Billie Eilish fights a literal flood of emotion in hanging new video for ‘Happier Than Ever’
Billie Eilish has shared a poignant movie clip for the title observe to her just-released new album, ‘Happier Than Ever’, displaying the enigmatic pop star passionately belting the track within the midst of a storm.
The video was launched yesterday (July 30) alongside Eilish’s titular second album – which NME praised in a five-star assessment, saying it “absolutely establishes Billie Eilish as certainly one of her era’s most important pop artists – and, higher nonetheless, does so with out repeating a single trick from the debut that turned her life the wrong way up“.
Serving because the album’s penultimate lower, ‘Happier Than Ever’ is an eruptive present of Eilish at her strongest, making full use of its five-minute runtime with a delicate, slow-burning canter that swells right into a rhapsodic crescendo full with a hovering guitar solo.
Eilish herself appears somewhat content material with the completed product and its accompanying visible, announcing the latter on Instagram by declaring – in all caps, no much less – “THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG AND VIDEO EVER”.
Check out the music video for ‘Happier Than Ever’, additionally directed by Eilish, under:
Along with its title observe, ‘Happier Than Ever’ is flanked by the singles ‘My Future’, ‘Due to this fact I Am’, ‘Your Energy’, ‘Misplaced Trigger’ and ‘NDA’.
Upon its launch, Eilish stated making the brand new album was the “most satisfying and profound expertise” she’s ever had. In a prolonged submit on Instagram, she says she and her brother Finneas had been on “cloud 9 making this album”, and that it scares her to consider placing it out as a result of she loves each track “so a lot”.
To commemorate its launch, Eilish teamed up with Spotify to debut ‘Happier: The Vacation spot’, the streaming large’s first-ever artist hub on-platform. Spotify stated the expertise – outfitted with a variety of unique content material custom-created by Eilish herself – “marks the fruits of Spotify’s continued help all through Billie Eilish’s journey”.
Later in the present day (July 31), BBC will likely be airing a particular titled Billie Eilish: Up Shut, filmed in her hometown of Los Angeles. Eilish may even be taking up BBC Radio 1’s Stay Lounge for the very first time.
In September, Disney+ will launch the movie Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter To Los Angeles, which can see Eilish carry out ‘Happier Than Ever’ in full from the stage on the Hollywood Bowl.
Earlier this yr, an intimate documentary about Eilish was launched on Apple TV+. In its five-star assessment, NME known as Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry a “searingly trustworthy documentary gives a warts-and-all take a look at life as a younger megastar”.