Even in the already exclusive club of singers whose videos
have been watched more than one billion times on
Youtube, and where she surely
belongs,
Billie Eilish is in a class of her own. If only because the young
artist is not even 20 yet.
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Numbers, however, are not everything. By any purely musical
measure, Eilish deserves the global, unanimous acknowledgement she has received
so far. The music is great, the voice is incomparable and the technical
production immaculate. Add to that a very personal sonic imprint, one that sounds
like no other, and you get the winning combination that we have seen at work.
To give credit where credit is due, one must recognize the
work of musician and composer Finneas O’Connell, who is behind most of Eilish’s
recordings. Finneas is Billie’s own brother and has already won eight Grammy
awards. He is only 23. Apparently raw talent runs young in their family. When
talking about the music he composes and produces for his baby sister, Finneas
explained that he writes “from her perspective and for her vocal range.”
If most of the lyrics, understandably, relate to Eilish’s
generation, you will be irresistibly attracted to the music regardless of your
age. Many of the songs actually are “out of time and out of space”, like for
instance, the moving “No Time to Die”. There is another explanation to the wide
appeal of Billie Eilish’s singing: despite her young age, she delivers very
mature vocal tones and sounds particularly nice in the low range, which is
rather unusual for someone this age.
Being able to appeal to a wide audience, across generations,
is one of Eilish’s gifts. It is a precious one and comes to show that good
music is … well, good music. Listen to “Bad Guy,” a duet with fellow megastar
Justin Bieber, or to “Lovely,” another duet with Khalid, and you will realise
how wide a musical scope Eilish has.
Whereas Youtube videos may be more entertaining because of
the visual impact, you would have to play the actual CD or stream the music on
platforms like Deezer or Spotify — set at high definition — to enjoy the full
extent of Eilish’s music and voice. Or, you can keep shifting between the
videos and audio streams if you become hooked on the artist’s music, like the
writer of this article has.
Billie Eilish’s success very well illustrates how important
it is to be different from the crop, in addition of course, to being genuinely
talented. Today, more than 99 percent of pop songs sound more or less the same,
and less than one percent manages to stand out — to cut through. The American
singer without a doubt belongs in the second category. She has brought
something beautiful, something fresh, something new to pop music.
There have not been any new releases by Eilish since last
November, but her debut studio album, which dates back to 2019, the ensuing live
album and the many singles already constitute a good collection of more than 40
tracks to enjoy again and again.
Billie Eilish may well be the most significant young female
novelty in the realm of English pop music for the last 10 years or so, putting
aside the very special case of British megastar Adele. Which is not to make any
comparison between the two ladies; they have very different styles, altogether
— any comparison would be futile.
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