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I’ve Never Been In So Much Pain In My Life – Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish recently revealed that she was in excruciating pain during the process of filming the album cover for her upcoming album.
Next month marks the release of the third studio album by the 22-year-old US vocalist, called Hit Me Hard And Soft.
“Hits you hard and soft both lyrically and sonically, while bending genres and defying trends along the way,” is how Eilish describes her new body of work, which should be listened to chronologically according to her website.
Just a few days after winning song of the year for What Was I Made For? at the Grammy Awards, the double Oscar winner is seen on the cover for her new album, with a door open above her and her back submerged. She revealed that this required her to be kept down with a weight.
“I’ve never been in so much pain in my life,” Eilish said. “All for the shot. That’s what they say about childbirth. It was like 12 hours of horrible, agonizing pain for a lifetime of a great album cover.”
Eilish also said that she does not “feel good about what I’m doing” unless she is “suffering”.
She also recalled that due to the discharge from her nose, she felt her “insides were made of white goo” and recalled more strange effects following submersing herself.
“I saw these string lights, and each light had a circular orb around each light, a full aura,” Eilish said.
“I felt like I was high and drunk, and I hadn’t slept in days. I was like, ‘Mom, what do those look like to you? Are you seeing that?’ She was like, ‘What the hell are you talking about?’”
The Barbie movie song, What Was I Made For? also earned Eilish a second-best original song Oscar Gong alongside collaborator and brother Finneas O’Connell at the 2024’s Academy Awards.
Their first Oscar was won in 2022 for their song, No Time To Die, from the James Bond film of the same name.
Eilish last album was 2021’s Happier Than Ever, and her debut record When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? was released in 2019.
Hit Me Hard And Soft comes out on May 17th.
