I d lick the grief right off your lips.
Fans rejoiced at the tantalizing thought of new music from Billie Eilish after she captioned a passport-style Polaroid to her Instagram in January with those emotionally charged words. But the lyrics actually come from a hotly tipped singer/songwriter from the U.K. Eilish was referencing Arlo Parks Black Dog, a candid look at the realities of trying to help a friend living with depression. A year apart in age, Eilish and Parks represent a new generation of songwriters intent on tackling Gen Z s problems head-on.
It s not just Eilish who s singing the praises of Parks the vanguard of the creative arts is rooting for the young singer. Cola, from her 2019 debut EP Super Sad Generation, appeared in Michaela Coel s critically acclaimed HBO series, I May Destroy You. Phoebe Bridgers and Florence Welch have shown love, too. Although the influencer generation has shifted the capacity to create stars from institutions to individuals, Parks ha