SKEPTIC Listens To Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep... (FIRST TIME REACTION) 

Billie was 17 and her brother Finneas was 21, it was made in his bedroom at home, they record everyday sounds and the sound in Bury A Friend is a dentist drill Billie recorded at the dentist

Happiest dude listening to listen before i go

the people who say she didn't deserve all the grammys or that their favorite deserved at least one of them don't understand the grammy nominating and voting process. it's not a fan poll, it's recording academy voters from all kinds of different backgrounds and fields selecting a winner out of the nominees of that year. besides, billie also won a lot of the popular votes for a bunch of different awards. she didn't just sweep the grammys, she swept almost everything. they're just butthurt. i think it's pretty obvious why she won -- the album didn't sound like anything else at the time, it was masterfully executed and produced, wildly popular and captivated the attention of a broad spectrum of ages, styles, and tastes.

One thing about Billie is that she does NOT mess with CGI😂. Everything she does is real when it comes to her music videos. The spider, black liquid, and all the other crazy stuff she does for her music videos all real and all crazy as hell!!!😊❤

Billie and her brother Finneas co-write all her music and he is the producer. She was around 16 and he was 20 when they made this debut album. It was recorded in her brother’s bedroom in their childhood home. She has an earlier EP called Don’t Smile At Me. Then her second album was released a couple years ago called “Happier Than Ever”, then a two song EP called Guitar Songs. I would highly recommend more by her. She and Finneas won an Oscar for their James Bond theme song “No Time To Die” and may be in line for their second one for the song they made for the Barbie movie called “What Was I Made For?” No huge writing teams, no huge production teams, no fancy studios, just her and her brother recording music in their home. They’ve both moved out of their parent’s house now that they’re older and her brother has a studio in his house. That’s where they record now.

"Listen before I go" - Billie first performed that at age 15 when she was emotionally on the edge - "Listen before I go" or "Listen to this song before you make conclusions about this album' - if there was ever a song whose LYRICS demanded to be heard, whose MEANING and SIGNIFICANCE and MUSIC is ABSOLUTELY DEPENDENT UPON The STORY BEING TOLD this is the one.

For Wish you were gay, it about her wanting a guy, and rather than face him rejecting her, she wishes that he were gay just to give his lack of interest in her an explanation, rather than face the fact that he's just not that into her

The best thing about this album? It was made in her brothers bedroom. In the tiny house they grew up in. No studios involved. Her brother Finneas is her producer/co-writer.

I love finding people discovering Billie for the first time! let me clear up some of your questions about this album... - bad guy's lyrics is supposed to be a satire, it's not like she's saying she's gonna seduce the guy's dad, it's like this guy is full of shit, I can be full of shit as well - the bass in xanny is supposed to make your brain dizzy as a mimic of the effect of being drugged - The office was sampled because when they were producing the song, the melody reminded Billie of the Scarn dance, as she's a big fan of the office, so she tried to add quotes from thread level midnight episode, where the scarn song is featured. - 8 was written from the perspective of someone she hurt cause she was not into him that's why her voice was distorted. She also wanted to include a song with ukelele in the album, it's the first instrument she learned to play. She also has one ukelele song in her first EP. - ilomilo is a video game Billie used to play, where you need to get your avatar to the other character so they can hug eachother, that's why the song has this fantasy, video gamey sound. - The MV of Bury a friend later transitions to the MV of All the good girls go to hell - The ending of the Bury a friend song transitions to ilomilo. - listen before I go is kind of a suicide note, so the ambulance and city sounds are meant to help you visualize the scene (and her pain) after jumping off a rooftop That's why in some words like headache and deja vu the bass hits harder so it hurts u as well. - goodbye's lyrics is basically made of a lyrical sample from every song in the album from the last to the first track. - the whole album concept is supposed to be a dream/nightmare experience, kind of rambling where our minds go when we are sleeping

The "sample" in Bad Guy wasn't from a song. Finneas (Billie's brother and co-producer) recorded the sound of the traffic light crossing sound in Australia.

wish you listened to the lyrics in listen before i go instead of talking through the whole thing. you kinda missed the entire point of the song :\ the production is cool, but listen to her lyrics

14:41 to when she walks off. i’m sorry but the way she was talking about smoking and how they’re ‘not dying by mistake’ meaning they are killing themselves and then you take a pull on your vape and she just looks down at you then looks directly at the screen and says again ’what is it about them i must be missing something they just keep doing nothing’ and walks off is a masterpiece 😭

You should listen the lyrics, because all the songs have deep meanings. If you like to know, how Billie and Finias (her brother) makes music, check out the:Billie breaks down bad guy, video. You will be surprised. 😊

wish you were gay is about a guy that she likes but he doesn’t show any affection back to her so she is saying that she kinda just wishes that he was gay because that would mean it’s not a her thing it’s a woman thing. does that make sense? like if he was gay that would mean that it’s not that he doesn’t like HER it’s that he doesn’t like women in general but he’s not meaning that it is about her and he just doesn’t like her like that. she was saying ‘save my pride and give your lack of interest an explanation’ and ‘don’t say i’m not your type just say it not your preferred sexual orientation’

The spiders in the mv of you should see me in a crown were real in fact billie had a tarantula as a pet herself

billie is obsessed with the office and so its her strange addiction

The irony of you smoking while watching Xanny…

The video for All Good Girls Go to Hell picks up right after the video for Bury a Friend; so that’s why they share the needles in the back scene.

All of the spiders were real and the spider in her mouth was her pet tarantula.

The "aggressive sound effect" that you were wondering about in "bury a friend" is actually a sound sampling of a dentist drill that Billie recorded while at a dental appointment. It has been digitally processed for the song (more brilliance from her brother Finneas), but it still carries that subliminal feeling of dread and literally putting your teeth on edge. Also, the "sample" in Bad Guy that you were thinking was a sample taken from some other song (which Billie would NEVER stoop to doing) was actually the "clicker" sound from a crossing signal in Australia that she recorded. Truly amazing and original sound engineering and production.

The male vocals in “I love you” is Billie’s brother/producer Finneas. He’s also a musician and has a couple albums out.

Am i the only one annoyed by him talking about chords over gut wrenching lyrics and not even realizing what she is talking about... idk just i think when reacting to an album all aspects should be looked at, especially if you are gonna include the music videos as well

I'm an old goth born in the 70s.. and I really didn't want to like her, but dang it..she's spooky and awesome.

the song “I wish you were gay “ is about liking someone who doesn’t like you back and doesn’t have those romantic feelings towards you, so you wish they were gay to give their lack of interest in you an explanation instead of them simply not liking you

A lot of people feel “my strange addiciton” is about Billie’s love for the office. She said she seen the whole series like 20 something times. She’s always watching it.

Not sure if anyone ever answered, but Bury a Friend was released before All the Good Girls (the video with wings). So the syringes in the intro for AtGGGtH was a reference to BaF.

I absolutely love this entire album. She has a brilliantly visual mind. She comes up with the concepts for her videos and now directs all of them.

Please, listen to the lyrics of Listen Before I Go, your reaction to the song was kinda inappropriate for what it’s about. Jumping off a building. She really felt that way and has openly talked about it. There was a specific day in Berlin that she was crying in her hotel room because of how much she just wanted to jump out the window. That song should not be taken lightly, it is extremely serious and devastating.

Please do a FULL album reaction to Her EP Don't Smile At Me (2017)

Dude your reaction to listen before I go was hilarious, you even noticed the ambulance and the piano/running up the stairs yet remained so oblivious and happy, that shit was so funny 😭 the chords are fantastic though so I get it. Overall really enjoyed this reaction, thanks!

I never thought i'd be a billie eilish fan.... But here i am,i jam too her music daily

They’re all real spiders

There is actual footage of her and all the spiders behind the scenes. She never really fakes anything in her videos even the drowning. There were 6 rescue divers there just in case she had issues getting out of the house. The only one I know wasn’t real was the needles. She makes music she loves she doesn’t fit in a category.

Keep in mind that she was mostly 16 years old when she recorded this album (and 17 when it was released)? So there are a lot of youthful - sometimes dark but whimsical - touches to the songs.

Don't forget the first couple of songs were from a few years ago when she was only about 17 or 18. Excellent as they are, she has developed as an artist since then.

I’m an older male billie superfan and I’ve seen her twice. Once last year and once this past September. Both times front row. She’s a hell of a performer.

billie made you should see me in a crown vertical because she needed a backing for Spotify

The sample from Bad Guy is actually an Australian crosswalk "walk" signal. The sample in Bury A Friend is a dentists drill!

The literal Karen (Smith) who rated the album 1 star because she didn't pay attention is ridiculous. She clearly didn't look at the cover or read any of the song titles. Who in their right mind thinks an album with songs titled Xanny, Bury a Friend, All the Good Girls Go to Hell, My Strange Addiction, Bad Guy, I wish you were gay, etc. are children's lullabies...

The spiders in you should see me in a crown are in fact real

btw, no those spiders are all real xD. and for the "When the party's over" video, they used tubes that poured out the liquid next to her eyes, just edited out the tubes :)

I’m 42 minutes into the video (at bury a friend) and I don't understand why people are complaining. I think that you are being very nice. Also, I don't know about other people but I can't analyze and understand the lyrics to songs on the first listen, especially without reading the lyrics. I'll edit this comment if something in the video changes my mind but I don't see any major problems with his review so far. Edit: I just finished watching this and I think it was a good video, he was very fair. I stand by my confusion about people complaining about him “talking over” and “not paying attention” to the lyrics.

The spiders were real

all the spiders where real to btw

Her strage addiction IS watching The Office!

You are definitely a Finneas Fan. His instrumentation and production is meticulous and he uses all sorts of sounds.

Not him vaping during xanny

Thank you for diving in to this album can't wait to see if you go into the next

Great reaction. She's talented and unique. She and Finneas deserve all the success they've had.

I personally prefer her second album “Happier Than Ever” but that’s only because it leans more to the style of music i like which is sort of jazzy lo-fi type stuff. Although that album (like this one) kind of goes all over the place stylistically as well. But I really appreciate all her music because it all feels genuine to me.

The way that you don’t even listen to the lyrics is a bummer. Ur emotions for sure did not fit anywhere in what “Listen Before I Go” was portraying

if you also listen to all the good girls goto hells lyrics its about global warming and in the mv all the things on fire and she is meant to be a bird with her wings covered in oil

I would say that her EP is the most enjoyable for people who like experimental music. Her debut album is the most enjoyable for people who like darker themes. And her second album is the highest quality album overall. Personally, i have more favourite individual songs on the first album than on the second but overall the second album is a step up from the first in terms of writing and quality, which is kind of insane considering how amazing the first one already is. Like someone else said, the second album is more jazzy in terms of the overall tone, I’d say their EP is more pop in terms of overall tone, and this debut album, uhh… is dark. But they are all really experimental while being varied as well as consistent. It sounds like an oxymoron but it just works. Sometimes it breaks my brain a little when I think about it too much, similar to when I think about the concept of time or the physics of the universe. Billie’s music genuinely awakens a scientific curiosity in me, I keep wanting to figure out WHY and HOW it works the way it does. But in the end I can also just sit there and listen to it and go urgh how?! Before I move on to trying to piece together the different dynamics and patterns of music theory, lyricism, visual concepts, themes, the psychological impact of auditory processing of musical colours… anyway. Finding people on RU-vid that I can vicariously re-experience listening to her music for the first time and where I can nerd out about it in the comments is certainly a special interest of mine. And I find it fascinating to analyse how different people interpret and process her art based on the different preferences and general specialised knowledge (producers, vocal coaches, musicians (rap, heavy metal, country, alternative…) film editors, psychologist, priest, lyricists, literature professors, linguists… it’s all really fascinating to me.

She’s obsessed with The Office, that’s why it’s her strange addiction lol

This was surprisingly refreshing my dude, you are very sweet and thoughtful and I really enjoyed listening along with you.

shes like addicted to the office - she plays it constantly like to get to sleep, while getting makeup done, while backstage, always just watching the office, its her safe show haha so thats the addiction connection

I love your enthusiasm for the musical production, but I hope you can read the lyrics of "listen before I go". To me, it's the song from the whole album that stood out the most because it revolves on Billie being on the lowest point of her life.

You should react to Happier Than Ever next! It’s so much more mature and versatile.

MORE!!! Her songs are so good

Listen before I go is my favorite from this album. Her lyrics is so incredible, the lyrics is worth attention. Please pay attention to the lyrics. Billie talks about the saddest and most touching things in her songs, she just knows what we all feel, so real

you should listen to the album only audio first. As u said her visuals are too strong and grab you and took away from the music which is a shame specially for someone like you that appreciates and understands music and production. Seat down and calmly listen to all of it with great headphones you'll be blowned away by all the details and lyrics you missed. If u are up to it do her second album too I'm very curious to see what u think. But keep the lyrics up when you do cause its worth it.

Every song is different, and all are art pieces. Billie & her brother are really talented, innovative, and prolific musical & performance artists, not just an industry standard recipe performer like 90% out there right now.

You should react to her album happier than ever! I think you will really like it

As a huge fan, I really enjoyed watching your reactions. Even if you didn't all out like all the songs. But just seeing your appreciation for the production is really cool ❤

it makes me feel weird when he calls her sexy bc she was a child when these were made🧍🏻‍♀️

Thank you for this video i enjoyed your reaction a lot ! Billie really is an interesting artist, really visual and so diverse in her sound like her album are all so diffrent from one another. Saw her live once ad she really is a hell of a perfomer ! Btw she's about to be releasing a new album soon and she stated in a recent interview that radiohead alongside some other rock /metal band was one of the main inspiration for it ! can"t wait for that to come out.

thanks for reacting! but please listen/read the lyrics

You were close but backwards on wish you were gay. She's I to a guy who has no interest in her. She wishes he was gay so that she could think it's not her that makes him not interested. She recently came out as not straight, but I don't remember if she actually put a label on it. Keep in mind that this entire slbum was written and recorded by her and her brother in their bedrooms in their parents' tiny house. "Is that Coke?" No. It was colored water. The black fluid was not CG. they had little tubes around her eyes hidden by a ton of makeup. The video was based on a drawing by a fan Billie is playing the ukulele. The bass tone throughout this album is nuts. Finneas earned his production Grammy as he also produced a bunch of other people. She's addicted to The Office. Rain Wilson interviewed her in her house. Bury a Friend is a cross between her pop and almost Nine Inch Nails. This video comes before the video for All the Good Girks Go to Hell. Ilo Milo is a game she was addicted to. One of the songs, possibly this one, the beat was created by manipulating the sound of an Australian crosswalk alert Billie recorded on her phone on vacation. The last three song titles are read together as a statement. "Listen before I Go. I lice you. Goodbye." Abd Goodbye is nothing but lyrics from all the other songs in reverse track order. I had never seen that before. I love the musical build in I Love You. If you aren't familiar with Lorde, her first few EPs and albums are a perfect fit with this stylistically. Though this isn't ripping Lorde off. Lorde was a few years earlier. Pure Heroine and Melodrama are the best. I haven't seen many of her shirts and I live in LA not too far from her.

How are you even hearing the music? You're shouting over the top of almost every line! Unless you've heard it somewhere before, of course 😉

"I wish you where gay" is about her wishing her boyfriend was gay so it would explain why hes not showing her love anymore

wish you were gay is about Billie liking a boy who doesn't like her back, so she's saying she wishes he was gay because then she would have a reasonable explanation as to why he shows no interest, and it wouldn't be so difficult to get over him.

You really should react to happier than ever the album

loved the video!❤

Was hoping to hear you listen and critique her music, but you talk through most of the song instead of listen to it. I guess you aren't a lyrics kinda guy, but you missed half the point of everything by only hearing the instruments and beat. There is a time to listen and a time to discuss. I won't be back to your content again because you haven't figured out that rhythm of reacting yet. Maybe next time I run across your videos it will be better. Good luck man.

So much memories in thsi album

The vertical video was made for Spotify

I’m actually so suprised you haven’t heard bad guy it’s like one of the top streamed Spotify songs for a girl

i wish u focused on lyrics more

Billie’s brother Finneas produced most of her music, he is also very talented.

Billie Eilish is so many genres .. she is first of all a jazz/indie singer , in her sound too .. and dream pop.. but then they also used trap, hip hop, even rock, country, folk, R&B , EDM etc they use so many genres, they like to experiment with more genres even in one song …. Every song and mv has a deep artistic and important meaning … she is a visionary minimalist artist! Hands down! She is amazing. The best for me in pop music .. 🤷🏻‍♀️ and im a millennial and a musician .. I just like real emotional unique artists like her 🤷🏻‍♀️ she is interesting bc she is a real creative artist .. and she is the only creative director behind everything even behind her shows Etc ! And she is AMAZING, she is SO EMPATHETIC and sweet 🥰 so humble, amazing human, amazing family, so down to earth, amazing everything… trust me … i hate pop music and artists that world, but this girl and her brother and family are special..

The talking over how much you love “listen before I go” as the song is about suicide? Like you totally missed what the song is about

45:48 it is a dentist drill sound

all the spiders are real, she does all real stunts in her music videos. the behind the scenes for the videos are just as cool as the videos them selves

After watching this, I have come to the conclusion that YOU LIKE Billie Eilish and are listening to her stuff quite often. They've all already grown on you by now. And i want to guess you bought a shirt.😉

One of her biggest influences are The Beatles maybe this is why the composition especially lyrically it seems older to you, and Julie london is her biggest influence vocally especially in her last album !

- Billie’s music is so multi layered that one really needs to listen to them multiple times in order to really really appreciate her music - so interesting that you preferred the songs that had no music videos, I recommend looking at lyrics the next time you listen - nobody wears Billie merch who doesn’t listen to her. I really don’t think so. She’s an amazing musician and very cool, but I think both underrated and misunderstood BECAUSE she happens to be so “mainstream” - there’s something generically “uncool” about “being a fan” of something mainstream, and only people who actually listen to her music know how innovative and alternative and special and quality her music actually is. It’s a very interesting twist because she’s so widely known that people don’t realise how good she actually is. It’s difficult to explain. But I think only people who genuinely have taken the time to listen to her music would feel secure enough to back the fact that they are Billie fans, since most people who genuinely really like her music tend to be people who don’t like popular music but she is so good that it almost overrides that. Long bla bla short, I don’t think a lot of people wear her merch that aren’t really into her art. - based on your favourite songs I think you’ll enjoy her EP and her second album. It’s difficult to say which album is her “best”

Billie is a GOD! & her Brother Finneas are amazing, Billie does not have a bad song. Billie transcends music genre's her whole body of work is truly amazing, and she's only 21 years old !!!

Enjoyed it. Big BiFi fan. This is her most popular albuim but her EP, Don''t Smile at Me (when she was 15) is amazing.This album is more her brother, Finneas, his production is a character. Her follow up in 2021 (Happier Than Ever) is more mature, more Billie, and showcases her singing and songwriting. But I think you would also like their side projects. The Bond movie song, No Time to Die, won an Oscar, and 'Everything I Wanted' won an Grammy. 'When I was Younger' is about the film Roma, and her 'Guitar Songs' is very moving and acoustic... but her albums get most of the attention. Billie is a fabulous vocalist. Thanks, enjoyed it!! Oh you would like 'NDA' I think, off of 'Happier', it sounds like this album.

About your t-shirt question, I doubt if there's anyone in the world who's not listened to Billie. They might not know it's her music, but she's covered in nearly every language, country, artwork, movies, comics, you name it.

Calling Billie lame was for clickbait right? Because she is not lame, one of the best original artists to come along in decades! I wasn't surprised you didn't hear the lyrics, you talked nearly all the way through them. But in saying that Billie did win you over dude! 😉

Dude u need to watch What Was I Made For. Its such a good video and song

I was enjoying the video until I got to the 'listen before i go' part AND HE JUST DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT BILLIE WAS TALKING ABOUT, LIKE BRO GIRL WAS TALKING ABOUT SUICIDE AND YOU WERE PAYING ATTENTION TO BACKGROUND SOUNDS

Listen Before I Go is about suicide jumping from a rooftop

Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah this is considered her best album but there are a portion of her fans that think her follow up album ‘Happier Than Ever’ is better, I don’t think that’s the case but it’s still a great album! This one you reacted to still beats it though, even by a small margin

as a huge manson fan, since birthday…i adore billie as well. so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

happier than ever best album no doubt

49:11 bro what was the point of saying this in the middle of the song 💀

and she directed her music videos so you know

dude im wearing the first shirt he showed

You should listen to NDA