Billie Eilish’s long-awaited album “Happier Than Ever” is finally here released on July 30, 2021, and it contains 16 songs, including the already released singles “My Future”, “Therefore I Am”, “Your Power”, “Lost Cause” and “NDA”.
The album “Happier Than Ever” was entirely written and produced by Billie and her brother who is also singer and songwriter FINNEAS.
“I wanted to make a very timeless record that wasn’t just timeless in terms of what other people thought, but really just timeless for myself,” she said. “I gathered a lot of inspiration from a lot of older artists that I grew up loving … mostly Julie London, and a lot of Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee.”
So it could be said that the songs on the album are very different, which was one of my bigger goals. I want the album to give a sense of homogeneity, but not sound like one and the same song over and over again, “Billie says of his new release.
After a little more than two years since her debut album “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”, Which won the hearts of audiences around the world and which positioned her as one of the most important musicians of her generation, brings us a whole new sound and aesthetics . An artist who has spoken publicly about mental health and the problems that popularity brings in her teens, and this time through the music she talks about her deepest emotions.
“During the making of the album, there was a lot of self-reflection in me and I think that’s exactly what is felt in the songs themselves. Reflection in me, about me and the things I experienced or attended. The process was very natural and pleasant. I always felt before under pressure and anxiety, I felt like nothing was good enough like I wasn’t talented enough. Now I’m much more confident in myself and my work.I think I worked very hard on it and that this album was made at the perfect time for me and my creativity and it was just natural, fun, easy, and peaceful “, stated the young singer.
Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever Lyrics
Happier Than Ever lyrics by Billie Eilish
When I’m away from you
I’m happier than ever
Wish I could explain it better
I wish it wasn’t true
Give me a day or two
To think of something clever
To write myself a letter
To tell me what to do
Do you read my interviews?
Or do you skip my avenue?
When you said you were passing through
Was I even on your way?
I knew when I asked you to
Be cool about what I was telling you
You’d do the opposite of what you said you’d do
And I’d end up more afraid
Don’t say it isn’t fair
You clearly weren’t aware that you
Made me miserable
So if you really wanna know
When I’m away from you
I’m happier than ever
Wish I could explain it better
I wish it wasn’t true
You call me again, drunk in your Benz
Driving home under the influence
You scared me to death but I’m wasting my breath
‘Cause you only listen to your fucking friends
I don’t relate to you
I don’t relate to you, no
‘Cause I’d never treat me this shitty
You made me hate this city
And I don’t talk shit about you on the internet
Never told anyone anything bad
‘Cause that shit’s embarrassing, you were my everything
And all that you did was make me fucking sad
So don’t waste the time I don’t have
And don’t try to make me feel bad
I could talk about every time that you showed up on time
But I’d have an empty line ’cause you never did
Never paid any mind to my mother or friends so I
Shut ’em all out for you ’cause I was a kid
You ruined everything good
Always said you were misunderstood
Made all my moments your own
Just fucking leave me alone