When a teenager redefines pop music

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#Middle8 #Gorillaz #BillieEilish #videoessay
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Billie Eilish is the most talked about teen on the planet. So let’s talk.
She amassed over a billion streams before even releasing her debut album. In part due to the overnight sensation that was, “Ocean Eyes.”
She was only 13 when it was recorded but otherwise it’s a pretty straight-forward pop tune that displayed her sultry-vocal talents and her brother Finneas’ production prowess. The brother/sister duo shared the track on SoundCloud and it took off shortly after. The platform is usually known for giving rise to DIY-hip-hop artists -- it’s not common for a pop act to find overnight success on SoundCloud -- but then again, Billie isn’t your common pop star.
Her EP was strong but it’s her debut that proved the buzz to be worthy. WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? is consistent, cohesive and self-aware. A whole piece of art with songs that service one another. One of the best selling records of 2019, it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 -- making her the first artist born in the 21st century to do so. Yeah -- she was born after 9/11. Feel old yet? It became the best performing album of 2019 in the US with 12 of the album’s 14 tracks charting on the Billboard Hot 100 -- the most ever for a female musician. She’s garnered six Grammy nominations including Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year. Making her the youngest artist to ever be nominated for all four major categories. In the following months, she will be the youngest artist ever to record a Bond theme.
To understand what’s so special about Billie and her music, let’s analyze her biggest hit to date “Bad Guy” subverts genre, musical form, narrative perspective and even gender roles.
Billie Eilish swept the big four awards at the 2020 Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year
She also took home Best Pop Vocal Album and her brother Finneas picked up two awards himself: Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. Billie Eilish will now grace the March issue of Vogue magazine. Billie Eilish releases No Time To Die, the new James Bond theme.
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Disclaimer:
I do not own any of the videos, photos or music used in this video. They are used for education and discussion purposes under fair use law.

[@GameScoreFanfare]

"Sounds like Billie singing along to music playing at a party next door" is the best description of bad guy.

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

hey mitto!

[@harveycryst222]

I literally asked myself if he meant the artist, or an actual party next door.

[@pancakes246]

As big of a fan of Billie as I am, Bad Guy is massively overrated.

[@slystone4892]

@@pancakes246 It's a good song but all that praise should go to Bury A Friend.

[@Pauldjreadman]

And Bjork recorded part of her on song on debut in a club toilet ::)

[@giantchamp415]

Finneas' is a dope ass producer. I don't listen to this kind of music but the beats and Billie's voice got me. Both of them are talented af.

[@oddacity5883]

Refuze2Lose Fineas’s songs are fucking great, too

[@flux202]

What do you listen to?

[@william_d]

Ended up being producer of the year lulz

[@helloworld4896]

@Prepare your ass because pablo I see that you’re referring to yourself.

[@anonymoususer9197]

@Prepare your ass because pablo are you coming to these videos to shit on the artists like why are you even here?

[@bipinsamsohang]

nobody is gonna point out how good of an editing this was?

[@jowie3708]

Bipin Samsohang I sort of expect it now, whenever I see a middle 8 vid. But they still never fail to bring the goods

[@kaisersozay2217]

Ahh..u just did. Duh

[@yell0w355]

His editing getting better with every video!

[@ikejaeilan]

thank you

[@theletterl8948]

Bipin Samsohang yes it was a good editing

[@MelvaCross]

She's an angsty teen. And she knows it. And she embraces it. That's what makes her so likeable. And with ger brother's great production they make such a dangerous duo.

[@terreausore2435]

Angsty ? You mean, like when she said in interviews that she doesnt truly things the lyrics she "sing" ?

[@Revealingstorm.]

@@terreausore2435 she doesn't truly things?

[@d.m2506]

@@terreausore2435If you can't spell no one is going to take you seriously

[@g.s9943]

Arc2301 Billie Eileen doesn’t sing, I mean it’s quiet how can it be singing?

[@jamesgarretson2922]

@Prepare your ass because pablo The ironic thing about your comment is that I haven't seen an artist with the kind of immediate impact that Billie's had since Eminem.

[@rab123456flu]

Middle 8 has the power to make me care and listen to some artists that I didn't even know or didn't care at all.

[@has5ul707]

LMAO SAMEE

[@Plasmacat1]

Lana Del Rey and Lorde walked so Billie could run. I wonder if her career will take the same path. A massive punch then continued to still original and with a fanbase but not Billboard and not as radio friendly. Still unique and true to themselves all 3

[@vp4744]

Good question, you should also ask Van Halen.

[@TECfan1]

I am curious as well how long she'll last in the spotlight. As long as she continues to do something different, I guess. With as big as she became, I bet her second album will at least get a lot of streams first week.

[@vp4744]

@@TECfan1 "..a lot of streams first week." and what happens after that?

[@KyriakosBrastianos]

Actually Lana and Marina, Lorde is newer bread that walked on Lana's and Marina's lane

[@thrusta100]

BS, Lorde paved her own way, Lorde owns the stage live, impressive for a then 18/19 year old..

[@inaworldfulloftrashbagsbet2023]

I love how she started out as an American response of Lorde, but she gradually became her very own thing

[@CameronMcKee]

Agreed. I didnt listen to her for the longest time cuz i thought she was just trying to copy Lorde who is one of my top 3 favs. Thabkfully my sister convinced me otherwise lol

[@Me-vn3gz]

Cameron McKee Samee

[@westshape3998]

If Lorde is Radiohead, Billie would be Coldplay

[@TestTest123ization]

@@westshape3998 I might be the other way around. I think Billie is more like Radiohead, Lorde Coldplay.

[@westshape3998]

@@TestTest123ization Well, you are entitled to your own opinion. But, Lorde's the one who shaped Pop music over the last decade. (you can't deny that).

[@unintentionallydramatic]

I'm not a _fan_ of Eilish, but she's definitely got talent and drive. Good episode choice.

[@jiffyblue3882]

Ashakari Singh I agree for sure man, I admire her drive and talent, but I wouldn’t consider myself a fan

[@victorwainaina2584]

Best describes how I feel about her. I like one or two, but I give mad respect to her. I admire genuine-ness in artists, and she has oodles of that, so I automatically like her, if not all her songs.

[@unintentionallydramatic]

@Arda Those who cannot acknowledge greatness when they see it will themselves never be great. 🙏 Btw I learned today that she's homeschooled. Badass!

[@campkira]

same with any music for teen... it kind of there and it will be gone... but just had fun who care....

[@unintentionallydramatic]

@@campkira ...what?

[@hunterfckinghartley8646]

The burst a friend/black skinhead mashup had me living for the ten seconds it was playing omg

[@shammi9481]

Burst that friend Edit:i do agree tho

[@Liliputian07]

Everyone is talking about how 'weird' billie eilish is, but she's just brought a bunch of indie tricks to the mainstream. I already listened to music as 'weird' as eilish's, but I think it's cool that now music casuals can get into these ideas too

[@apullcan]

It's cool that there seems to be a large audience who really take to her "weirdness". It's proof that general audiences aren't aversed to new things & might like some experimentalism in their pop.

[@zeetuslupeedus]

I just finished telling my husband this. People are so upset about billie and her music being as successful as it is but its like..indie pop has been a thing fo YEARRRS. I was listening to stuff like this in high school ages ago. It's just gotten mainstream now and maybe people dont understand how a sound like this could be considered great.

[@fruitpop9582]

billie eyelash hahaahah

[@lareinadiondra6027]

@@zeetuslupeedus I just watched an interview with her, and she was kind of pissed off when they implied her music was depressing because she feels like she sings about things that everybody thinks at one time or another. She pointed out that nobody who actually knows her would ever called her dark.

[@zeetuslupeedus]

@@lareinadiondra6027 yeah I've seen a lot of her interviews as well. Shes seems like a regular girl to me. People think you have to be sad all the time to understand sadness. Or be some kind if dark person to be able to relate to darkness. It's kind if wild how easily we box people in.

[@inaworldfulloftrashbagsbet2023]

So basically: Billie Eilish is the GenZ's rebellious teen idol just like Lorde was the Millenials' rebellious teen idol

[@FragmentedR_YT]

In a world full of trashbags be the trash itself and to think, Lorde came around just 5-ish years before Eilish, and they’re two completely different types of decade defining.

[@goodjobeli]

I mean, gen z were also around when Lorde was. Gen Z started in the late 90s, don't forget that.

[@calebjager]

@@goodjobeli I was about to say I was 13/14 when lorde came out

[@cryo311old]

Yep, pretty much

[@teslakanta8869]

Gen Z are people born roughly between 1995 and 2015. That makes Lorde a Gen Z, cause she was born in 1996.

[@bromicorn]

**insert im the bald guy joke here**

[@aadityabhattacharya]

Duh!!

[@bromicorn]

@@aadityabhattacharya **silly beat intensifies**

[@MarioAtheonio]

We are number one!

[@Boom12]

'Balding men best lovers in the world!' -Colin Mochrie

[@valleygirl670]

The average Billie fan is 14 years old which makes me feel old, but this means her fans will be around a long time supporting her music which makes me so happy! I am 52, this review is on point and I approve of this program. As a long time film editor, the team who edited this piece of artwork has mad skills.

[@keranseunarine4274]

No, they'll grow out of it

[@BevinBevin]

@@keranseunarine4274 well I’m about to be 21 been listening since 16

[@inaworldfulloftrashbagsbet2023]

Can you do a video about Bjork's artistry, And how she influenced art pop and electronic music with her immaculate production and surrealistic visuals and alien voice, whether it was an essay about her art in general or one of her critically acclaimed bodies of her work? It would be amazing if you did that 👍

[@richardocampo4371]

In a world full of trashbags be the trash itself PREACHING OVER HERE

[@TheeBus36]

In a world full of trashbags be the trash itself damn he really should do this

[@Boom12]

@@richardocampo4371 i'm...not sure what that means but...ok

[@Boom12]

I dun think anyone has done Bjork yet... would be nice though.

[@richardocampo4371]

Nik B it means that your preaching the truth. We want bjork give us that bjork video!

[@Joesorr324]

Can we take a moment to appreciate the editing of this. I Mean, this is fucking awesome.

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

Most pop stars who try and sound "badass" and "cool" kinda fail at it, Ellish really stands out among them as the only person who really gives no fucks. Her sound reflects her rebelliousness. Also, "bad guy" slaps.

[@terreausore2435]

"slaps" litteraly a 4 notes bass line, for 4 minutes.

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

@@terreausore2435 lol i dont give a shit, i think it's catchy asf

[@terreausore2435]

@@mouthbreether Just being a documented bassist. But hey, cant expect much from Mymomshouldhaveswallowed.

[@selueen3028]

I mean, she is not trying to sound badass. The bad guy is the joke song, making fun of macho culture. Hell, the drop at the end is made of overprocessed recording of her laughter. And if you heard the whole album, the intro (Which was originally part of the song and got cut because it would not make it to radio otehrwise) is also making fun of it.

[@selueen3028]

Bad guy is an epic shitpost in music which everyone takes seriously for some reason.

[@JNava]

I like that quote middle8 says “we’re in an age where rules are being broken” Music is revolutionizing & we just have to find new ways to shed light & promote underground music.

[@nik8099]

But there's nothing revolutionary about Billie though.

[@XXTacoBellLovaXX]

Nader Abed she is bringing indie pop elements in the mainstream. And ppl are eating her up

[@JNava]

People complain about her music being trash, yet people complain about bubble gum pop-music that is made to be appealing to a mass audience aka “mainstream”. I think she’s doing her own thing, I’m not a fan of her music personally, I can’t name one song besides Bad Guy, but I am a fan of how she did it. Her brother is the mastermind behind it all. That’s what I mean by “revolutionary”, these are just kids making music in their bedrooms. Music back then used to be pumped out of like factories, genres like country & mainstream pop were fed to us through MTV & whatever was on the radio & people didn’t like that & they complained about it, that’s how underground music started. Now there’s kids blowing up because a large audience liked their little songs they made with their laptop. Nobody is asking you to like Billie Eilish but understand that these were just kids trying to have some fun making music & their dreams came true. & I think that is revolutionizing music, shedding light on those who aren’t being heard enough.

[@lareinadiondra6027]

@@nik8099 How about revolutionizing then?

[@funnyspoon5120]

@@JNava That still happens. Music is still pumped out like its nothing.

[@cason3547]

I wouldn’t say Billie is an underrated artist but her debut album does feel like it’s under appreciated. It’s bold, unique, brave and it’s a shame a lot of ppl in the mainstream disregarded it bc it was “different”

[@melparadise7378]

sorry, but 'underrated' doesn't get you a damn grammy nomination lol

[@Jack-ly4fr]

AOTY

[@cason3547]

Mel Paradise I’d say Tyler the Creator’s IGOR is an underrated masterpiece and it won Grammy. Everyone has a different concept of the word “underrated”

[@TECfan1]

Yet it won 4 Grammy's.

[@makayla03333]

i love billie but the album is nowhere near underrated. she just won 5 grammys and has over 1 billion streams in total now

[@Enterstainers]

Haven't liked Billie Eilish for a while until recently, after realising we had the same view on art and I DID get her. I like to write songs about the end of the world, and collapsing relationships, in the hopes people like me won't feel alone and can use the songs to fix these problems. It's reassuring to see one of the world's biggest artists sharing the same aesthetic.

[@parkviewmo]

Yep! This girl is amazing, dark, funny, scary, profane, vulnerable, and sweet. We needed Billie and Finneas and the universe said "Yes!"

[@antoniochiodi4183]

“Scary” lmfaaao

[@RainbowTactic]

@@antoniochiodi4183 those spiders and shit dude. Kinda was scary lmao

[@Mialikesthings]

@@RainbowTacticyeah especially considering those spiders were real

[@5t757]

Did you know you timed the release of this hours after Bad Guy got the number 1 spot in Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2019?

[@Xelaman13]

the only "popstar" I can put in my spotify playlist

[@ronstoppable5659]

@Junior Alvarado Add Lorde, Adele, and even Post Malone to an extent (Yes, I consider him a pop artist) and that’s the list of full blown pop artists that I actually really enjoy listening to in my free time, the only other artists that I enjoy that quality as “pop” are 90s/2000s pop rock singer/songwriters like pre-2007 Avril Lavigne and Alanis Morrissette

[@terreausore2435]

Truly testifies about your poor tastes.

[@westshape3998]

Add Lorde, Carly Rae Jepsen, Charli

[@istanbasicallythewholemusi9288]

@@terreausore2435 I think that person is trying to say that pop music is not their type of music and Billie Eilish is not that pop but is considered as a pop star. Maybe, that's why he/she put double quote marks in popstar.

[@80s_graffiti]

Add Carly Rae and Lorde

[@theanarchistocelot1620]

Can I just say how much I love “no time to die” it suits James Bond so well with its beautiful sadness and terror it just yells spy to me

[@user-rv7ge1tc4l]

it was such a letdown. but I guess that nothing can top skyfall.

[@istanbasicallythewholemusi9288]

@@user-rv7ge1tc4l Yeah! No time to die is probably my 2nd fav Bond theme after Skyfall.

[@FredHMusic-gr7nu]

I loved When We All Fall Asleep from the very first listen. I can remember already being won over by the first half of the album with awesome tunes like xanny and wish you were gay among many others but holy shit, when listen before i go, i love you and finally, goodbye came on to finish off the record, I was spellbound. I never expected any pop star with such virality to go this deep and this emotionally powerful. The entire album isn't just pop, it's high art.

[@johnpangarakis396]

Fred H. Music I listened to it after I heard it won album of the year to see what the hype was about, and I was completely blown away by how much I loved it. It’s so versatile in its genres and themes, it’s up there with IGOR for my favorite album to come out last year

[@robert9662]

Billie Ellish 'bad guy' just won the triple j hottest 100.

[@terreausore2435]

As any song you can hear in a Hot Topic's playlist.

[@ramonaflowers2813]

I feel her songs will sound very odd a couple of years from now unless this is actually the new wave. Her and her brother are very innovative regardless.

[@vp4744]

I think she's making music for now, not for couple of years from now.

[@niriribururur7074]

@@tachisme lmao

[@anarchyvixyn]

Before Finneas won producer of the year he worked with a few artist besides Billie, one being Selena Gomez. Now that hes won, hes going to be in demand and his production style is what is going to change the way music is.

[@imgone8633]

@@anarchyvixyn yes!

[@LorcaLoca]

How is her art very innovative?

[@gavinwarner3480]

I’m not a huge Billie fan but I like watching interviews with her, she’s so genuinely interesting. The songs I’ve heard of hers are really solid though

[@tim_brooks]

my first impression of her was an interview for coachella or one of the festivals last year where she came off sounding like a total moron.

[@terreausore2435]

@@tim_brooks She acts like a total moron, because she is one. Even her IM DARK attitude is fake.

[@chrisofnottingham]

I'm 56 and imho she is the only likeable stylistically new music I have found since 2000.

[@anarchyvixyn]

Can you connect her with any other artist you enjoyed prior to 2000s? I've been trying to find a way to explain her to my Dad and I just cant find something he'd relate to

[@chrisofnottingham]

@@anarchyvixyn Bjork. Both of them aren't really just singers, they are artistic personalities who express themselves through multiple outlets of which singing is just one. And they aren't bothered about looking sexy, Bjork is as likely to turn up dressed as a tomato as a fairy. They are not musically similar but I see a similarity in attitude. Billie's personality is filtered through the styles and production techniques of today's music just as Bjork was in her heyday, so I think it is always going to be harder for the older generations to get it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWe2o6VmbbWBlbs

[@Plasmacat1]

Let's hope Drake doesn't get to her now that she is 18

[@akt3037]

**visible confusion**

[@user-ol7bt4wp1j]

She's too old 5 years to old

[@Georgia.J]

What do you mean "get to her"❓

[@ipodwallify]

0:26 Did you just describe the entire narrative of Infest The Rats' Nest?

[@Middle8]

iPodwallify there is no planet B

[@dwarvo]

@@Middle8 Open your eyes and see!

[@dwc1964]

I only know what I hear on the radio, so "All The Good Girls Go To Hell" was what came to my mind - cool to know she's written other songs on the subject

[@Cuberider]

"Shes the most talked about teen on the planet" Greta has entered the chat.

[@BirchBarlow]

How dare you!

[@dwc1964]

seeing as how one of Billie's songs on the radio is about global warming, I suspect she'd agree

[@jebatman756]

You know for a second, I had to think and I’m glad you’re not referencing Greta Van Fleet...lol

[@lyonclaws5737]

who's greta

[@Cuberider]

@@lyonclaws5737 Greta Thunberg. 16 year old swedish climate activist. Spoke in front of the UN and many others and is kind of the leader of the "fridays for future" and the leader of "skolstrejk för klimatet".

[@nottravix1353]

The day before she wins like 4 Grammys. You have great timing

[@agraciotti]

That was incredible. Thanks again.

[@KrakGrenade]

I am fascinated by the art and visuals in this fantastic video.

[@brandonkief3278]

Great video and editing as always. Billie is an artist that really gets to you on a personal level. Her style is like I don't have to be loud to sing.

[@charlottemclean6130]

I just heard Billie Eilish's 'No Time to Die' and knew immediately from the sound of it that it was a Bond theme song even though I didn't know beforehand that that was what it was. I would be really interested to see a video exploring what makes a Bond theme song sound like a Bond theme song.

[@kaisersozay2217]

Such a well written piece. Good points. Accurate! Such a good job that I will look at other vids to consider a sub. Thanks. Love this work

[@konstantinkirilov1664]

Another great video but first woman in Sad Pop? Marina And The Diamonds? Lana Del Rey? Lorde? Hello?

[@konstantinkirilov1664]

@@azulandreaescalantelopez1004 Ahh okay, yeah I can see it like that now

[@TECfan1]

She also did something different with it. Those artists stick to mainly pop instrumentals while Billie has more trap and hip hop inspired beats.

[@konstantinkirilov1664]

False

[@frederickdavison4954]

Kimbra?

[@rifatjaan6801]

@@TECfan1 All previous Lana records before NFR! have hip hop/trap beats

[@johnpangarakis396]

I watched your IGOR video, and now this one, and I’m already hooked. You do such a good job of explaining why I love the music you talk about

[@stella-qo4cy]

I’ve been a fan of Billie Eilish for a few years now, and it’s really nice to see that such an amazing and groundbreaking artist is finally getting the recognition that she deserves

[@catalinaalfie8023]

the ending of bad guy when it takes a 180 degree shift is literally me favourite part of the song

[@davidkonevky7372]

Am I the only one who likes "Don't smile at me" more than her current album?

[@cason3547]

Also another quality video 👌🏻. Your editing and transitions are smooth af

[@MistbornGlados]

My guy, your videos are so well thought out and edited. Really appreciate your effort to make quality content!

[@josiahclagett1105]

God your epilogue at the end nearly had me in tears, and I'm not even a huge fan of billie. Well done good man.

[@VoOrT3xX]

She has a huge talent and I don't even listen to pop but the 22 à million vibe got me. Very promising album

[@lukesmusix5267]

HOW THE HELL DOES THIS GUY NOT HAVE MORE THAN 10 MILLION FOLLOWERS! The incredible editing and structure is so incredible! this is so refreshing and easy to follow! Thank you @Middle8

[@ashleyarwaorwa3107]

I think very few artists can pull off that breathe in between songs and still make it a part of the song so naturally

[@peterwinkler8888]

"Billie Eilish is the most talked-about teen on the planet." Greta Thunberg: Am I a joke to you?

[@stanley6440]

Péter Winkler yep

[@Luke-ft5ow]

Honestly Greta is held up by a movement. People only talk about her to promote what they want (not that I disagree with them)

[@peterwinkler8888]

@@Luke-ft5ow I'd say, both are talked-about for their work, both of which are celebrated by a crowd that was hungry for something like that. In Billie's case it's her music, while Greta's "product" is the FFF movement, and the extension of climate activism in general

[@dwc1964]

seeing as how Billie has a song about global warming on the radio, I suspect she'd agree as to which teen should be given priority (Greta)

[@lolno1260]

Whose that?

[@RustleXer]

What timing as well after she took out Australia’s Triple J’s Hottest #100 as top spot!

[@MrRobotnik80]

Man, your editing is fire and i like your analysis, too.

[@alexbernatzky5646]

First off great video and analysis, but also fucking great motion graphic work and production value going on in the background

[@trollfacegaming1111]

Billie eilish: breaths 14 year old girls: OMG SO DEEP

[@Ashleyscott27]

I hate being 14 and liking Billie 😂😂 i dont say so deep tho im just like any other big fan

[@olavsveras5415]

Another great great episode!! Personally I would love a video about Cage the Elephant

[@tiennar6673]

Yes! That would be a great one

[@unfortunateson5016]

Hell yeah

[@maxgoingnnowhere7613]

both Billie and Finneas work so well together and they are making hella good records.

[@tshepangphawe8350]

Im in love with the rigor and style of your analysis!!!!!!!!!

[@irvinghigho2749]

Can we have an episode on Cage The Elephant?

[@Tactiducky]

Yes we need that

[@ronstoppable5659]

I’ve seen a lot of people say that Billie is this generation’s Avril Lavigne and that makes me worried that her career is going to end up like Avril’s, with a promising first album, a fantastic follow up that lived up to that potential, and it’s all downhill after that and she starts working with generic hitmaker producers like Max Martin to stay relevant

[@rs-op8bb]

i can only see her go up from here. Her music does honestly go across the broad. i just hope people who like her now, grow with her. there might be a time shes not sad and spooky anymore.

[@ronstoppable5659]

@r s People thought that the same thing was going to happen with Avril, But after that second album (which was fantastic), instead of continuing that sound but with more maturity, she decided to become an overproduced diva out of nowhere and ditched her old producers (most of which had a background in rock music) to work with the same guy that produced a bunch of songs for Katy Perry and Kesha for some ungodly reason, easily the biggest sellout move for me a female artist since Gwen Stefani’s transition from No Doubt to her solo career, really praying that Billie doesn’t do this because I really enjoy her music so far

[@vp4744]

Avril is just one ingredient that made Billie. Moreover, Avril had health problems unrelated to talent from reaching her full potential.

[@ronstoppable5659]

@Avocado Pirate She sold out way before she had Lyme disease, her music took a massive nosedive in quality after her magnum opus, Under My Skin, Best Damn Thing had a few good songs but overall it was an overproduced and even at times unlistenable disaster and didn’t improve at all after that, especially with her new album having some of the worst mixing/production I’ve heard in a long time in addition to being musically lacking

[@vp4744]

@@ronstoppable5659 Didn't Avril just complete a sold out tour? I think she will make more good music.

[@CraZ3lmo]

This editing is nuts!

[@whiskyandsynths]

Hey Middle 8! I think I've watched all your videos now and wanna say thanks and keep up the good work! It's so cool learning about music I love and artists I don't know much about too. Hi from sunny Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😁🙏

[@Eutropios]

I don’t _like_ her, but I admire her talent. I just don’t like how her hardcore fans think she’s so edgy, but they haven’t heard a second of Obituary or Slayer

[@obsessedwitheverything9058]

Her fans don’t think she’s edgy, they think she’s relatable

[@lisaclark1181]

I love how preteens and teens totally got into her. Musically and technically she is beyond most of my Gen X pop music.

[@timtaxevasion]

The editing of this one video is out of this fucking world. Instantly subscribed.

[@JoeKawano]

Mind-melting. Very cool and inspiring.

[@tomrobson1660]

Would love a Tame Impala part 2 now The Slow Rush is about to come out

[@Middle8]

Tom Robson on it

[@flower_man]

Slow rush comes out on Valentine's day

[@andreiamagalhaesdoamaral715]

Could you make a video on stayin' alive like the one you made for hey ya

[@C3N50R3D]

Billie is great!

[@OmriNamir]

great vid ~ love this channel

[@khulanerdene5985]

Can you do a video about Mitski? Her music writing is so different and raw.

[@liammcnicholas918]

Be the Cowboy is an amazing album.

[@momoz1]

People are so salty she’s allowed To be young and successful

[@hampter6786]

I love this channel because they can make a song I usually won't like into something I might like

[@miguelbeteta8808]

Brooooo you’re videos are soooo good 😤🙌🏼

[@Lynch2507]

Speaking of sad pop, is it just me or is it weird how many of them have ended up dead young, abusive, or both?

[@vp4744]

just you

[@Lynch2507]

@@vp4744 :)

[@Emdiggydog]

Speaking of Climate Change, King Gizzard follow up?

[@sophiemae4119]

this is a amazing video omg

[@azreensamsudin7353]

How can this channel be so underrated? Their editing is LIT!

[@faisala6175]

A story about murder from the perspective of a psychopath? Guess you never heard of Nirvana - Polly or A7x - A little piece of heaven.

[@Revealingstorm.]

Don't forget Beverly Kills by Ariel Pink

[@redhippopotamus9144]

Polly was about a rapist-murderer but in its specific case it's written about, the victim escaped at a gas station.

[@oofinga1100]

Almost forgot about the fact the SHE MADE A SONG FOR JAMES BOND!!! WHO ELSE HAS DONE THAT?? NO ONE!!! this is why billienis so amazing. because she's unique and iconic.

[@nomadine85]

This was so satisfyingly well researched and intelligent.

[@gonzales7010]

You are my favorite channel you write your videos so well

[@francesthemute9717]

PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ON ANTICHRIST SVPERSTAR! Mansons 1996 album is relevant now , thematically at least

[@liammcnicholas918]

Wow dude, black metal "v"s.

[@sailorhatphilosopher9149]

Liam McNicholas Antichrist superstar is industrial metal

[@sugarthedextrosity]

Billie Eilish sounds like a much more watered down, depressed version of Lorde.

[@sierrastar5155]

I think billie is great but she’s got nothing on lorde

[@dinospumoni5611]

Your editing is spectacular.

[@snatchy_]

And now happier than ever blew the world again

[@divad7137]

6:41 Reminds me of new magic wand

[@FoddyFogHorn]

It released before new magic wand

[@divad7137]

@@FoddyFogHorn Ok.I wasn't saying it copying magic wand.Sounds just similar.

[@lepstertracer9672]

Welcome fellow igor fan

[@divad7137]

@@lepstertracer9672 hi

[@johnpangarakis396]

Damn, I never realized that until I read your comment

[@tyde4610]

I hate how sexist teenage guys always parade billie as fake deep or “fake depressed” when they all listen to juice wrld and x as if you couldn’t say the same about them

[@terreausore2435]

"sexist teenage guys", do you mean "the persons I dont like dont like what I like" ? She is fake. She litteraly said all her oh-so-dark lyrics are fictive. She is the epitome of IM NOT LIKE THE OTHER GIRLS.

[@vp4744]

True that. Most guys, especially teen boys who think they're cool, get this reflex action when they see someone cooler then themselves. Not only is Billie cooler, but also more talented, sharper hacker, better educated with friends circle bigger than they'll ever have. Read the comments on reddit where all these loser boys hang out. One even admitted that she's so cool that even the bullies the boys are scared of follow Billie.

[@tyde4610]

Arc2301 Not really dude. do you even listen to her music? yeah she has dark lyrics but that’s not all she does. also how is she the epitome of not like the other girls? please tell me, because i’ve been listening to her for a while and have yet to hear anything like that

[@vp4744]

@@terreausore2435 She may be fake, but your fear of girls is real.

[@tyde4610]

Avocado Pirate Guys like him complain that we’re not allowed to have offensive lyrics to tell a story anymore but when a girl uses those same things he gets pissy and called her fake

[@yashthakur9306]

This channel is so underrated!!

[@hydrostatics]

Nice Vid, I am learning so much. Thank you

[@htimelines1089]

have fun getting a ton of views on this one

[@olisonic6577]

Billie is a bedroom pop artist imo

[@g.s9943]

When I think of bedroom pop I think of simple instrumentals with little unique production and just basic pop music in general but. I don’t think Billie rikishi fits into that category.

[@g.s9943]

Oli Sonic So like frank ocean type production?

[@RazorsRide]

Great video. I'm really curious about her Bond song and the next years of her career, she might mark her era.

[@bonganidlamini511]

BRILLIANT VIDEO BRO🥺🔥

[@moristar]

It's just Lana der Rey for zoomers :D

[@johnpangarakis396]

I love Billie and Lana, but, aside from the whispery singing, I don’t really see the comparison between the two

[@moristar]

@@johnpangarakis396 Whispery detached "cool AF" girl next door image (it was initially for Lana as well). Down to earth lyrics, unpleasant themes and awkward sexuality. It's just even more nihilistic this time :D Thus - "for zoomers" instead of "for millenials"

[@johnpangarakis396]

Alex Mort I can see that, I still feel like their music is different at its core if that makes any sense

[@moristar]

@@johnpangarakis396 it's not though

[@BlurieGuy]

7:17 gender equality

[@xie_19]

this video brought together so beautifully, billies intentions and experiences expressed in her music. I love her music and I always will love her for being the soul of my happiness and reassurance when I was in a dark place. I cry every time I watch her documentary, and as a movie lover, I appreciate all of the artistic choices in it too. Its harder to reach out to all of us who joined her fandom when she was a teenager, because shes at a place where shes better now, and we are so proud of her for doing that. some of us just prefer her when she was an angsty, moody teenager because we could relate to her more. but her music and movie arent going anywhere, and thats the amazing thing about art that Billie appreciates too. this career lets you grow because whatever you make is here to stay if you want it to, and it wont go anywhere.

[@vinz5576]

UNDERRATED CHANNNEEEL!!!!

[@weehaung]

What’s the song that starts at 7:32?

[@Middle8]

Wee Hau Ng kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJSWhICBqr1glZo

[@weehaung]

Middle 8 thanks mate

[@LOrbital]

@@Middle8 You should put the link in the description of the video :)

[@martinmendl1399]

I think she is just the best manifestation of the depressed zoomer generation. I think artists like her will be even more popular in the future. Doomed economically and socially by the Covid crisis, doomed politically because of the radicalisation in the first world and doomed in global prospects by the climate deterioration and the rise of China. We feel like we have good chance of becoming the second lost generation of the West, and many are hopeless. Hence the riots, suicides, shootings, and sad lonely music. And the general acceptance of depression as the “cool” standart.

[@hobistinyheartbag]

Istg all of their work are pure art but Finneas did an incredible job with Bad Guy its unbelievable good

[@averymartin7149]

this is wonderful