Billie Eilish
"my future"
Today, Billie Eilish returns with her latest single and music video, ‘my future.’
''The Teenage Pop Phenomenon Has Found A New Direction In Lockdown - Her Growth And Self Reflection Show The World How To Be Positive During These Hard Times! Billie has delivered a new level of genius with her latest single ''my future''. - NOW and THEN Magazine
"we wrote this at the very beginning of quarantine. it’s a song that’s really really personal and special to me. when we wrote this song, it was exactly where my head was at - hopeful, excited and a craaaazy amount of self-reflection and self-growth. but recently it has also taken on a lot of new meaning in the context of what’s happening in the world now. i hope you can all find meaning in it for yourselves.” Said Billie in an email to her fans.
Written and recorded in Los Angeles during lockdown, and produced by her brother FINNEAS, ‘my future’ follows the 18-year-old’s groundbreaking 2019 multi-GRAMMY® Award winning debut album ‘WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?’ and the 2020 release of her official James Bond song ‘No Time To Die.’
The beautifully animated official music video accompanying this release was created by Australian artist Andrew Onorato. Watch HERE.
Back home isolating in Los Angeles —with more time and space on her hands— ‘my future’ is the product of an assured young woman, coming into her own, as she contemplates what’s ahead of her, signifying a new chapter for the iconic teen-trailblazer.
Billie Eilish has been keeping a relatively low profile this year after making history as the youngest singer to record the James Bond theme song and the first woman in 61 years of Grammy ceremonies to sweep the big four categories: Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year. Most memorably, Eilish appeared during Global Citizen’s One World: Together at Home virtual benefit concert, performing a spectral cover of Nashville soul singer Bobby Hebb’s “Sunny,” a deceptively dark but ultimately positive tune, alongside her brother, Finneas. Otherwise, she’s been signal-boosting Black Lives Matter content and avoiding trouble, occasionally dropping a quarantine serve on Instagram, but mostly taking the break from the public she seemed to be very much in need of earlier this year.
Some corners of pop culture would have you believe that being single and alone, especially as a woman, is a fate worse than death. Taking the time to find out who you are when you’re not with someone else, though, is just as important as finding someone to share your life with. That’s the crux of Eilish’s lyrics here – she’s “changed her plans” and going solo, and revelling in her own company.
Her email missive described her as being “hopeful” and “excited” while writing this song and that shows. “I’m in love with my future,” she sings contentedly on the chorus. “Can’t wait to meet her.” Gentle piano notes tinkle under her soft, crooned delivery, casting a jazzy spell over everything and leaving the pop star sounding like she’s serenading herself with the most gorgeous love song of the year. The quiet exhilaration in it is infectious.
As with most songs that have been released since coronavirus tipped the world upside down, our current period of isolation adds an extra layer of meaning to ‘My Future’. If the past few months have been a struggle, though, this track gives being all on your lonesome a much more positive spin. In Eilish’s world, this is time to dedicate to yourself, to realise that you’re somebody, even when it’s just you, sat in your flat, trying (and failing) to nail the art of semi-decent bread-making.
It’s not quite clear if this is the first piece of a second album but, if it is, it suggests a brighter set of songs could lie ahead. With an artist as unpredictable and inventive as Eilish, though, it seems like a fool’s errand to try and forecast what she’ll do next – who had money on jazzy ballad dedicated to herself? Regardless of what the future holds, this is a perfect piece of much-needed positive pop to put at the centre of your self-care routine ASAP.
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