Billie Eilish - Another Stupid Album (2019)

Following the recent collection of singles from Billie Eilish, here's an album of rare demos, cover versions, and out-takes from the young singer/songwriter. The covers show her eclectic musical tastes, including songs from Michael Jackson, The Strokes, Drake, and Rob Dickinson, while the out-takes were recorded during the sessions for her albums between 2016 and 2019. It also includes the legendary '6.18.18', which is a tribute to rapper XXXTENTACION, who was shot and killed on the 18th of June 2018. It was originally supposed to be on Eilish's debut album, but didn’t make it onto the tracklist, and in the end she performed the song just a single time in Oakland, on the first night of her sold-out 1 By 1 Tour. The song was then permanently removed from the setlist, supposedly due to the controversy surrounding the late rapper. Luckily that performance was taped, although it does have some annoying screams at the end of the intro, so I've managed to edit those out so that you can fully appreciate the raw power of the song. I must admit that I'd never really paid much attention to her before, thinking she was just another flash in the pan teen popster, but hearing these songs has given me an understanding of why she was popular enough to top the bill at this year's Glastonbury festival, and become their youngest ever solo headliner.  

Track listing

 
01 Maybe Don't Leave Me (previously unreleased 2016)
02 Another Stupid Song (previously unreleased 2016)
03 Ride (previously unreleased 2017)
04 You're Stoned (previously unreleased 2017)
05 True Blue (previously unreleased 2017)
06 Ex Files (previously unreleased 2017)
07 6.18.18 (live 2018)
08 Bad (Michael Jackson cover for Australian radio 2018)
09 Call Me Back (Strokes cover on 'The Tonight Show' 2018)
10 Hotline Bling (Drake cover 2018)  
11 Lyin 2 Ya (with CHASETHEMONEY, Valee and 10k.Caash) (previously unreleased 2019)
12 The End Of The World (Rob Dickinson cover for Radio 1 Piano Sessions 2019) 
13 Bad Company (previously unreleased 2019)

Billie Eilish - Come Out And Play (2021)

Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell was born on 18 December 2001, and is better known by her stage name Billie Eilish. At age eleven she began writing and singing her own songs, taking after her brother Finneas, who was already performing his own songs with his band. In 2015, the siblings released 'sHE'S brOKen' and 'Fingers Crossed' on Soundcloud, just for fun, and for their friends to listen to. In October 2015, Finneas informed his sister of a song he had been playing with his band called 'Ocean Eyes', and after recording it, she released it as her debut single on SoundCloud in 2016, and it was a viral hit. Next she released 'Six Feet Under', which was not nearly as successful as 'Ocean Eyes', but got attention from listeners and was a success among the small fanbase that Eilish had earned. Following the success of an EP of 'Ocean Eyes' remixes, she released the single 'Bellyache' in 2017, which was produced and co-written by her and Finneas, and just over a week later she released the track 'Bored' as part of the soundtrack to the television series '13 Reasons Why'. On June 30th she released the single 'Watch', followed just two weeks later by another single 'COPYCAT'. Each Friday in July, Eilish would issue further singles, and the four tracks were then compiled into the 'Don't Smile At Me' EP, which was officially released on 11 August 2017. In July, she released the first single from her debut album, 'You Should See Me In A Crown', and followed this with a stand-alone single 'Bitches Broken Hearts'. Two more singles were released as teasers for the album, with 'When the Party's Over' coming out in October 2018, and 'Bury A Friend' appearing in January 2019. At the same time she issued the single 'Come Out And Play' for Apple's animated Holiday short 'Share Your Gifts', and 'When I Was Older' was included on the album 'Music Inspired By The Film "Roma"'. Her first album 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' was released on 29 March 2019, and debuted at number one on both the Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart - becoming the youngest female artist ever to have a number one album in the United Kingdom. In January 2020 it was announced that she would be writing the theme song for the new James Bond movie 'No Time To Die', and the song was released in February 2020, but it was over a year before she announced via her Instagram that she would be releasing her second album 'Happier Than Ever' on 30 July 2021, and five singles were released from it over the next few months. A new album is on the cards for 2023, but in the meantime this post collects together some of those stand-alone singles that have been released over the past few years, plus a couple of collaborations, and both of those early Soundcloud uploads from 2015. 

Track listing

01 Fingers Crossed (Soundclud 2015)
02 sHE's brOKen (Soundcloud 2015)
03 Six Feet Under (single 2016)
04 Ocean Eyes (single 2016)
05 Bored (single 2017)
06 Come Out And Play (single 2018)
07 Bitches Broken Hearts (single 2018)
08 Lovely (single with Khalid 2018)
09 Everything I Wanted (single 2019)
10 When I Was Older (single 2019)
11 No Time To Die (single 2019)
12 Lo Vas A Olvidar (single with Rosalia 2021)