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Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft - A Sensational Review

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Discover the captivating world of Billie Eilish's latest album that breaks all the rules while embracing sex, love, and heartbreak.

Billie Eilish's third album, 'Hit Me Hard and Soft,' has taken the music world by storm with its unique blend of energy and intimacy. The star proves to be the ultimate outlier in the industry, challenging traditional norms with her subtle yet impactful sound. Delving into themes of sexuality, love, and heartbreak, Eilish's music resonates with audiences on a profound level.

As fans rush to buy the 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' vinyl online, the album's explicit, sapphic undertones and sensual heartbreak moments have been hailed as a masterpiece comparable to iconic works like Joni Mitchell's 'Blue.' Eilish's ability to intertwine zealous emotion with raw vulnerability showcases her evolution as an artist and cements her place among music legends.

One standout track, 'Lunch,' adds a saucy element to the album, contrasting with its overall subtle tone. Eilish's explanation of the song's lyrics has sparked intrigue and speculation among listeners, adding another layer of depth to her already enigmatic persona.

Amidst the album's success, a dramatic scene unfolds behind the scenes of Billie Eilish's cover shoot for LA Mag, adding a touch of Hollywood glamour to the singer's already sensational journey.

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Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft album review — the starriest anti ... (Financial Times)

The singer's music is energised by her push-pull relationship with fame.

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Billie Eilish 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' Vinyl: Buy Online (Variety)

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Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft review – still the great outlier of ... (The Guardian)

On this deeply involving third album, Eilish once again breaks the rules for arena-filling artists: it's subtle and understated, yet jars the listener with ...

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Billie Eilish embraces sex, love and heartbreak with candor on new ... (USA TODAY)

Billie Eilish delves into her sexuality and all of the feelings on her third album, "Hit Me Hard and Soft."

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Music Review: Billie Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' is zealous ... (The Associated Press)

Billie Eilish's highly anticipated third studio album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft," has arrived. The 10-track release sees a once-in-a-generation pop performer ...

Hit Me Hard and Soft by Billie Eilish (TVShowsOnDVD.com)

Metacritic Music Reviews, Hit Me Hard and Soft by Billie Eilish, The third full-length studio release from pop singer-songwriter Billie Eilish was written, ...

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Billie Eilish, Hit Me Hard and Soft, review: explicit, sapphic and her ... (Telegraph.co.uk)

The young superstar's sensual heartbreak masterpiece is great enough to stand alongside Joni Mitchell's Blue.

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Is Billie Eilish's Birds of a Feather the song of the summer? (Los Angeles Times)

Pop superstar Billie Eilish's new album 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' is due Thursday night. One breezy track already feels like a hit.

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Billie Eilish 'Hit Me Hard And Soft' Album Review (Stereogum)

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? was designed for bedrooms; it was a collection of glitchy anthems for girls to doomscroll to in bed. Happier Than Ever ...

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Billie Eilish Is Still on a Roll With 'Hit Me Hard and Soft': Review (Variety)

Billie Eilish's latest is filled with gorgeous subtlety—plus one saucy, not-so-subtle banger, 'Lunch'—and firms up her insta-place in the pantheon.

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Billie Eilish Explains The Real Meaning Behind Her 'Lunch' Lyrics (Capital FM)

Who are Billie Eilish's Lunch lyrics about? Here's what Billie's said about the meaning behind the song.

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LA Mag's Billie Eilish Cover Shoot Shrouded in Drama (Yahoo Eurosport UK)

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Reuters/GettyA feud that unfolded behind the scenes of a glitzy Los Angeles magazine cover story ...

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Billie Eilish 'Lunch': What do the lyrics mean? (Evening Standard)

A snippet of Billie Eilish's song'Lunch broke the internet back in April, but what do the lyrics mean? In the unreleased song, Eilish sings: “I could eat ...

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Billie Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard and Soft': All 10 Songs Ranked (Billboard)

Hit Me Hard and Soft, her third and most skillful studio LP yet, arrived promptly at midnight Friday (May 17), bringing with it 10 new tracks about life under ...

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Billie Eilish Releases Highly-Anticipated Third Studio Album 'Hit Me ... (Rolling Stone)

Billie Eilish has released her third studio album 'Hit Me Hard and Soft,' which follows her previous record 'Happier Than Ever.'

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Billie Eilish's 'Lunch' Is a Spicy Queer Anthem: Lyrics (Vulture)

Billie Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' standout 'Lunch' is a spicy queer anthem, from the opening double entendre: 'I could eat that girl for lunch.'

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Billie Eilish's 'Skinny' Lyrics Comment on Body Image Critics and ... (ELLE.com)

Billie Eilish begins her new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, on a rather vulnerable note—and keeps digging deeper from there. After deciding not to release ...

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How Billie Eilish reckoned with fame to create her astonishing new ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Under strobe lights, on the smoke-covered court at Brooklyn's Barclays Centre stadium, the 22-year-old pop prodigy played her highly anticipated new album, Hit ...

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Billie Eilish finally remembers who she is (NPR)

The song "Lunch" is one of the catchiest songs she and her brother and collaborator Finneas have ever served, with openly lustful lyrics that are equal parts ...

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Billie Eilish Fans Think Her 'Wildflower' Lyrics Are About Jesse ... (Capital FM)

Are Billie Eilish's 'Wildlflower' lyrics about Devon Lee Carlson and Jesse Rutherford? All the easter eggs explained.

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Billie Eilish Dares to Write (Twisted) Love Songs on 'Hit Me Hard ... (The New York Times)

Hit Me Hard and Soft,” her third album, is both concise and far-reaching.

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Billie Eilish, dogs and lift-off: photos of the day – Friday (The Guardian)

Main image: Billie Eilish hosts a listening party for her new album. Photograph: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for ABA. Fri 17 May 2024 09.12 EDT Last modified ...

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Billie Eilish Is More Playful, More Pissed, and as Brilliant as Ever on ... (Rolling Stone)

Her third LP is her coming-of-age album and her coming-out album, with a nonstop rush of emotional and musical quick-change swerves. By Rob Sheffield ...

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Billie Eilish: Rave reviews for 'brilliant' Hit Me Hard And Soft (BBC News)

Critics call the album "explicit, sapphic and her best work yet", plus "confident and non-conformist".

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Billie Eilish Almost Called Her New Album 'Patheticville' (Rolling Stone)

Here's what didn't make it into Billie Eilish's Rolling Stone cover story. She likes: T-Pain, Lana Del Rey, The Office. She's not into stan culture.

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Billie Eilish Threw An Album Listening Party in NYC for Hit Me Hard ... (TeenVogue.com)

Billie Eilish teamed up with American Express to treat fans in NYC to a listening party ahead of the release of her third studio album, Hit Me Hard and ...

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Who Is Billie Eilish Singing About on Hit Me Hard and Soft? (The Cut)

She croons and murmur-raps. She careens from bossa nova to Euro-trance and — if you'll believe me — creaky clown music. The shifts are so attention-grabbing ...

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The Gayest Lyrics From Billie Eilish's New Album 'Hit Me Hard and ... (Autostraddle)

Billie Eilish's hot queer new album Hit Me Hard and Soft dropped today, and after streaming it on my walk to tennis this morning, I can confirm: IT'S VERY ...

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Target Drops Exclusive Billie Eilish Vinyl and Merch Capsule for ... (Hollywood Reporter)

Fans of the singer can find two exclusive editions of 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' on CD and yellow vinyl and a limited-edition T-shirt merch drop at Target.

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Billie Eilish, Saweetie, Omar Apollo, and All the Songs You Need to ... (Rolling Stone)

Billie Eilish, Saweetie, Omar Apollo, and all the songs you need to know this week.

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Billie Eilish Calls Ex Jesse Rutherford One of Her 'Favorite People ... (Billboard)

The 22-year-old pop star has confirmed that she's still friends with her rocker ex-boyfriend, whom she dated for about seven months in 2022 and 2023. Related.

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The Anxious Love Songs of Billie Eilish (The New Yorker)

Amanda Petrusich reviews the new album from Billie Eilish, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” which includes the tracks “Skinny,” “Lunch,” and “The Greatest.”

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Billie Eilish Fully Embraces Herself On 'Hit Me Hard And Soft': 5 ... (grammy.com)

On her third album, Billie Eilish returns to "the girl that I was" — and as a result, 'HIT ME HARD AND SOFT' celebrates all of the weird, sexual, beautiful, ...

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Billie Eilish's new album was almost named after a legendary quote ... (NME.com)

“I thought it was patheticville. No offense, Pam,” Kapoor says in the episode. Eilish is a massive fan of the US series and believed it was a good potential ...

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Billie Eilish releases a 'no-skip' album in 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' (Newstalk ZB)

Estelle Clifford has had Billie Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' on high rotate, and joined Jack Tame to give her thoughts on the album.

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Billie Eilish finally remembers who she is (Michigan Radio)

Speaking alongside brother/collaborator Finneas, Eilish says she discovered a new self-awareness on Hit Me Hard and Soft, after years of seeing herself ...

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8 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Billie Eilish, Crumb ... (Pitchfork)

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Billie Eilish Breaks the Mold With HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (ELLE.com)

Two ELLE editors discuss Billie Eilish's revelatory, game-changing new album.

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Hit Me Hard And Soft: What makes Billie Eilish's records 'eco-friendly'? (BBC News)

Each year, the UK's vinyl habit is estimated to produce the same amount of emissions as 400 people. But Billie Eilish is hoping to change the record with ...

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Hit Me Hard And Soft: What makes Billie Eilish's records 'eco-friendly'? (BBC News)

Each year, the UK's vinyl habit is estimated to produce the same amount of emissions as 400 people. But Billie Eilish is hoping to change the record with ...

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Billie Eilish Has a Cravings-Induced Crush in 'Lunch' Video (Rolling Stone)

In place of black silhouettes and headphone wires, the singer and songwriter dances against white, red, and blue backdrops throughout the technicolor video. The ...

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