At 0:00 on May 17 (Vietnam time), Billie Eilish officially released her third studio album Hit Me Hard and Soft. As previously revealed, Hit Me Hard and Soft is Billie Eilish’s “return to herself”. She brings back the darkness of When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? and upgrades the production. The album, which consists of 10 tracks, is an interesting musical experience, exploring new aspects of the world’s most influential Gen Z artist.
Within hours of its release, Billie Eilish received positive feedback from experts. The album Hit Me Hard and Soft quickly broke Taylor Swift’s record, earning a 95 rating from Metacritic (a site that aggregates reviews of music albums, video games, movies, TV shows, and DVDs…). This is also the highest score an album has achieved in 2024, previously held by “Snake Queen” Taylor with 93 points for The Tortured Poets Department.
Music sites showered praise on the young artist. “Clear, refined and her best work yet, the young superstar’s sensual masterpiece is good enough to rival Joni Mitchell’s Blue,” wrote The Telegraph.
Billie Eilish has refined her musical signature, gracefully incorporating her heartfelt thoughts into her new album through her lyrics and the way she and her brother use musical materials. “Like drowning in water”, a sweet, sad feeling is what music fans feel when listening to the singer’s new album.
The song seems to resonate into the heart of the loneliness and struggles of the 22-year-old female artist, when she has to change to live the life of a world-class star. Not only love, the audience can find any range of emotions, in just 10 tracks.
The capacity of Hit Me Hard and Soft is also highly appreciated by experts, when Billie and her brother Finneas have minimized everything to bring a product that is just enough for the listener. After experiencing Taylor Swift’s 31-track album, many people feel “overwhelmed” with spending nearly 3 hours listening to an entire album. Music sites evaluate that Billie Eilish has reasonable and effective calculations, so that the story is still told completely without making the listener… scared.
Music sites rate Billie Eilish as having reasonable and effective calculations, so that the story is still told completely without making the listener “scared”.
In this year ‘s “Album of the Year” race , there is another formidable competitor. At the age of 22, Billie Eilish has 9 Grammys , won an Oscar and is becoming the biggest star of her generation. With her performance in Hit Me Hard and Soft , many music fans predict that Billie Eilish is a strong candidate for Album of the Year.
