First Time EVER Listening To Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO REACTION

Let me know what you want me to react to next! It can be anything, I'm trying to expand my genres EVERYWHERE. This was VERY Unique. Very glad I gave it a listen. Thanks to all!
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[@akaLids77]

A lot of people believe “my strange addiction” was about Billie’s addiciton to the show “the office.” She said she’s watched the entire series like 20, 30 times. Rainn Wilson actually went to Billie’s childhood home and sat down at their dining room table and quizzed her on her office knowledge.

[@punkstarsx]

i thought it was about her avocado addiction lol.

[@aliciaperez111103]

@@punkstarsx dude avocados are old news with billie lmfao

[@punkstarsx]

@@aliciaperez111103 that album is also old news....

[@LanadelreysWife5]

@@aliciaperez111103ok but her her fans were literally called the avocados when this album was released

[@benjaminjamesrodda]

the office dialogue is literally in the background too

[@akaLids77]

“Goodbye” Is every song in order from end to beginning..a piece of each song

[@akaLids77]

this whole album was made in her brothers little bedroom in the house they grew up in. Incredible. No studios involved.

[@life_with_laurie]

watch the documentary.

[@akaLids77]

“Bury a friend” was inspired by 2 things 1) Billie’s experiences with sleep paralysis 2) a book called “the babadook”

[@daixne]

the 1 its a lie, billie never had a sleep paralysis, she said it on a interview

[@akaLids77]

@@daixne really? Show me said interview

[@daixne]

@@akaLids77 oh nevermind she did, i missed the part when she said it, sorry

[@cattinkerbell4946]

First and ever woman to get all 4 major Grammies for an album. This one.

[@nomadine85]

Fun fact, the guy she had a crush on and wrote wish you were gay about later on actually came out to her.

[@Oatmilllk]

Really!? what a twist

[@akaLids77]

🤘🏼😜🤘🏼 3:33 intro 3:45 bad guy 8:25 xanny 14:33 crown 18:34 all the good girls 23:23 wish you were gay 29:25 when the party’s over 34:08 8 38:18 strange addiction 42:31 bury a friend 47:20 ilomilo 51:18 listen before I go 56:24 I love you 1:02:40 goodbye

[@ahmadasim4249]

Thanksss 😭😭

[@m.h.a20009]

Ty

[@akaLids77]

Listen before I go was definitely a song about suicide. She did go through a pretty rough patch of her life when she was younger and used to self harm and actually did consider offing herself. She said making that song was her way of dealing with it. She said it was better to write about it than actually doing it.

[@nomadine85]

Listen before I go, I love you, goodbye. It’s in this order on purpose. Listen before I go is really heavy and yeah I agree it’s not a song I can randomly listen to. But I do think that it fits right in with the theme of the nightmare and progression of it during the night. But in the documentary she also talks about how writing listen before I go helped her to not do it. I think that’s quite significant. And very relatable.

[@nomadine85]

Actually, Billie is the one who produced that outro in Bad Guy, that’s why she’s listed as the producer for the song as well as Finneas (and it’s my favourite part of the song, to be honest). She’s also not saying that she “likes bad guys” she’s saying “if you’re going to be all fake and shit I can pretend to be a bad guy too”

[@WesLinkz]

Very impressive that outro is a banger. And thanks for the info!

[@Oatmilllk]

She also is the reason for the crosswalk beat throughout the entire song. She recorded it on her phone when she was in Sydney Australia and they added it in

[@joerosen7126]

Billie was 17 when she released the album.

[@akaLids77]

“I love you” makes me cry almost every time I hear it. And I’m a full grown adult male. It’s very relatable. Ps: I’ve seen Billie live twice now. Both times front row. Finally got to hear some of “I love you” live last show I went to this past September.

[@Aly968]

Lukyyyyyytt

[@akaLids77]

“All the good girls go to hell” is about climate change/global warming by the way. If you listen to that song again with that in mind, you’ll get it 😁

[@nomadine85]

I really liked how you understood the song Xanny, that intoxicating production and those harmonies and that it’s so nice to hear about Xanny as a bad thing.

[@heyxndei]

i'm glad you enjoyed this album!! billie was only 17 when she made this album with her brother in thier childhood bedroom, there’s a documentary called The World's A Little Blury ... it gives more behind the scenes footage of the making of this album, you should check it out!

[@WesLinkz]

I'll check it out, super interesting to make this level of an album in a bedroom just starting out.

[@icyguys]

I’m so glad someone’s willing to search while listening to the song. (Like with ilomilo) cuz I see many people who ask questions or remain clueless when they are a google tab away from the answer. 😭

[@brianna058]

listen before i go was pretty much her suicide note but thankfully she’s still here with us.

[@nomadine85]

Strange that Goodbye didn’t show lyrics. Yes I agree with your interpretation, the end is like she’s waking up and remembering little snippets of different parts of her dreams, going through them from most recent to earliest songs/ dreams, and that’s whoosh it’s like waking up - or, from the perspective of the dream space, disappearing. And technically, it could start over again.

[@hsbeisvesvhsheve2707]

Her singles are so good you should listen to them

[@nomadine85]

Something not a lot of people pick up on is how the transition from My strange addiction and Bury a friend is “did you like it? Which part?” -> “Billie”. Because that’s the answer, in the next song, Billie is the part we like. At least that’s how this sounds like to me and it’s such a small little details that I think is so cool. Just a small little wink and transition. Since My strange addiction also starts with “No, Billie.” I don’t know, it’s just those small little details that get me really excited about music

[@joannegarratt4340]

Billie started at 14 and her brother 18, they write together and he produces, still only 21 and 25, they are amazing and I still can't wait to see what they have to come. So much talent in a brother and sister, you need to watch her live, you can feel every emotion, they have also done a couple of covers Michael Jacksons Bad, End of the World, and Peggy Lees Fever. They have done so much in such a short time x

[@nomadine85]

I am having to suppress the urge to talk about her second album here because I want you to make up your own mind about it and I just have so much to say but what I will say is that there’s more to it than “meets the eye” even though you did catch that tear. I do think that her second album has darker themes than the cover implies, though it’s a lot warmer and definitely more hopeful than the first album that is literally structured and conceptualised like a nightmare, sleep paralysis, fears, darkness and depression. Her first EP (don’t smile at me) is also seriously good, they are so experimental and just… make art. For its own sake, and one can tell. And then there are also her singles that basically could be put together to create a whole additional EP, a handful of insanely good live covers (“end of the world” and “you don’t get me high anymore” and “bad”), and her second EP (guitar songs) that has just two songs on it that will nevertheless rip your heart out and squeeze it in a fricking juice presser. Anyway. Highly recommend

[@cagautgacogacoor914]

They made this entire album in her childhood bedroom. Finneas was named producer of the year after this. Talented duo!

[@vinsmashies]

You did captured the feel of bury a friend, you said it made you feel like you're in the room with her staring at you with the dark eyes, lemme tell you, the music video of bury a friend is exactly the album cover!! bed, white outfit, dark room, and black eyes, you should def react to it along with when the party's over, xanny, and all the good girls go to hell mv, all the good girls go to hell has a scene from bury a friend as well!!

[@nomadine85]

The alliteration in when the party’s over is such good writing. I think the effect this song has on the listener is pretty incredible, scientifically speaking. Based on what I’ve been able to analyse, it’s a lot like the yawn response, the mirroring of behaviour in each other, that can be seen as lacking in people with low empathy. In fact I’ve actually noticed that people with a low sense of empathy tend to be less likely to connect to Billie’s music, because one of the reasons she’s so good is because she emotes and tells stories with her voice, she’s very dynamic and expressive, not just technical. And when she sang that song, she had just lost a friend of hers and in at least one of the comped and stacked vocal harmonies she has said in interviews she was crying and I think that although it is buried into the production of the ambiance, we can still feel it as we listen to it. And because their production style is so close up and all encompassing, almost like surround sound 3D asmr inside our head, it seems like there’s someone crying within us. No wonder we get that response. I also challenge you to not get goosebumps after the bridge of “The 30th”. I’ve observed the same pattern in reactions

[@nomadine85]

Yes! Your surprise about her being so big is exactly what’s so rare and so amazing! That someone who’s really just doing her own unique thing and is qualitatively so good and genuine is THIS popular is just a really positive surprise.

[@joerosen7126]

It’s most probably unintentional, but I think that the recurring distortion represents how Billie distorts the line between genres, since none of the songs are confined to any particular genre.

[@catarinaatum]

Good bye: Please Please, don't leave me be It's not true (i love you) Take me to the rooftop (listen before i go) Told you not to worry (ilomilo) What do you want from me? (bury a friend) Don't ask questions (my strange adiction) Wait a minute (8) Don't you know I'm no good for you? (when the party's over) Baby, I don't feel so good (wish you were gay) And all the good girls go to hell (all the good girls go to hell) Bite my tongue, bide my time (you should see me in the crown) What is it about them (xanny) I'm the bad buy (bad guy) All the lyrics is about the other songs of the album

[@morganabner3038]

Now do her happier then ever album

[@faraoramses-fx8bm]

tv + cat + dog feels really home :,,,)

[@trvsh7254]

Her little mind on this album is ABSOLUTELY unfathomablely amazing!! Props to her👏👏👏

[@GfYs86]

No offense loved this reaction but the beginning part of this reaction where your furbabies were playing - cat ready to cut someone - was wholesome and yeah, thanks 🥰 great reaction.

[@amandavanwyk5424]

Before you listen to the newest album, please check out the music video to “Everything I Wanted” It’s a single and she won a Grammy for it. Also her live performance at the Brit awards for “No Time to Die,” which is the soundtrack to the last Bond movie. That live performance is amazing and really worth checking out.

[@lisalindgren5622]

Just saw that you had Taboo in you Spotify library. Fun fact: Billie and Denzel are good friends and Billie is the one singing on the song Sirens!!

[@mitcht2717]

[Thanksgiving, 2023] I'm 69 and wasn't into POP [or Country], but then in Jan. 2020 saw that this young brother and sister won all these Grammys for their Album "When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go" and "Bad Guy" and checked it out and now Billie is my numero uno. You may not take much stock in this, but Rolling Stone listed WWAFAWDWG as the 7th best debut album of all time - and that by a 17 yr. old - and her 21 yr. old brother - phenomenal. I have the Beatles, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, the Doors, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, etc. etc, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and I believe this particular album is great and will be recognized as such for many years. I listened to your reaction a bit ago but forgot to comment - I really like it; no yawns! Billie wrote "Listen Before I go" at 15 when she really was on the edge - if you ever have time, I believe you would enjoy the R. J. Cutler documentary on Billie "The World's A Little Blurry" [Apple +, $ 6 a couple years ago, Feb. 26, 2021 - it's about 25 minutes too long, but is otherwise excellent]. Robert Christgau, the dean of music reviewers wrote, [Dec 20, 2019] 'no teenager I can recall has ever made such an impressive album, though I guess Elvis's Sun Sessions gets an asterisk..." I wonder will it always be Billie's best?

[@nomadine85]

Finneas and Billie singing together is something special for sure. His own first album is called Blood Harmony, which is what one calls it when family members harmonise because they tend to have the same quality in their vocal chords that just makes it particularly special. And also, you should listen to their harmonies on the single “Everything I Wanted” - which incidentally has a more hopeful twist to the theme of “listen before I go”. Listening to their harmonies live is also a treat and a half (like for example when they covered End of the World. Oh my god.) And yes, I love you is most certainly a song that makes me wanna cry. The chord progression also reminds me of Leonard Cohen’s hallelujah (and When the Party’s Over as well). It’s so beautiful and is sounds like a movie, another progression from the previous song. The dreams becoming more ethereal but also more real (with the details of the sound of real life starting to creep into the dreams).

[@joanaalves5881]

please react to her last album Happier Than Ever, you'll love it !

[@mushpurple]

Yes but also don't smile at me EP

[@ciandryl]

if you wanna know more about their songwriting you should watch their film A world's a little blurry. It's a documentary about billie and it also shows the process of making the album

[@tamironga]

Melanie Martinez is also very unique. So is Marina (formerly known as Marina and the Diamonds). Finding people reacting to Billie for the first time is my favorite sport. Thanks for this reaction, you should check out her EP Don´t smile at me.

[@fakeflake4323]

the lyrics in goodbye is lyrics from every single song on the album in reverse order (i love you to bad guy)

[@slyctonbits]

46:08 - To answer your question, well nowadays this type of music is called: "Alt-Pop", following the music similar like Lorde, AURORA, The xx, even Lana Del Rey, but Billie Eilish's music has lots of Post-Industrial music and Electropop, so her combination of music is pretty unique, yeah. Post-Industrial music is anything that borrows from original Industrial music, but in a modern context, hence the distortion, machinery sounds, sound effects, and scary sounds, that's pretty much experimental music but in a modern context with her Pop vocals and style.

[@donnas.1075]

This is my first time watching one of your videos. I've watched several KZbin react videos of Billie's music over the past couple of years and I must say, yours is the best and most relatable. Your reaction and take on her music is EXACTLY how I feel. I'm 60 years old and just started listening to Billie 3 years ago when I became curious about who this girl is. All I knew about her was she had green and black hair. So, I looked her up on KZbin and the very first song that came up was You Should See Me in a Crown. (One of my top favorites now) I listened/watched and instantly became a fan! Her music and personality really struck me. I just love her & Finneas and they are THE BEST in music today. I often compare their talent to the brother & sister duo The Carpenters. I very much appreciated your take on this album. Thank you for sharing. 💖

[@WesLinkz]

Very awesome! I appreciate your comment and thanks for watching

[@donnas.1075]

@@WesLinkz you're welcome 😊

[@janasorell4192]

In Goodbye, where she mixes all the songs together. It’s funny how they included the little girl voice they did in 8. Saying “Don’t leave me”

[@nomadine85]

The bridge in See me in a crown goes tooooo hardddd. The song was inspired by a line Moriarty says in Sherlock Holmes, but to me I just really like to imagine her singing about LA and the fakeness of people there that aren’t interested in creating art but just to be famous and make money as “this nothing town”. That’s maybe just me, though.

[@nomadine85]

Thank you for this lovely reaction. It started out a little chaotic and distracted with your adorable dog and that stupid TV lol but I’m glad I stuck with it because I enjoyed it a lot and decided to write a comment for each song so you could have more comments on your video because I think the video deserves more views and I know comments help with that. I’m looking forward to seeing your reaction to Billie’s EP, second album, and perhaps a compilation of her singles and her guitar songs EP, which altogether would be enough to be as long as an album.

[@aguscravero]

really enjoyed your reaction to this album! it is the one i love the most from her, but Happier than ever is totally worth listening to. Everything she does is so different, so you never know what to expect and what you might end up liking the most!

[@Ember-xl3jd]

Cutie patootie has posted again

[@nomadine85]

No it’s not pop. She just happens to be popular. I think Bury a Friend is her best song. Not my favourite although it’s in my top ten (because favourite and best are two different categories that can overlap), but the best in terms of production and writing and experimentation and layers and it’s scary af for sure. To me it’s the song that best captures the album as a whole. And I also feel like it’s the most “honest” of the songs on this album, while being obscure enough to not give away details.

[@builderofdreams1]

Loved the reaction!! 😮Can’t wait for Happier Than Ever, it’s sooo good!

[@kaitlynnicole314]

Can't wait to see your reaction to Happier than Ever. So different but so good.

[@ddcakes7377]

This was such a great reaction! I’m very happy I stumbled on it and I look forward to you checking out her follow up album Happier Than Ever as well as her previous EP Don’t Smile At Me.

[@life_with_laurie]

yeah that last track is like the epilogue she plays it at the end of shows once they leave the stage and the lights come up.

[@TheNraveles]

8 and Ilomilo are my fave from the album by far

[@nomadine85]

In terms of the order of the songs it’s interesting that one has wish you were gay and then 8. Because wish you were gay was about someone who ignored her, and 8 is from the perspective of someone that she hurt. Like the flip of the coin, which makes me think of how she talked about idontwannabeyouanymore be the flip of the coin following copycat in her EP. But in this song she’s not really singing “happily” as far as I understood it, it’s more about being “babyish” because of the childishness of her behaviour toward this person. Also it’s so interesting how you pointed out that the album feels consistent, but really, it’s also so varied! It’s crazy that an album can be both.

[@lanahw2499]

It's always nice to see new reactions to Billie and Finneas' music! And Finneas also has some good independent music, I recommend his two albums 'Optimist' and 'Blood Harmony (Deluxe Version)' Haha if you found 'bury a friend' scary, you should check out the music video. It adds a whole visual layer to it. Perhaps you could do a reaction to all some of her music videos? They have some cool concepts to them! And Billie directs a lot of them herself. (she directed 'What Was I Made For?', 'Male Fantasy', 'Happier Than Ever', 'NDA', 'Lost Cause', 'Your Power', 'Therefore i am', 'Everything I Wanted', 'xanny', and two of her earlier works). My favourites of her music videos are probably 'Happier Than Ever', 'NDA', your power', 'bury a friend', and 'all the good girls go to hell' (which is a continuation of 'bury a friends's video). Anyways I can see you've filmed a reaction to Happier Than Ever, so I'll check that out next! :)

[@pidygonzales984]

love this album hope you will react to other projects by billie in the future!!!

[@MorganDoes_Cosplay013]

*This was really good! I most definitely recommend for you to check out Happier than Ever. It is my favorite album from Billie. I would love to see a video on it in the future!*

[@WesLinkz]

Perfect timing, I just released the video!

[@MorganDoes_Cosplay013]

@@WesLinkz *Oh awesome! I will be checking that out right now then!*

[@volka.n]

the production and music choices in this one are really fkn good.

[@stevek7699]

Great reaction despite the distractions (though your fur babies are adorable). And yeah, the real shock is that so many people have the good taste to love Billie and Finneas' music. Almost restores my faith in humanity

[@fns004]

we'll need your reaction to Happier Than Ever asap!!!!!

[@lucapixel3047]

You should listen to happier than ever , her second album.. she’s so good!

[@gigatoob]

Enjoyed ur reaction. She talked about having sleep paralysis. She also dealt with depression and mental health issues when she was younger. The last song revisits every previous song. Listen Before I Go is about suicidal thoughts. Yes, check out Don't Smile at Me. Her side projects are good too. Her James Bond song won an Oscar last year. 'Everything I Wanted' won a Grammy. Happier than Ever is more mature and wonderful too. I think Don't Smile is very good (and what 15-16 yo!). WWDGWWAFA is her most popular but the other 2 are even better imo... PS - Her music videos are also like no one elses...Enjoyed it.

[@pablo-vr5xy]

im late, but i love ur reaction! feels cozy haha

[@rahulgomes1472]

This whole album is inspired by billie's dreams and night terrors all things that happen after you sleep, so the tittle, the last three track together makes a sentence listence before i go, i love you, goodbye and. Goodbye summarise the whole album with lines from each song in reverse it's just like how to try to remember or recall a dream or nightmare the next morning but you remember only parts of it

[@Why4k]

You should react to her album called "happier than ever" !! Its sooo good imo

[@LoveMe-um1ee]

Her music videos are sooo good, you should react to them

[@thatweirdbwah_]

oh to listen to this album for the first time again

[@OompaLoompa1234]

Just wait till he sees the videos. It’ll hit much harder especially for when the party’s over. Also SUPER CUTE DOGGGGG!

[@user-yg3mc2ee2e]

Hey! Can you try and listen to Lana Del Rey? If you haven’t heard her before, I would recommend to start with the album “Born To Die”,I think many people would like to see Lana reactions in your channels too. Thanks

[@WesLinkz]

Will add to my list!

[@Wh0isa1ice]

Listen before i go was supposed too be her last song. The line “take me too the rooftop i wanna see the world when i stop breathing” implies she wants too jump off tge rooftop, and she says sorry as in “sorry but its what needed too be done” if yk what i mean. It hits hard and its hard too listen too as i have been in that place and that song and i love you i js listened too over and iver again. I love you was about i think XXXs death as they where close.

[@alissbbgbab]

If you Liked Billie and Olivia, I think you'll love Lana Del Rey, Billy and Olivia both said that Lana is their biggest inspiration for everything they did

[@Oatmilllk]

Lana isn’t Billies biggest per se. Billie has said tonnes of different artists from many eras & genres that have inspired her including Lana of course

[@esel7380]

I would recommend the album 'Harry's House' by Harry Styles. Great video!

[@s13984]

YESS PLEASE

[@dapperblook1593]

I hope you do her other album too Happier then Ever. Cuz she only has two albums, so its very approachable. She also has some other stand alone songs that are pretty good! Would recommend you do those too, if possible ;) Edit: Yes, Listen before I go was was written when she was extremely depressed and Suicidal. She said she wanted to release it so she could have a sense of moving passed it and to not actually do it. Also so others know that they aren't the only ones going through it, and they're not alone

[@tiffanyalberti2029]

Your dog is so cute.

[@juju-du2ye]

you absolutely need to make a reaction to her videos! they are so good and so crazy! and she directs them herself!

[@justinbradley1509]

Maybe Next you can do her first album in don’t smile back at me where you can her first song of Ocean Eyes that got her started off with this amazing music career we have now with Billie Eilish.

[@emmischneider2739]

You really should react to some of her live performences! I love her! Like your Video!

[@merilehtonen3350]

Great reaction! Love Billie! In "Bury a friend" the guy who says "Billie", "listen", etc. is not Finneas, it's a British rapper called Crooks.

[@chaemanoban]

great reaction and i love ilomilo❤

[@autumn7271]

Definitely you need to listen to Billie eilish new record Happier than ever

[@Stinger_tbx]

Great reaction! But if you dare watch the "official videos" you will be beyond blown away ! Billie & Finneas music is lyrically, Sonically & artistically (videos) amazing Us Billie fan live for the video reactions (official Vevo studio video) You should see me in a crown " vertical version only "

[@michellesantana5930]

Reputation has one of the cringiest songs of all time so for that alone I will watch part of that reaction if it comes lmao 😂 so glad you started with Billie instead this album is a masterpiece

[@vinsmashies]

Taylor Reputation?? Cringe?? Omg how much you don't understand about that album and you just underestimated one of the best comeback era

[@michellesantana5930]

I said “has one of the cringiest songs of all time” The “I’m sorry the old Taylor can come to the phone right now she’s dead” gives me second hand embarrassment

[@s13984]

You should check out a harry styles album!!!

[@KatrinaMarie614]

You should react to Finneas album, its soo good and such a vibe 🫶🏼

[@harleyjackson3008]

You should check out Lana Del Rey ☺️ Born to die(technically her debut album) is the best place to start

[@geikevanpoucke4386]

Hi I really think you'll like 21st century liability by YUNGBLUD it's kinda the same vibe as this album

[@c0uch]

Her music makes me so emotional!! Btw, if you liked Olivia Rodrigo, you should try listening to some of Katrina Stuart's music.

[@user-je8we3fy9w]

Try dont smile at me it soo good

[@D1ON1807]

Plastic Hearts - Miley Cyrus next please!

[@johnnyvelasquez7874]

what about a lorde album reaction

[@canaldyetok]

omggg

[@user-ph8vr8km5m]

Unfortunetly listen before i go is a suic1d3 letter😢

[@BILLIESTANY]

Not so fun fact: billie recorded the last part of xanny after her friend passed of an over dose thats why she sounds so exhausted

[@shweck1892]

Day 3 of asking for melanie martinez portals reaction

[@WesLinkz]

This will be coming up! Thanks for the recommendation

[@shweck1892]

@@WesLinkzaaah idk if im too late but also the deluxe tracks are really good

[@uhohitspriscilla]

@@WesLinkzwas just gonna ask for this!

[@sam.s117]

@@WesLinkzlisten to her album crybaby first and go in order

[@BeyondMagical]

Please listen to PORTALS by Melanie Martinez ♡

[@liony9400]

another phineas show...

[@Oatmilllk]

? are you implying Billie couldn’t possibly write & produce these songs along with Finneas because she’s female? Your wife left you didn’t she.

[@aeromacin]

why do you have sound in the background while doing a music reaction? pay attention to your production man, unwatchable