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Originally Posted by Roger Slater
What do we think about Billie Eilish?
I think this video is impressive. I haven't checked if she wrote them, but the simple lyrics are quite adeptly put together. |
I've had several students use her videos in my comp classes (I use a music and image theme), and the videos and songs lend themselves to good analysis. Incidentally,
there's another version of the video for that song that is quite interesting -- minimalist in all the best ways.
A couple of students have used "
Happier than Ever," and while the soft-to-loud progression is nothing new (nor is the general break-up theme), I do love how the video reflects the change... Even more impressive is that she herself directed it.
She reminds me a bit of Kate Bush -- not musically, but just in that she got a very young start, but was able to blossom creatively, even under the immense pressure of a major label etc.