Billie Eilish’s debut album ‘WHEN WE FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?’ was released three days ago and the seventeen year old is taking over the world. Currently, the album is set to reach number one on the billboard top 200 chart, proving the long perpetuated myth that young people are not interested in albums anymore.

Eilish herself has described the album as an ‘ambitious and immersive experience’ and she has definitely achieved that. The album is extremely experimental and each song offers something brand new and very different.

Normally with each weeks featured artist, I choose my top five favourite songs from the singer or band. For this one off special blog, dedicated to the brilliant album, I’m choosing my top five from the album! Check out the list below…

1. bad guy

The perfect introduction to the album. The song moves through so many different elements and is very fun. It perfectly summarises what will come next. The video, released the same day as the album, also truly encompasses the album as a whole, it moves through a range of different themes, introduces us to a whole range of characters and sides to Eilish herself. It also takes a dark turn at the end – reminding us of Eilish’s creepy brand.

2. when the party’s over

when the party’s over is the seventh song on the album and is slower than the overs that come before it. It highlights Eilish’s talent and range more so than the over songs of the album too. It’s very raw and her vocals are beautiful. The song showcases Billie as an amazing singer, as well as the brilliant mind behind the experimental album.

3. 8

The eighth song on the title, aptly titled 8, is another slower song, with dreamy indie and Hawaiian vibes. The song starts of quite creepily due to the child-like vocals but the slowly moves into Billie’s normal style. The song is reminiscent of the interludes on Paramore’s 2013 self-titled album. The interludes on that album employ the slow, melodic ukulele to break up the heavy, high energy tracks that come before and after. Eilish does this in a similar way, placing the slow and calm song right in the middle of the album.

4. my strange addiction

The ninth song on the album is my strange addiction which uses samples from the US Office throughout the song. Many artists have chosen to take clips from film and TV and place them into songs. For instance Dan from Bastille uses clips from the film Psycho in his mix tapes, as well as Kanye West and Jay Z’s Ni**as in Paris, which is probably one of the most famous examples of this. Billie’s use of clips from the Office don’t necessarily make as much sense as the other examples (other than the fact that Michael Scott says Billie’s name at the start of the clip), but it fits really well.

5. i love you

The second to last song on the album, i love you, is slow and pretty. I reminds me of Wolf Alice and The Japanese House. It is a beautiful song with a deeper message than its pretty melody. It discusses loving someone you no longer want to love and the pain that comes with that. The perfect ending to such a brilliant album.