When the party's over, was my first experience of Billie's music. I had no idea of the rabbit hole I'd stumbled into. Try not to get bogged down in the interpretation of her deeper meanings. Everyone takes away their own piece of understanding. listen to her a few times and your understanding will change, listen a few more and change again. Don't look for comfortable and relaxed with Billie, expect uncertainty. Keep up the good work my friend and keep delving into the rabbit hole. You'll be glad that you did.
This particular song has struck a chord with me. I wasn’t expecting this. Thanks for taking the time to comment. I agree with what you say about each time you listen, you take something new away.
@@ThomasJ_Music Billie herself has said she writes from the perspective of being someone else, outside herself. She writes from the perspective of things she's read or heard about & she herself has said she wants her music to have it's own meaning for each individual person. She writes in general on purpose for a reason & it's brilliant. She also writes almost all her music with her older brother Phineas. So take that into consideration as well.
She’s also mentioned in an interview once that this can be considered a part two to her song party favor, that’s part of her EP don’t smile at me. party favor is a break up song. As many have said, this can be considered her being in a toxic relationship that just consumes her to the point she can’t keep it all in.
If it makes you feel any better, I cried when I first watched this video. I could only catch about half of the lyrics, but her acting, her vocals, the setting all affected me deeply anyway. She has a grasp on emotional communication that very few people have ever possessed. I love her mind. Billie and Finneas recorded nearly all of her hit songs in a 9" by 9' bedroom in their parent's house. She is such a perfectionist that she has been known to record the first word of a song over 1000 times until she feels that it is exactly right.
My 13 yr old daughter introduced me to Billie Eilish. She is in middle school which is a very awkward phase of life. Choosing to walk your own path instead of just fitting into a stereotype for fake acceptance is especially tough at that age. Let's be honest, kids in middle school are huge a**holes. What my daughter said is that she can actually identify with Billie and feel understood. Realistically, I think a lot of girls identify with Billie more than say Ariana Grande. She told me that watching and listening to Billie has helped her tremendously in accepting herself for herself and stop feeling bad for not being a completely unrealistic version of beauty. This is an amazing gift for an artist so young to really be touching lives in a positive way. Billie performed When the Party's Over at the Grammy's this year, you should check it out. I was blown away by the live version and how much emotion she puts into everything. Great reaction, love how you are speechless when it's over, that was exactly how I felt as well.
Watching her sing live (and always with no auto-tune) makes me really appreciate her ability to connect with you emotionally. You can tell she is really feeling her songs because she sings with her eyes closed most of the time in a lot of her songs.
She has said she likes to keep her song meanings open to individual interpretation because it’s art and art is subjective. I took some of the same from it, personally; that the black liquid represents the toxicity of a relationship that you know isn’t good for you but you can’t help but continue to consume it. Ultimately you have to release the toxic emotions.
jphoenixfan I think you’re right with this and I love that she deliberately leaves it open to interpretation. I still can’t get over the impact the video had on me tbh. Not felt like that for a while
NorthernEar Her videos tend to always have some sort of shock factor (her lyrics too). I’ve only heard her share her own meanings of her songs a couple times. Sometimes the visuals really take a different look to the actual meaning (that she has stated) and people take things out of context. A prime example is her song and video called “All The Good Girls Go To Hell”. She said all the Christians came after her for a song that’s actually about climate change. She also added that she’s not knocking Christianity, that just happens to be the group that loudly protested the song.
I like your videos and look forward to more Billie Eilish. Her greatest gift as an artist is to evoke emotion. Watch it again with an open heart and try not to think too much. I watched this on my lunch break at work and was disturbed by this 3 minute video sung and acted by a teen aged girl all afternoon. Imagery in Billie's videos are taken from her life. The black tears come from a fan who drew a picture of Billie with black tears streaming down. Billie is a true artist.
@@ThomasJ_Music Interestingly enough, that effect was done with real liquid not just computer graphics. Billie will go the extra mile to achieve her goal.
You're very intuitive and deep and that's rare in reactors that I've seen. I love that you see below surface level even on the first listen, and that's really important with this artist.
To me, the lyrics are about being in a toxic/abusive relationship, that you cling to because you "emotionally " can't afford to lose the person, but the party (meaning the nice period/love) is over and it is toxic, hence the black water. Now she is tearing herself up (her clothing) to patch up and she will lie about liking it like that (abusive) but is lying to herself. So her tears are litterally made from that toxicity, but since she drank it herself she is allowing it, which is what an abusive relationship can do to you. There is also the meaning that the relationship is with her own depression. She lies about liking it and thriving on it, but she is actually losing the battle of trying to keep herself together.
Watching you work through the lyrical interpretation and trying to gain a better understanding of the underlying meaning of the song is so relaxing. This is definitely not my genre but I could watch this all day because of the commentary you add.
I highly recommend listening to some of her covers : She did a cover of Micheal Jackson “Bad” and I honestly have never heard her sound like it again. She also did a cover of “The End of the World” (forgive me I can’t remember the original artist, anyone in the comments feel free to say) please watch the BBC1 video. I’m also a big fan of her song “hostage”, the video really illustrates her dancing abilities (she was training as a dancer until she had to stop due to serious injury)
Wow. We heard lyrics different. I hear “I’ve learned to lose, you can’t afford to.” You seem to have heard, “I’ve learned to lose you, can’t afford to.” I appreciate you. Thank you.
Mind blown 🤯 I feel like I need to find out where the comma should be now! Hahah! Either way, both are meaningful and just goes to show to strength of their songwriting ability. I’d like to think it was deliberate
NorthernEar I don’t doubt it. Have you listened to any of Finneas’ stuff? This is a sibling pair that is reshaping pop music. She also doesn’t use overt sexuality to “sell” herself to the audience. It’s refreshing and I’m so happy my 10 year old daughter listens to her.
Wow, my mind is blown too. I've only heard it the second way. Do you think the person who can't afford to lose is her, with a generic "you" or the other person? She starts with I, "I've learned to lose," then says you "you can't afford to." You can't afford to [lose]. Does she mean that in general no one can afford to lose? Or that this other person, who keeps her close and also at a distance, can't afford to lose? Both/anyone can't? All of the above? Or if it's the second way it would be "I've learned to lose you" then "[I] can't afford to." That they lived together and now don't is obvious from the context of "quiet coming home, I'm on my own," and doing separate things (somebody went to a party, and is asked to call when it's over, and it doesn't look like it was her). So I see both as possible. I'm not confused, or arguing; I'm so interested in this line having two meanings, or that I interpreted it incorrectly, or that it's just interesting. Thanks for the head cannon!
Lyrical symbolsms are pretty straightforward if you know local idioms. The dark liquid symbolizes poisonous relationships. We don't give them up even if it consumes us -- a tragedy of the human condition. Admire your honesty. Billie evokes that same complex reaction in most serious listeners. Finneas wrote it. She heard it first from her room whie he was composing it. She wished he'd ask her to sing it, which he eventually did. The visuals were inspired by a drawing of black tears a fan made of her and passed it to her through security at a concert in Montreal. Billie posted the artwork on her Instagram. Billie asked her mother to sit in that chair while she worked out the camera angles for the music video.
Thanks for the thoughtful review! This song was written by Finneas her brother, after a breakup. The chord structure borrows from medieval church music. The vocals are all Billie and Finneas, recorded in his bedroom at their childhood home. Produced by Finneas.
I love your reaction so much....you are the only reactor who understand Billie the most....i love it... Ummm can you react to "No time to die" By Billie Eilish too Advance thank you🥰
Check out allie sherlock singing Billie Eilis you won't be disappointed. An amazing talent. Along with Angelina Jordan the best voices heard in decades imo.
To me the song is more about a unrequited/one sided love where one person is in love with the other, who is friends, maybe a bit more, but is not romantically interested. So as the in love person you tell yourself you are satisfied with the crumbs you get from being friends, you take all that pain in, but you at some point have to let go of the friendship because it’s hurting too much
I'm not sure exactly what the intended message of the song is, but my interpretation of it is quite literal: getting out of a breakup with someone and being in the mindset of wanting to talk to that person, especially when you're emotionally vulnerable "call you when the party's over". How many could say they haven't wanted to drunk call their ex? "Quiet when I'm coming home, and I'm on my own, and I could lie say I like it that", she is telling herself that she is okay with being alone, but really she wants to be with this person. There might be a deeper meaning to these lyrics (and I'm sure there are plenty of Billie fans out there who would correct me) but I take these lyrics very simply for what they are.
I think this song is about loss, be it relationships or death. The liquid she drinks is the darkness we all have to take in, due to what we all have to deal with...whether we like it or not. The tears are the same, just easier to see. I've dealt with my own share of loss and this song has helped me to deal with it. Watch more of her music, she's incredible! This is coming from a 50 year old man.
Bill Karnes thank you very much for commenting. I still can’t believe the impact this song had me. What’s nice is the initial shock factor, but then reading all these comments and seeing another layer to the song, that impact happens all over again
I really love your true and honest reactions and how open minded you are. I also love how you really listen and try to dissect and understand what the songs are about. Keep the Billie reactions coming. I would love to see you react to some of her interviews. Her up next artist video by Apple Music is a good one to kind of see where she started out and her vanity fair interviews that are the same interview 3 years in a row are really good as well!
your voice, your tone, and your deep reaction made me feel like i could talk about the dark parts of life you don't talk with anybody else afraid of the reaction with you and be okay with it. good work. subscribed ♥ love from argentina
moongirl that’s an incredible thing to say. Thank you. I hope to move into more of this type of song too in the future. Safe space here, so I’m glad you liked this video. Stay safe x
I love your reactions. If you were still interested Billie never explicitly said that the song is about anything, which is very interesting. I think you would like the song Lovely by her
I go along with the other comments don't try to figure it all out. Billie has mention she no longer gives her interpretation of a song because everyone takes in there own meaning. She has said thats more importing to her. I guess with the exception of "Everything I Wanted" which has been all over the internet for it's meaning! There is something about Billie she sucks you in, you literally can not get enough of her. Part of it is her age she started so young just to see how she has changed and grown. Enjoyed your reaction video. Billie does a cover of "The End of the World" and it's a great performance.
At the end of the day it's just words. You can't know what the artist is thinking and the words can mean something totally different to you. Billie once talked about wanting to let people make her songs their own, meaning if you find any message in it that means something to you, it's just as valid as the original meaning she intended.
Great review. I love Billie, she always makes me think, her songs and music are open to so many interpretations. People say once you find her you go down the Billie Eilish rabbit hole and they aren't wrong lol.
It's so nice to come across a reaction like this where you actually listen to her lyrics. And I totally agree with how you feel about her music. Her voice and lyrics just pulls you in and makes you feel so much.❤ you should just go to her RUclips channel and go down the list.🤣 I don't think there's a song of hers that I don't like.
starryeyes982 I’ve fallen in love with her! I’ve said before I’ve considered just becoming a Billie Reaction channel!! Haha. I’m thinking of creating a series of her reactions soon
Great reaction! I'd really recommend listening to (and perhaps reacting to!) the whole album, in order from the first song to last. It just sucks you in. So diverse, so many unique elements that you just don't hear in other artists, and such an emotional roller coaster.
Something I really like about Billie is that she doesn’t always like to say the meaning behind her songs because she wants to leave it to the listener to decide. There isn’t one singular meaning behind a song, it’s all up to your interpretation of it
You just gained a subscriber! She’s pretty much taken over my music listening life lol excited for ur journey. Definitely do Lovely, Bury A Friend, or You Should See Me In A Crown. All excellent videos and song.But if u want to dive into one of the most clever songs ever written React to Wish You Were Gay. No video but great song.
Recommend: Listen Before I Go Hostage I Love You Iilomilo XANNY & idontwannabeyouanymore Damn just so many. The Ilomilo performance from the Apple Theatre is soo beautiful. Might take a wee bit of digging on YT. Just listen for yourself & enjoy.
Sorry that I'm late to your party (pun unintended?). I've been a Billie fan since her EP came out in 2017, completely blown away that a 15-year-old could put out music so deep and nuanced. (And that her brother was co-writing and producing all of it!) As for my interpretation of this song, I agree with you that she's singing about a toxic relationship. But part of me thinks she's singing from the POV of someone with depression singing to a friend-to-love interest who is just in a very different place than her right now. I think she's saying that he does care on some level, but he also still wants to go out and be social, be a teenager. And she just isn't in a place where she can do that. So it hurts her when he leaves her to go to parties (or doesn't want to leave when she's ready to go home?), but it also hurts her when she feels like she's holding him back from living his life. She knows she's the dark part of the relationship, so she tells him that he needs to let her let him go. She doesn't want to - she really doesn't **like** to be alone - but it's for the best...for both of them.
Tommy, you're a gem. Many thanks for this. I love your idea that maybe it's her relationship with herself that she's wrestling with. I hadn't even thought of that. This was the first Billie song/video I ever paid attention to, and your reaction felt like watching a replay of that moment for me! I remember trying to figure out how on earth a song that is mostly silence, sung by a 16 year old kid with blue hair in a video in where nothing really happens could be so emotionally draining and mesmerisingly beautiful. Welcome to the rabbit hole. You live here now! If you're interested, there's a great NME clip where she talks about her inspiration for the video and how they put it together: ruclips.net/video/TcWawz9tX2g/видео.html
horsehollerer I’m glad you liked it. I wanted to make this channel reacting to as many different genres as possible, but could quite happily make it a Billie reaction channel 😂
I’m sure it’s all been suggested.. but here are my favourite music videos in order of release date. Can provide links if you like: Bellyache idontwannabeyouanymore hostage When the party’s over you should see me in a crown (both vertical video and anime video are FIRE 🔥) Bury a Friend Bad Guy All the good girls go to hell Xanny. Everything I wanted Live performances that are great: Copycat (Mahogany Session) All the good girls go to hell (live from the American music awards) Ocean Eyes (live in the lounge) I love you (live at the Greek theatre) Six Feet Under (Sofar Las Angeles) Covers: Bad by Michael Jackson (for Like a Version) You don’t get me high any more (Phantagram cover) The end of the world (Radio 1 Piano Sessions)
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Billie is pure 🔥
I’m the same. Her and her brother are the real deal and a breath of fresh air.
When the party's over, was my first experience of Billie's music. I had no idea of the rabbit hole I'd stumbled into. Try not to get bogged down in the interpretation of her deeper meanings. Everyone takes away their own piece of understanding. listen to her a few times and your understanding will change, listen a few more and change again. Don't look for comfortable and relaxed with Billie, expect uncertainty. Keep up the good work my friend and keep delving into the rabbit hole. You'll be glad that you did.
This particular song has struck a chord with me. I wasn’t expecting this. Thanks for taking the time to comment. I agree with what you say about each time you listen, you take something new away.
Magne Modi Same...Same. Well said.
@@ThomasJ_Music Billie herself has said she writes from the perspective of being someone else, outside herself. She writes from the perspective of things she's read or heard about & she herself has said she wants her music to have it's own meaning for each individual person. She writes in general on purpose for a reason & it's brilliant. She also writes almost all her music with her older brother Phineas. So take that into consideration as well.
I totally agree Magne Modi.
She’s also mentioned in an interview once that this can be considered a part two to her song party favor, that’s part of her EP don’t smile at me. party favor is a break up song. As many have said, this can be considered her being in a toxic relationship that just consumes her to the point she can’t keep it all in.
If it makes you feel any better, I cried when I first watched this video. I could only catch about half of the lyrics, but her acting, her vocals, the setting all affected me deeply anyway. She has a grasp on emotional communication that very few people have ever possessed. I love her mind. Billie and Finneas recorded nearly all of her hit songs in a 9" by 9' bedroom in their parent's house. She is such a perfectionist that she has been known to record the first word of a song over 1000 times until she feels that it is exactly right.
I challenge you to watch all these songs done live... she is enchanting
My 13 yr old daughter introduced me to Billie Eilish. She is in middle school which is a very awkward phase of life. Choosing to walk your own path instead of just fitting into a stereotype for fake acceptance is especially tough at that age. Let's be honest, kids in middle school are huge a**holes. What my daughter said is that she can actually identify with Billie and feel understood. Realistically, I think a lot of girls identify with Billie more than say Ariana Grande. She told me that watching and listening to Billie has helped her tremendously in accepting herself for herself and stop feeling bad for not being a completely unrealistic version of beauty. This is an amazing gift for an artist so young to really be touching lives in a positive way.
Billie performed When the Party's Over at the Grammy's this year, you should check it out. I was blown away by the live version and how much emotion she puts into everything. Great reaction, love how you are speechless when it's over, that was exactly how I felt as well.
Watching her sing live (and always with no auto-tune) makes me really appreciate her ability to connect with you emotionally. You can tell she is really feeling her songs because she sings with her eyes closed most of the time in a lot of her songs.
She has said she likes to keep her song meanings open to individual interpretation because it’s art and art is subjective. I took some of the same from it, personally; that the black liquid represents the toxicity of a relationship that you know isn’t good for you but you can’t help but continue to consume it. Ultimately you have to release the toxic emotions.
jphoenixfan I think you’re right with this and I love that she deliberately leaves it open to interpretation. I still can’t get over the impact the video had on me tbh. Not felt like that for a while
NorthernEar Her videos tend to always have some sort of shock factor (her lyrics too). I’ve only heard her share her own meanings of her songs a couple times. Sometimes the visuals really take a different look to the actual meaning (that she has stated) and people take things out of context. A prime example is her song and video called “All The Good Girls Go To Hell”. She said all the Christians came after her for a song that’s actually about climate change. She also added that she’s not knocking Christianity, that just happens to be the group that loudly protested the song.
@@ThomasJ_Music I felt the same way about this one. It sticks with you.
I like your videos and look forward to more Billie Eilish. Her greatest gift as an artist is to evoke emotion. Watch it again with an open heart and try not to think too much. I watched this on my lunch break at work and was disturbed by this 3 minute video sung and acted by a teen aged girl all afternoon. Imagery in Billie's videos are taken from her life. The black tears come from a fan who drew a picture of Billie with black tears streaming down. Billie is a true artist.
The tears were the most shocking part. Did not expect that!
@@ThomasJ_Music Interestingly enough, that effect was done with real liquid not just computer graphics. Billie will go the extra mile to achieve her goal.
You're very intuitive and deep and that's rare in reactors that I've seen. I love that you see below surface level even on the first listen, and that's really important with this artist.
Alex Tuttle thank you. I do try my best! I’m glad you’re liking these!
To me, the lyrics are about being in a toxic/abusive relationship, that you cling to because you "emotionally " can't afford to lose the person, but the party (meaning the nice period/love) is over and it is toxic, hence the black water. Now she is tearing herself up (her clothing) to patch up and she will lie about liking it like that (abusive) but is lying to herself. So her tears are litterally made from that toxicity, but since she drank it herself she is allowing it, which is what an abusive relationship can do to you. There is also the meaning that the relationship is with her own depression. She lies about liking it and thriving on it, but she is actually losing the battle of trying to keep herself together.
Watching you work through the lyrical interpretation and trying to gain a better understanding of the underlying meaning of the song is so relaxing. This is definitely not my genre but I could watch this all day because of the commentary you add.
Thanks James. This is nice to hear!
Spot on! She is drinking drown the pain & cries her eyes out at the end.
I love her mucic.... Thank you for your thoughts!
Beautiful listening skills and interpretation
Still one of my favourite songs I’ve listened to on this channel
One of the best reactions I've seen. Great video
Dain Ryder wow! Amazing! Thank you so much!
I LOVE your reactions! 💚💚💚
ghostchick77 thank you! That’s such a nice thing to say!
I appreciate your thoughtful reaction.
I highly recommend listening to some of her covers :
She did a cover of Micheal Jackson “Bad” and I honestly have never heard her sound like it again.
She also did a cover of “The End of the World” (forgive me I can’t remember the original artist, anyone in the comments feel free to say) please watch the BBC1 video.
I’m also a big fan of her song “hostage”, the video really illustrates her dancing abilities (she was training as a dancer until she had to stop due to serious injury)
Wow. We heard lyrics different. I hear “I’ve learned to lose, you can’t afford to.” You seem to have heard, “I’ve learned to lose you, can’t afford to.”
I appreciate you. Thank you.
Mind blown 🤯 I feel like I need to find out where the comma should be now! Hahah! Either way, both are meaningful and just goes to show to strength of their songwriting ability. I’d like to think it was deliberate
NorthernEar I don’t doubt it. Have you listened to any of Finneas’ stuff? This is a sibling pair that is reshaping pop music. She also doesn’t use overt sexuality to “sell” herself to the audience. It’s refreshing and I’m so happy my 10 year old daughter listens to her.
Wow, my mind is blown too. I've only heard it the second way. Do you think the person who can't afford to lose is her, with a generic "you" or the other person? She starts with I, "I've learned to lose," then says you "you can't afford to." You can't afford to [lose]. Does she mean that in general no one can afford to lose? Or that this other person, who keeps her close and also at a distance, can't afford to lose? Both/anyone can't? All of the above? Or if it's the second way it would be "I've learned to lose you" then "[I] can't afford to." That they lived together and now don't is obvious from the context of "quiet coming home, I'm on my own," and doing separate things (somebody went to a party, and is asked to call when it's over, and it doesn't look like it was her). So I see both as possible. I'm not confused, or arguing; I'm so interested in this line having two meanings, or that I interpreted it incorrectly, or that it's just interesting. Thanks for the head cannon!
Lyrical symbolsms are pretty straightforward if you know local idioms. The dark liquid symbolizes poisonous relationships. We don't give them up even if it consumes us -- a tragedy of the human condition.
Admire your honesty. Billie evokes that same complex reaction in most serious listeners. Finneas wrote it. She heard it first from her room whie he was composing it. She wished he'd ask her to sing it, which he eventually did. The visuals were inspired by a drawing of black tears a fan made of her and passed it to her through security at a concert in Montreal. Billie posted the artwork on her Instagram. Billie asked her mother to sit in that chair while she worked out the camera angles for the music video.
Thanks for the thoughtful review!
This song was written by Finneas her brother, after a breakup. The chord structure borrows from medieval church music. The vocals are all Billie and Finneas, recorded in his bedroom at their childhood home. Produced by Finneas.
This is one of three songs from Billie that Finneas has the sole writing credentials to, the two others being Ocean Eyes and My Strange Addiction.
I love your reaction so much....you are the only reactor who understand Billie the most....i love it...
Ummm can you react to "No time to die" By Billie Eilish too
Advance thank you🥰
joanne gagaFan thank you for the nice comments! Glad you liked it.
Check out allie sherlock singing Billie Eilis you won't be disappointed. An amazing talent. Along with Angelina Jordan the best voices heard in decades imo.
To me the song is more about a unrequited/one sided love where one person is in love with the other, who is friends, maybe a bit more, but is not romantically interested. So as the in love person you tell yourself you are satisfied with the crumbs you get from being friends, you take all that pain in, but you at some point have to let go of the friendship because it’s hurting too much
I'm not sure exactly what the intended message of the song is, but my interpretation of it is quite literal: getting out of a breakup with someone and being in the mindset of wanting to talk to that person, especially when you're emotionally vulnerable "call you when the party's over". How many could say they haven't wanted to drunk call their ex? "Quiet when I'm coming home, and I'm on my own, and I could lie say I like it that", she is telling herself that she is okay with being alone, but really she wants to be with this person. There might be a deeper meaning to these lyrics (and I'm sure there are plenty of Billie fans out there who would correct me) but I take these lyrics very simply for what they are.
I think this song is about loss, be it relationships or death. The liquid she drinks is the darkness we all have to take in, due to what we all have to deal with...whether we like it or not. The tears are the same, just easier to see. I've dealt with my own share of loss and this song has helped me to deal with it. Watch more of her music, she's incredible! This is coming from a 50 year old man.
Bill Karnes thank you very much for commenting. I still can’t believe the impact this song had me. What’s nice is the initial shock factor, but then reading all these comments and seeing another layer to the song, that impact happens all over again
I really love your true and honest reactions and how open minded you are. I also love how you really listen and try to dissect and understand what the songs are about. Keep the Billie reactions coming. I would love to see you react to some of her interviews. Her up next artist video by Apple Music is a good one to kind of see where she started out and her vanity fair interviews that are the same interview 3 years in a row are really good as well!
Marley Hannah thank you for the nice words. The vanity fair interviews sounds great!
❤ ur honesty n vulnerability.. made me a subsciber
.. cheers from 🇲🇾
zulis48 thank you very much! Means a lot!
your voice, your tone, and your deep reaction made me feel like i could talk about the dark parts of life you don't talk with anybody else afraid of the reaction with you and be okay with it. good work. subscribed ♥ love from argentina
moongirl that’s an incredible thing to say. Thank you. I hope to move into more of this type of song too in the future. Safe space here, so I’m glad you liked this video. Stay safe x
I love your reactions. If you were still interested Billie never explicitly said that the song is about anything, which is very interesting. I think you would like the song Lovely by her
Pastel that is interesting! Leaves it open to the viewer/listener’s own interpretation
Pastel I’m trying my hardest to try to ‘get’ the song, and there’s nothing to get! Love it! 😂
I go along with the other comments don't try to figure it all out. Billie has mention she no longer gives her interpretation of a song because everyone takes in there own meaning. She has said thats more importing to her. I guess with the exception of "Everything I Wanted" which has been all over the internet for it's meaning!
There is something about Billie she sucks you in, you literally can not get enough of her. Part of it is her age she started so young just to see how she has changed and grown.
Enjoyed your reaction video. Billie does a cover of "The End of the World" and it's a great performance.
At the end of the day it's just words. You can't know what the artist is thinking and the words can mean something totally different to you. Billie once talked about wanting to let people make her songs their own, meaning if you find any message in it that means something to you, it's just as valid as the original meaning she intended.
Great review. I love Billie, she always makes me think, her songs and music are open to so many interpretations. People say once you find her you go down the Billie Eilish rabbit hole and they aren't wrong lol.
It's so nice to come across a reaction like this where you actually listen to her lyrics. And I totally agree with how you feel about her music. Her voice and lyrics just pulls you in and makes you feel so much.❤ you should just go to her RUclips channel and go down the list.🤣 I don't think there's a song of hers that I don't like.
starryeyes982 I’ve fallen in love with her! I’ve said before I’ve considered just becoming a Billie Reaction channel!! Haha. I’m thinking of creating a series of her reactions soon
Great reaction! I'd really recommend listening to (and perhaps reacting to!) the whole album, in order from the first song to last. It just sucks you in. So diverse, so many unique elements that you just don't hear in other artists, and such an emotional roller coaster.
Something I really like about Billie is that she doesn’t always like to say the meaning behind her songs because she wants to leave it to the listener to decide. There isn’t one singular meaning behind a song, it’s all up to your interpretation of it
Yeah this is something that I think is great too Natalie. She’s something special, she really is!
EXCELENT REACTIONS, PLEASE DO MORE FIRST REACTION TO BILIE EILISH
You just gained a subscriber! She’s pretty much taken over my music listening life lol excited for ur journey. Definitely do Lovely, Bury A Friend, or You Should See Me In A Crown. All excellent videos and song.But if u want to dive into one of the most clever songs ever written React to Wish You Were Gay. No video but great song.
Check out her song bury a friend, it shows a different side to her musically and lyrically it’s a very interesting and dark track.
Recommend: Listen Before I Go
Hostage
I Love You
Iilomilo
XANNY &
idontwannabeyouanymore
Damn just so many. The Ilomilo performance from the Apple Theatre is soo beautiful. Might take a wee bit of digging on YT. Just listen for yourself & enjoy.
Sorry that I'm late to your party (pun unintended?). I've been a Billie fan since her EP came out in 2017, completely blown away that a 15-year-old could put out music so deep and nuanced. (And that her brother was co-writing and producing all of it!) As for my interpretation of this song, I agree with you that she's singing about a toxic relationship. But part of me thinks she's singing from the POV of someone with depression singing to a friend-to-love interest who is just in a very different place than her right now. I think she's saying that he does care on some level, but he also still wants to go out and be social, be a teenager. And she just isn't in a place where she can do that. So it hurts her when he leaves her to go to parties (or doesn't want to leave when she's ready to go home?), but it also hurts her when she feels like she's holding him back from living his life. She knows she's the dark part of the relationship, so she tells him that he needs to let her let him go. She doesn't want to - she really doesn't **like** to be alone - but it's for the best...for both of them.
You should react to ‘I love you’
Whats you intro song?
akil moore hey Akil, it’s just a copyright free intro I found when I started the channel on youtube.
Tommy, you're a gem. Many thanks for this. I love your idea that maybe it's her relationship with herself that she's wrestling with. I hadn't even thought of that. This was the first Billie song/video I ever paid attention to, and your reaction felt like watching a replay of that moment for me! I remember trying to figure out how on earth a song that is mostly silence, sung by a 16 year old kid with blue hair in a video in where nothing really happens could be so emotionally draining and mesmerisingly beautiful. Welcome to the rabbit hole. You live here now!
If you're interested, there's a great NME clip where she talks about her inspiration for the video and how they put it together: ruclips.net/video/TcWawz9tX2g/видео.html
horsehollerer I’m glad you liked it. I wanted to make this channel reacting to as many different genres as possible, but could quite happily make it a Billie reaction channel 😂
I’m sure it’s all been suggested.. but here are my favourite music videos in order of release date. Can provide links if you like:
Bellyache
idontwannabeyouanymore
hostage
When the party’s over
you should see me in a crown (both vertical video and anime video are FIRE 🔥)
Bury a Friend
Bad Guy
All the good girls go to hell
Xanny.
Everything I wanted
Live performances that are great:
Copycat (Mahogany Session)
All the good girls go to hell (live from the American music awards)
Ocean Eyes (live in the lounge)
I love you (live at the Greek theatre)
Six Feet Under (Sofar Las Angeles)
Covers:
Bad by Michael Jackson (for Like a Version)
You don’t get me high any more (Phantagram cover)
The end of the world (Radio 1 Piano Sessions)
If you really want to disect the lyrics I would suggest looking them up online as you go threw the song
Love your reaction. But cant help but think that you look like Jamie Dornan
Haha as in the 50 shades guy? I’ll take that! 😆
Do one take by nick nitttoli
Try burry a friend
Hey! Bury a friend is somewhere amongst the rest of the vids. Perhaps try the Pop/Alternative Playlist. Hope you like it!
Sweet bejeezus still more dark depressing garbage from such a young lady--
WHY???