAL TRACK
2:30
Yes,there was a time where lots of people fat shamed her,it was around the time she had her hair dyed neon green and black , some people can be so mean,smh. She wasn't even fat though, people are so stupid bro.
That’s crazy I didn’t know about that, doesn’t surprise me at all though sadly
please this album makes me feel life again, the music, lyrics, omagaaaaa. thanks for reactioan, waiting u reaction since teaser up :,))
Dude I love your reactions so much, I was waiting for this one! I'm so glad you love this album as much as me it's so fuckin good...
you stopped the song "blue" a little early, she says "but when can i hear the next one?" , possibly teasing a double album👀👀
I hope so!
The Greatest...Wow!
I knew she had a good voice but Wow!
( mind blown)
Can't wait to hear this all live in November! My 3rd time seeing her live! 😜
u can actually call the number at the end of the diner and it’s a voicemail of Billie saying she’ll call u back! At the end of
Blue aswell she says ‘ when can I hear the next one’ people believe she will be releasing another album because of these and also a lot of other evidence she may be releasing another one !
*Hello! I haven’t watched your videos since the last Billie album reaction lol. I’m so excited and happy you enjoyed this album! It has taken the spot of my favorite album Billie has made to this date. Also, fun fact about BIRDS OF A FEATHER, it made an appearance as the background music for a trailer of season 3 of the Netflix series Heartstopper! I’m really happy about that too because that is two of my favorite things combined! I really enjoyed the whole vibes of this album as a whole. I’ve been listening to it on repeat since it released! I’m probably going to go watch some of your other Billie reactions now as well! :DDD*
Billie always have had problems with people about her body. She used to wear hoodies and stuff that could hide her body from the people. One time I remember they would bring up even her brother Finneas to the conversation. so majority of Billie dealt with insecurity, now she's grown and she doesn't care as much as she did when she was growing
Billie and Finneas outdid themselves in this album 🫂
Bittersuite is FIIIIIIIRE
can't wait to see her in concert in November!!
She said that she has been body shamed and she has been going to the gym to lose weight. Hit me hard and soft was meant to be able to work out to and have a dance vibe.
the whole entirety of the diner is about a stalker billie had
"I saw you on the screen, i know were meant to be"
"im waiting on your block, but please dont call the cops, theyll make me stop"
This album is just as good as WWAFAWDWG.. straight up.
The Greatest
Chihiro
Birds of a Feather
My favorites...
Bittersuite
Blue
Her vocals are Amazing!
Masterpiece 💙❤️
51:18 the moment the whole fandom freaks out literally…
my soul literally said "bye bye girl"😭
I guess Chihiro and Wildflower are my favorites >
hits really hard
All the female gay clubs have Lunch on a loop! And Yes, Billy has had at least one dangerous stalker. They don’t talk about it these days.
As a mom I still hear Maggie’s voice ‘ Are you sure you want to put this out there??’ Stalkers are VERY scary. Writing a song about one that references actual events.. 😬.
Showing this video some love too since I noticed you had to reupload
I mentioned in the original post that I was listening to this album and you immediately came to mind as the first person I was excited to see a reaction/review from for HIT ME HARD AND SOFT. Seemed like it would be exactly what you're into and it seems I was right in that. Glad you enjoyed the album as much as I did, bro--truly just a masterpiece of lyricism and musical production
Thanks for coming over to the reupload bro. You were exactly right this album is completely on my wavelength and somehow it’s getting better with every listen
As a swifty who adores both Taylor and billie, this album absolutely slaps. Top to bottom bangers. S tier production and quality. After hearing this Taylors team should be embarrassed about what they just released. Quality over quantity goes a lonnnnnnnng way...
ur my favourite at reaction😫
Thank you!
i was waiting for this reaction didn’t even watch yet but bro thank
This was a tough watch but only because my eyes kept getting drawn to all those damn ads and vids around the lyrics. You really gotta get an ad blocker or something
Couldn't wait for this reaction. I'm trying not to get in trouble watching this at work LOL
Love this dedication lol
I love this album so much I love Billie so much she’s amazing she is sooo nice to her fans she deserves to win a Grammy again with this album
Did you notice, at the end of BLUE, the last lyric was "But when can i hear the next one" she's been hinting (or at least us fans think, we are a bit delusional) that there's a second album?? Soundcloud posted "billie should we tell them" Ari Greenbalt posted "I'm ready for the next one" and a lot more clues, hinting towards something else, could be a deluxe version, idk. Love this album, it's been on repeat since it came out. Can't believe it's already got 72M streams and two songs have already reached 10M streams.
I really hope so!
what can I say?
Her vocals, the varied background music, how 1 tracks flows into another..
Her brother Finneas is Incredibly talented, the way he edits and remixes the music!
So many great songs!
not just an album, an experience!
It's rare, these days that a recording artist puts out an album that's worth listening to all the way through.
been waiting for this reactionnn 🙏🙏
Man, your reaction was touching, really good. Maybe you can do something with Hayley Williams and Paramore? suuuuub ;)
I usually skip reactions but your reactions are just different
Usually there’s songs in a album I don’t like but this one I love every single one ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm very much enjoying the album. Time will tell but possibly her best album. Not that anyone asked but my favorites in (rough) order, for now anyway: Chihiro, Blue, Bittersuite, The Greatest, L'Amour De Ma Vie, Lunch, The Diner, Wildflower, Skinny, Birds of a Feather. And it's not to say I dislike the songs at the tail end of that, it's just like a matter of S tier vs A tier lol.
P.S. your L'Amour De Ma Vie dance is perfect lol
Honestly, it wasn't for me at first listen. I did think it sounded beautiful, I'm not sure what exactly I didn't like at first. But then before I realized it, I was suddenly listening to all the songs again and again on repeat. Now it's it's one of my favorite albums of hers. Also love how cinematic the ending of Skinny and Blue is, especially at the end of the album.
Blue has references to all the tracks in the album including The Diner( dont be affraid of me IM WHAT YOU NEED) in BLUE she changes the verse to IM NOT WHAT YOU NEED
i must warn you that the streams that were on spotify were from the partial day, the album didn't flopped!! in fact it was a smash and debuted with 72 million plays on the first day!!!!!!
You need to listen to Guitar Songs by Billie Eilish it's only 2 songs but she sings amazing and they are so good
Love to watch her voice make you smile. She does the same to me.
React to Lana del Rey “did you know that there’s a tunnel under ocean Blvd” PLEASEEE we are begging❤️❤️❤️❤️
She did have a stalker, NDA from her previous album kinda refers to that situation and it was in the news at some point. It was at her old house that she grew up at. I'm fairly certain this song is written from the perspective of the stalker - she tends to do a lot of songs written from other people's perspectives / fictitious scenarios (ex: Bellyache)
okay so (from a billie fan deeeep into the lore) there is some context/quick info about some tracks:
SKINNY - there was a pic of her in a tank top i think in 2020-2021 where everyone said she was fat (it was just that nobody has seen her body)
LUNCH - i dont think this banger needs explanation lol. she recently came out and you should also read the interview she gave to vanity fair
CHIHIRO - if you have seen the movie you probably can spot the references.
some of them are:
1. said you wont forget my name
2. open up the door
3. saw you turn around but it wasnt your face
4. I was waiting in the garden
5. there's a part of me that recognizes you do you feel it too (i thinks thats all). im not explaining the scenes cause i dont wanna spoil:)
BIRDS OF A FEATHER - a love song wich is almost psychotic when you focus on the lyrics. the person in this song is so obsessed with them, that they would die for them. the person doesn’t care if they had to suffer for it or whatever, they would still love them.
WILDFLOWER - okayyy lets take it from the beginning.
Jesse Rutherford (singer of The neighborhood) was dating Devon Carlson for six years (2015-2021). Billie dated Jesse for less than a year in 2022-2023. Devon was Billie's friend when she and Jesse broke up (she was crying on my shoulder and some months later Billie and Jesse started dating ( only made us closer until July'). Billie said in a interview that this song is about breaking the 'Girl Code' and that's why she questions herself 'did i cross the line?'. She can't get over the guilt of dating her friend's ex and she still 'sees her in the back of her mind all the time. Also, the title comes from a phone case brand that Devon owns, called 'Wildflower Cases.
THE GREATEST - there is not much to explain about this one. It's a heartbreak song talking about a one-sided relationship where she was the only one who tried and where 'all her love and patience (was) unappreciated.
L'AMOUR DE MA VIE - the tranlation of the title is
'Love of my life. This is a kind of revenge song that SLAPS the shit out of her ex (we are not sure which one) saying she wishes the best for him but i told you a lie when i said you were the love of my life. She claims that she was not inlove with him 'now go fall inlove just like we were, if i ever was'. Then in the end she re-quotes her chorus lyric saying for you i was the love of your life, but you were not mine'. Second part of the song is just a clubby little part just saying she is glad it's all over with them now (she also put out an extended version of it called 'Over Now').
THE DINER - so when Billie was still living with her parents and she started to get famous, she had multiple stalkers around her house. One of them was the creepiest, he sent her letters saying he is Lucifer (in her song NDA she also makes a reference to him saying: ‚got a stalker walking up and down the street says he's satan and he'd like to meet') and that if you don't take this letter seriously YOU WILL D!E; (yes, in all caps). He broke into her garden topless (was easy getting over and i landed on my feet') and everytime she saw him he made a thoat-cutting move. After that Billie filed a restraining order against him and i think he got arrested. This song is written from the stalker's POV.
BITTERSUITE - not much really, just another banger. Its outro is the instrumental of the first verse of 'blue'
BLUE - this song is a combination of the unreleased but leaked and also quite famous very old song 'True Blue' Billie wrote on the beggining of her career and the song ‚Born Blue' which was supposed to be in her album 'Happier Than Ever' but didn't make it. True blue' is the first part of BLUE, kinda changed tho. In the first part of the song she also makes a reference to all of the previous songs on the album, either with their title or with lyrics included in them, The second part of BLUE is where we hear 'Born Blue'.
Billie is so like a flower, opening from a promising bud to a magnificent sweet blossom. Also, the video for Lunch shows her recently and even though a lot of the clothes were baggy, you still caught glimpses and she’s visibly thinner than that shot of her leaving the gym that started all the fat talk. So ridiculous.
yes idk if anyone explained it for you yet, but back in 2020 (?) she had a paparazzi picture go viral, everyone bullied her relentlessly, so many horrible memes of her were made from that photo. it was a horrible time to be a billie fan.
AOTY 😮 FOR SURE ! WOW !
My top 3 is Skinny, Chihiro and Blue 😍 ❤
The greatest is well the greatest . Don’t argue with me argue with your momma 🫶🏼
I’m pretty late but man I love your reactions!
I noticed your catalog is mainly pop music, but if you want to see who inspired Billie to make such unique music, I'd highly recommend checking out Aurora. Aurora is not pop music, she's an experimental Norwegian artist, and probably the most underrated vocalist/composer/writer on the planet. Without Aurora, we probably wouldn't have Billie. She inspired Billie to start making music. The song Billie credits the start of her career to is called "Runaway" by Aurora.
"the greatest" Epic
Lol bro wasted no time!! I was excited as well bro
Its her best album 100%
AT THE END SHE SAYS "but when can I hear the next one"
Birds of a Feather is about Finneas ❤
Singles next, pleaseeeeeeeee‼️
I love ur vibeeeee
BRUHHHH i hope you listened to birtersuite and blue without skipping or pausing
album of the year 💙💙💙
i always love your reaction 🫶 please react to The Secret Of Us - Gracie Abrams
React to badlands by halsey
plis, reaction dangerous woman by Ariana Grande