METALHEADS REACT | BILLIE EILISH - BELLYACHE |

[@glow2500]

I love how he said "it can't just be that literal.. not with her" 😂 they know her already.

[@KylieMak9]

Was JUST going to say this!

[@chee1989]

she's writing from the perspective of a fictional psychopathic murderer. she murdered her friends, which made her feel good at the time then feel guilty later (Thought that I'd feel better , But now I got a bellyache). she did terrible things with no reason and no idea why and left with the guilt. and the guilt manifest itself as the cop, which will catch her up to her 1 day.

[@alexroyce3671]

This is an interesting one because she's describing this adult crime that she committed (murder) while pulling this wagon that's clearly meant for children, jumping around/dancing, and talking about how young she is. I love it. Her videos always intrigue me. You should react to Xanny next. It comes off as such a simple video, yet it has a pretty deep meaning behind it. I think you'd enjoy it!

[@Lukep3w]

+1

[@gemma8373]

Javier Murillo i always see this bitch called sarah. do you see a channel named sarah too? no offense sarah i love your comments

[@Mrguguinha2001]

This definitely is one of her fun songs, not deep. She said it was the very first song that she and Finneas wrote TOGETHER (Ocean Eyes is the first song they made, however Finneas wrote it by himself). It really is just from the perspective of a fictional character who murdered their friends. I appreciate that you guys were overthinking it though, it shows the respect you have for her as an artist. It also added an extra layer of entertainment to the video haha. I recommend you guys react to her song "idontwannabeyouanymore" or "xanny". Definitely 2 of her deeper/lyrical cuts. Both songs have music videos as well. Keep up the good work, love your channel!

[@infinitelove6799]

@M 40 Even more of happy little bop when she does those happy little hops

[@DanDaMan92790]

She said that sometimes her and her brother just come up with a concept that doesn't have to be about her life. This song she came up with a character who's a criminal and what he or she was thinking after they committed the crime.

[@princessp222]

His face when “in the back of my car lay their bodies” 😂😂😂

[@alextuttle7762]

Also, I heard her say in an interview somewhere at she based the character on the feeling she got when she was younger and shoplifted something. She just did it on a whim and felt so horrible about it after she had a horrible stomachache.

[@knowhere60]

She was 15 when this was filmed. It's just a goofy song she and Finneas came up with while playing music in their garage. Billie said that it was that first was the first time she realized that one could make up lyrics about imaginary situations and characters. When they were younger, if they misbehaved they would get a bellyache afterwards from the fear of getting caught. This song also shows the new complexity and competency exhibited by Finneas in the production values.

[@ninaramcast9877]

I'm a first timer, you guys made me laugh. My mother died of COVID-19 in May and I been very depressed but you made laugh. Thank you guys. I never put comments. I think that my age is the reason why I don't. I'm going to be 50 in July 23.

[@BowsersreactionPit]

Sorry to hear about your mom😕 I’m glad we could make you laugh. And glad you are aboard with us. Thank you! And Stay safe.

[@sportosp-0158]

Glad we helped you. Sorry for the late reply here. Take care =]

[@sofieturesson]

I love how hard they’re trying to figure this out!! It’s hilarious!😂

[@Jessica-xp8ec]

Genius Annotation about “​bellyache” In “bellyache,” Billie tells a fictional story about murder from the perspective of a psychopath. The song focuses on themes of guilt, as revealed by Billie in an interview with Vice: "‘Bellyache’ is about the concept of guilt, when you do things in the moment because you feel so strongly about them. In the end you’re left with the decision you made. That line-"I thought that I’d feel better, but now I gotta bellyache"-is about how you kinda know that you’re the worst but you don’t care. It’s about a psychopath who regrets being a psychopath but doesn’t really care."

[@nomadine85]

I think that although Billie herself has downplayed the deeper meaning of the lyrics in the majority of interviews probably because she had decided at the time that this was how she was going to talk about it aka that the most interesting aspect of the creation of this song was that it was the first time her and Finneas wrote a song together while just jamming in the car in the garage, and that it made her realise she can write from other people’s perspectives. But there are a couple of interviews, I think more specifically WITH Finneas nearby as well, in which they discuss the fact that while it may be from another perspective, their songs still communicate a deeper truth or theme through whatever story is being told, and in this instance it’s relatively simple (for Billie’s Standards anyway) and you guys pretty much nailed it. As far as I remember from the more serious and longer answers they’ve given, it’s about guilt and atonement, which is something “we all feel” at any given point in our lives, as well as the upbeat facade and excitement or rush of emotions which catch up with you. I agree with you, the way I wear my noose like a necklace made me think of the whole “bullet meant for you” thing as well - nobody is perfect, and we wear that guilt close to our chest. If not somebody else, our own body will catch up with the guilt. I don’t think this song is super deep or meant to be, but it certainly has an underlying theme and I don’t think you guys were overthinking this at all and agree that with Billie it’s never quite just the face value, even if it’s a concrete story, it’s not that superficial, there’s always going to be a point made in one way or another.

[@LisaHurtOfficial]

I found you guys reacting to another song by her, I appreciate you being open minded and dig what you're doing! I'm a musician myself and a life long metal head as well, I really didn't give her much credit to start with thinking pop tarts are for breakfast, but this Billie and her brother write great songs and know how to execute videos that are thought provoking and interesting. Love it! Keep it up dudes! I'm subscribing right now :)

[@BowsersreactionPit]

Thank you

[@MandiezLane]

I stumbled upon your channel and I gotta say, it's been so adorable watching you two metalheads turn into such huuuuuuuge fans of Billie. You guys have devoted so many videos to her songs that you may as well change the name of your show to "Metalheads react to Billie Eilish". Even though its usually a HUGE pet peeve of mine when people pause songs/videos during their first viewing, I find your dissection and deliberation to be so charming and endearing. I'm so glad you've developed such a love and intrigue with her and her brothers work.

[@timmeah1]

I reckon the vanity fair 3 years in a row video gives a clue where, in asking what advice she would give her younger self, she said "don't give up your friends, the ones who care about you, for someone or something else" or similar. So she 'killed' some friendships on her way to fame as a difficult lesson, and got a belly ache once her priorities got sorted. The cop in the video represents the moment it all came crashing down. And the flowers? They represent the 'candy' or the thing she gave her friends up for. They are pulled up roots and all though and the plant will die, showing how hollow and temporary that 'candy' was, and how valuable true friendship is as a contrast. Good video fellas, thanks for inspiring me to think.

[@lilian3440]

from all comments here, and also all the reaction videos to her, this one comment is the closest to what i think , and for this video - i appreciate your effort to understand the art behind the storytelling and the visuals. This is NOT as shallow of a song, as Many people think (reading this comments and everything on the internet), it gives pretty good clues, and you have to consider all the factors (music, production, lyrics, music video, and point in the artist career..)

[@delaneyyy813]

IM FRICKIN SCREAMING I LOVE BILLIE AND THIS SONG SO MUCH

[@GDBaby96]

My favorite part of the whole video was “THERE’S THAT MOTHERFUCKER ON THE MOTORCYCLE AGAIN!” And my reaction was “Oh a motorcycle in the background” super happy to hear it in the background oh the different reactions people can have hahaha lol 😂👌🏻👏🏻🖤 On another note i love how how you guys are really trying to figure out the meaning behind the song that’s rad

[@rogeliocardenas4096]

React to "I love you" from Billie Eilish

[@iska_cr3876]

lmao

[@glow2500]

OOOO THIS IS A GOOOD ONE

[@Xxseekinserenity92xX]

The snl performance is the best version of this song if you decide to review it!

[@athenemathews783]

Do 'Good Girls Go to Hell', seriously.

[@EmilyBekanich]

Important note- she wrote this when she had just turned 15 :) for perspective.. I would LOVE to suggest some metal-influenced Bass heavy music

[@shecklaudia]

Please react to Billie Eilish All The Good Girls Go To Hell from the Howard Stern Show. It's acoustic and her voice is so f*cking strong. Please watch it!

[@awitness4jehovah]

I saw an interview, with her, where she said she doesn’t like to say what a song means. She enjoys hearing everyone’s interpretations.

[@kyemt85]

Another thing about Billie is sometimes she won’t say what a song is really about because she wants people to have their own opinions because music speaks to people in different ways. She loves hearing other people’s interpretations of what she wrote.

[@joannex8353]

Anything she does turns to 'HIT' in my book love all her styles and presentation

[@tahliajayde91]

I believe I've watched an interview in the past where Billie has explained that the song "Garbage" by Tyler the creator was one of the influences for her writing "Belly ache"

[@lotusstudio7298]

You two are hilarious in this! 😂😂😂I was smiling the whole time. 🤣

[@arielcheyenne1853]

I love this! She's got everyone so excited and confused that even when it's simple you're second guessing 🥰 I saw an interview where she said that the lyric and instrumental were ther with "my friends aren't far, in the back of my car" and then they brainstormed that it was the aftermath of a heist ( I'm paraphrasing) so that's what I've thought...

[@horsehollerer]

You're definitely overthinking it. This is 14-year-old Billie lol. First song her and her brother ever wrote together. I recommend their live Michael Jackson cover of 'Bad' from Triple J Like a Version. It's insanely good. This was great, thanks guys!

[@rhiannak7167]

no time to die LIVE bille eilish

[@fereshtebagheroskooei3929]

Love how you guys ramble pointlessly in the begining and also how you try to take a deeper meaning maybe it is that literal 😂

[@sportosp-0158]

Thanks! stay tuned for more rambling!!

[@PetiteParrotLover]

... I really like how you related it to either it being a good or bad intention that you’ve set out, somehow and somewhere, it catches up to you. Never thought of it like that, but it’s so very true.😌

[@pettyeddie2000]

Nice shout-out to MALLRATS "Brodie" !!!!!! I wasn't expecting that.

[@zoew_]

shes so baby in this omgg

[@kamikazeyazzie]

"Love the 'Mallrats', reference"... Says me to no-one ever in the 21st century.

[@kristinabudaiova4875]

React to “all the good girls go to hell” and “wish you were gay” both from her new album

[@EmmaSchuren]

my theory is that it’s about drug use -my friends aren’t far in the back of my car kay their bodies=they’re so gone that they’re basically just lying there -they’ll be here pretty soon looking through my room for the money=paranoia -i’m too young to go to jail, it’s kinda funny=illegal activities that seem humorous under the influence because your judgement is clouded -where’s my mind=can’t think straight -what an expensive fate=some people who become dependent on drugs spend all their money on their habit and even resort to stealing or other crimes to support their addiction -thought that i’d feel better=some people resort to drug use as a coping mechanism or to distract from their problems -but now i got a bellyache=either a symptom of a mild overdose or a gut feeling that what she’s doing is wrong

[@TheBubbyBubbyBubby]

Billie 18 famous singer Me 18 seeing when the lights turn of in the fridge 😂

[@jadascott9850]

In all Billie songs she get everyone over thinking 💭🤔🤣

[@jessicawebb8053]

Billie has said in many interviews that her music is interpretive, she wants you to put your own story into her music, and same goes with her videos, she has a meaning for everything (each song has a temperature, numbers, colours, emotions in her mind) (there is a medical name for it but I've forgotten it) everything has a meaning but it's her meaning and she wants you to put you're creative mind into imagining what it could be and even if you got it right she still probably wouldn't tell you. She is Mysterious, and creative beyond bounds and that's why people love her 💜🖤

[@adnap]

Synesthesia.

[@Tallonwestly]

Been waiting for this one guys great reaction as always🔥🖤😊

[@JoJoDelBosque]

Please do her song "Hostage"

[@alextuttle7762]

This was so much fun to watch. I hope she does more fun songs like this just to mess with people. Lol

[@TheLuizapaes]

I Just love your reactions of billies Songs. Hello from Brazil

[@orvenlofranco5341]

Happy to see you guys again! Keep it up! Also can I request for Queso-Mottaka. Thanks!

[@brittleann8304]

i think whats so great about music is that there is no right or wrong "meaning" of a song. its all about what you take from the song and how the song makes you feel when you hear it.

[@anzamoni]

Haha yeah, as said by others, she's singing about having killed her friends and the thoughts/emotions afterwards She was like 15 or 16 when this song released. I can't remember exactly but super young. Just that I felt myself tumbling down a hole at how much she accomplished at an age more then half mine, lolol.

[@cosmicriver5989]

You should do ilomilo by Billie Eilish

[@Jessica-xp8ec]

Check out the visual video she put up recently of her song Ilomilo. It's one of my favorite songs of hers

[@jessicajohansson]

I don't know why the one you reacted to with your daughter didn't get as many views, and obviously I can only speak for myself but I won't get tired of watching you guys react to her old stuff. She's amazing and I love seeing more people discovering her songs! I saw someone in the comments asking you to react to Melanie Martinez and I second that, she's really cool too!

[@mattgwinn]

You're totally overthinking it. The song is about a fictional character that is a psychopath. According to Billie. Doesn't really go any deeper than that.

[@misterminutes4504]

I think they just got used to Billie's symbolism and deep meanings in her songs that they got confused to what it actually means

[@suzannejane1035]

The Pixies Where's My Mind...? Billie is immense.

[@antia5530]

I recommend that you react to her song Xanny, the lyrics of that song are quite interesting, and I like how you try to understand its lyrics. also has a video

[@jeanthepants7905]

When you go for revenge - it never ends well for you. You think it's going to feel good to fulfill a vendetta .. but it makes you sick. And what the fuck was I thinking.

[@alextuttle7762]

Oh and you can definitely keep reacting to her old stuff!!! Lol. You still have so much more to do! I'm going to vote for Lovely and Hostage

[@mebefore9103]

I really love your reactions!

[@iSparky22]

My take stems from an interview where she said she had to get ride of people to focus on herself. I think thats what she's saying, she had to get ride of some friends and a lover in order to get where she is and she didnt feel good about it then and doesnt now.

[@kaitlynaustin6627]

I’ve heard that she wrote this song from the point View of a character she made up who was a serial killer

[@BrianJoslyn]

This one sounds more mellow than her other songs I've heard. I probably normally wouldn't like this song, but I do.

[@Stinger_tbx]

In this song Bellyache notice the shovel and dirt pile behind her as she sits in the side of the road, If you listen real close, Billie uses the words MINE, MY, MIND, & "I DON'T MIND" (now stay with me... ) You'll hear the D in the very first words cut off Which turns 🎶mind into 🎶mine Then in the 1st chorus she sings 🎶where's my mine?!...🎶 as in... "where's what's owed to me" (typical psychopath phase) Also using a play on the phase "my minds in the gutter", & the phase "windmills of my mind" YES there are wind mills in the background of the video!!! Billie's GENUIS is amazing she's the real deal... the cop at the end does not stand a chance 🔪☠🤪

[@theguzmann]

Love you guys. Super fun to watch. Side note, about the video you made with your daughter. Many people probably didn't want to watch it because there isn't a lot of very sophisticated conversations you can have with someone really young. Not that your daughter isn't bright or smart or whatever. It's just kind of slow content with no solid ground.

[@karlmuzingo7184]

Please react to her Genius interviews where she explains her lyrics and sings them perfectly!

[@blindedink4108]

I always interpreted it as someone who was hurt badly but a group of people, went crazy, got in close to the people who hurt her and then killed them all in revenge. She thought it would make her feel better but the damage is still done to her and now she feels kinda sick cause she realizes how messed up she really is.

[@nickyavery9821]

you guys have to react to All The Good Girls Go To Hell

[@mariepotts1333]

Billie has said she wants ppl to have their own interpretation of her lyrics they come up with concepts like this one is about a serial killer I believe but they still want ppl to do their own thing with the meaning. Yall should react to her interviews she's interesting musically but also just as an artist her and her brother have such talent across the board

[@roobyglumandyourmom]

She has said before that she likes making songs from other peoples perspectives? Its rlly cool I think

[@jeanthepants7905]

Billie has also said that what she meant doesn't matter. What you find in it does

[@phntomftherexe]

Billie said that "this song is straight up about murder" 😂😂😂

[@gashiewashie6493]

React to "all the good girls go to hell"

[@glow2500]

subscribing. I love this whole reaction thing by two metalheads. Next Suggestion: Billie Eilish - "Bury a friend", "I love you" & "All good girls go to hell" It's really dark. All her videos are disturbing but beautiful. The meanings behind em is really nice too.

[@jeanthepants7905]

Also - no he wasn't way off. Dude on the left nailed it

[@rays_reading_rainbow]

I would recommend “All the Good Girls Go to Hell”

[@zezarusgaming9286]

I always took it as her saying she lost her friends to her career.

[@joao28901]

Hey guys, you could react to Mellanie Martinez. She has a very unique style. Start with DollHouse maybe. I enjoy very much your videos.. keep em comming 🤘🏼

[@LMarshall73]

Points for the Mallrats reference

[@mariana08morais]

I'd like to think its a reference to cannibalism because that's more in her line of gory horror things.

[@heyitslauren3265]

Her and her brother wrote it as the perspective of someone who does all these crimes and then feels guilty about them, thus the bellyache. She it’s just a character they made up. It’s like that awful feeling you get after doing something you regret

[@pauljohncayabyab8986]

Hahahahahhaahaha... The song were good. And the lyrics were awsome also.

[@joelmarquez553]

This is one of her first videos from when her career started

[@moonie2795]

this video and song came out after ocean eyes, i think she was like 14-15 when this came out. so it’s pretty old

[@meaganfalcon9430]

React to Billie's live acoustic version to Michael Jackson's "Bad."

[@cincity076]

I think the "bellyache" is the guilt she feels. Also keep in mind the repeated "where's my mind?" lyric. She never killed these friends...it was the dark thoughts she was having.

[@raphaellouiscaseria4868]

Hey guys i just watched your reaction video on COLN wish 107.5 and i suggest ypu also listen to BALIW BY COLN. Shoutout next video!!

[@BowsersreactionPit]

We did baliw

[@usererror5247]

Bottom bitch by Doja cat Wasted on you - evanescence Love your reactions !!! And I agree with his theory of no matter what you do you gotta pay at some point.

[@jamesmoncrief728]

I love you guys! I hate the game and not the players. I really don't hate anything bc it's a waste of energy. Superior support from Atlanta!. Remember the name!!

[@hollyspilotro8644]

happier without you and lost cause

[@PsiChoCybia]

You have to react to Hobo Johnson Peach Scone. You cannot miss out on this guy. The version where they're in someone's garden messing around.

[@debbiedowner64]

this sounds like i’m making it up but she wrote this about feeling guilty about the time she stole from a convenience store 😂

[@debbiedowner64]

all of her songs are based on characters to so

[@djjones1471]

love you crazy guys!!! have you done any Pentatonix?? fantastic a cappella group who does covers of famous songs and now they have their first original music album out. how about billies bro finneas’ solo songs and great videos

[@blevr9]

Considering the song is so joyful and playful, we forget what’s actually happening in the song. She basically wrote a fun song about her killing her friends and lover, but feeling terrible afterwards, as if she was a character in a story. That’s why she has a bellyache. No hard meaning there.

[@aydalin2215]

React to "all the good girls go to hell" you won't regret it

[@wadaetcheverry236]

Love the way you guys react and analyzed every song! Please react to ''All the good girls go to hell"

[@elladominguez2946]

Would love your reactions on the songs Runaway or Running With the Wolves by Aurora. Great vids! ❤️ You both.

[@BowsersreactionPit]

We did both of those songs

[@Core.Nation.10]

Dude on the left is so smart and doesn’t know it

[@edu.m1584]

10:45 😂

[@kourtjestr552]

I don't do pop but i like Billie. Check out her song Everything I Wanted

[@BowsersreactionPit]

We have

[@ben9DB]

That was their first reaction to her.

[@kourtjestr552]

@@ben9DB snap, didnt see that. thanx!

[@RayRay-sq9vi]

Yeah, I think this one is meant to be taken litterally. She said sometimes she likes to write and sing songs as if shes playing a character. I think she's just describing a fucked up act and the mindset that goes with it.

[@Mistilou]

She was 15 I believe when she did this one. She's speaking from a psychopaths view and being suicidal too....I'm pretty sure that's what she said

[@ouhotay1810]

React to "Billie performs for Nylon"

[@mariahhall3401]

Nailed it dudes- it was a dream she had- good interpretations ✊🏼🤘🏼😉

[@michelleguerra6097]

This wasnt a dream....its a fictional story about her who robs a bank with all her friends then kills them and takes all the money...all like a serial killer. Totally fictional....yes 1st song she and finneas wrote together. This is all her idea! Everything! Finneas produces every bit of q and all her songs! Right on!!

[@tomera.4817]

It could be...When people loose them selves in a relationship and leave their friends behind, and after the love turns sour and it becomes like a noose upon the neck, you brake things .then you see you sold your friends and you feel shitty with a belly ache?