Billie Eilish Announces New Album ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’

It’s been three years since Billie Eilish launched a brand new album, however the wait is over: Hit Me Onerous and Gentle will arrive Could 17.

The album cowl options Eilish underwater, barefoot and sinking beneath a white picket door. In accordance with the discharge, Hit Me Onerous and Gentle is supposed to be listened to throughout — a cohesive physique of labor. “Not doing singles I wanna give it to you unexpectedly,” Eilish wrote on Instagram. “Finneas and I really couldn’t be extra happy with this album and we completely can’t wait so that you can hear it.”

The information arrives after Eilish teased new music on Instagram for a number of days, even including cryptic photos and phrases to the close-friends function on Instagram (which she made public). One story featured the album title partially tattooed on Eilish, whereas one other revealed glimpses of the album art work.

Hit Me Onerous and Gentle marks Eilish’s third album, following 2021’s Happier Than Ever and her 2019 star-making debut, When We All Fall Asleep, The place Do We Go? In February, Eilish revealed on social media that the follow-up to Happier Than Ever was mastered. Again in 2023, she confirmed she was engaged on new music through an interview with The Cookout. “There may be plenty of music coming,” she stated. “There’s a entire album of music coming. We’re within the remaining phases of constructing it, in order that doesn’t imply it’s about to come back out, however it’s getting there, and it’s very thrilling.”

Although the album marks Eilish’s first full-length in three years, she’s launched new music since Happier Than Ever. In 2022, she surprise-released the EP Guitar Songs (which contained the 2 tracks “TV” and “The thirtieth”). And final 12 months, she contributed the tear-jerker “What Was I Made For?” to the Barbie soundtrack, which turned an enormous hit. The ballad gained Tune of the 12 months on the 2024 Grammys and took dwelling Finest Authentic Tune on the Academy Awards, the latter making her the youngest individual to ever win two Oscars (she and Finneas first took dwelling the award in 2021 for the James Bond theme “No Time to Die”).

Hit Me Onerous and Gentle shall be out there in a number of vinyl codecs on launch day, that includes the identical observe itemizing and fabricated from recyclable supplies. Final week, Eilish spoke to Billboard concerning the music business’s lack of sustainability practices; she then clarified her feedback that she wasn’t singling an artist out.

“With regards to variants, so many artists launch them — together with ME!” she wrote. “Which I clearly state within the article. The local weather disaster is now, and it’s about all of us being a part of the issue and making an attempt to do higher. Sheesh.”