Estados unidos, 30 de julio (AP).-
Billie Eilish parece estar en un buen lugar en su segundo álbum,
“Happier Than Ever” (Darkroom/Interscope Records).
“Estoy más feliz que nunca”, canta en la primera canción. Pero una lágrima corre por su mejilla en la portada del disco. Y antes de que termine la colección, vuelve a cantar “estoy más feliz que nunca”, pero esta vez agrega “cuando estoy lejos de ti”. Es complicado.
Pocas personas pueden abordar lo complicado como Eilish y “Happier Than Ever” es una mirada fascinante a la vida desordenada y famosa de una estrella pop, tan personal como Taylor Swift pero más autocrítica y emocionalmente sincera. Es un álbum magnífico, ambicioso y maduro de una joven que activa la alarma de incendios mientras todos miramos las llamas.
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A lot on her shoulders ⦠Billie Eilish. Photograph: ICON
A lot on her shoulders ⦠Billie Eilish. Photograph: ICON
(Darkroom/Interscope)
On perhaps the most anticipated album of 2021, Eilish uses subdued yet powerful songwriting to consider how fame has seeped into every corner of her life
Thu 29 Jul 2021 19.01 EDT
âIâm getting older,â sings Billie Eilish, whoâs 19, on Happier Than Everâs opening track. âIâve got more on my shouldersâ, she adds, which is certainly true. Her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? wasnât just a huge global hit, but an album that significantly altered mainstream pop music. Two years on, streaming services are clotted with bedroom-bound, teenage singer-songwriters dolefully depicting their lives: anticipation for what the genuine article does next is understandably running very high.
4/5
Eilish s second album sees her tackle abuses of power in relationships, her lyrics pungent, her vocals layered in shimmering harmonies
30 July 2021 • 12:01am
Billie Eilish
Has there ever been such fevered anticipation for an album of navel-gazing introspection that comes wrapped in a veil of misery, depression and deep, unwavering self-absorption? Billie Eilish is such a curious pop superstar, a teenage tyro who conquered the world with whispery vocals and subdued micro-beats, softly singing about the trials of being a sensitive soul in brutal times. Her sweet melodies and introspective lyrics are set to a digital production so understated you almost feel like you have to press your ear closer to the speaker to catch everything she’s murmuring.