Billie Eilish is an American pop singer-songwriter born in Los Angeles in 2001, whose debut When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019) made her the youngest Album of the Year Grammy winner ever. Every record is produced with her brother Finneas, and Hit Me Hard and Soft keeps the whisper-close intensity going. Explore Billie Eilish vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connor was born in Los Angeles on December 18, 2001. She uploaded the song Ocean Eyes (written and produced by her brother Finneas O'Connell) to SoundCloud in 2015, leading to her signing with Darkroom/Interscope. Her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019) made her the youngest artist to win Album of the Year at the Grammys (at age 18). Her subsequent albums Happier Than Ever (2021) and Hit Me Hard and Soft (2024) have continued her commercial and critical success. She and Finneas also wrote the Bond theme No Time to Die (2020), winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Billie Eilish's sound combines pop, alternative pop, electropop, and indie pop with intimate production approaches built around close-mic vocals, sparse arrangements, and electronic textures. Her later work has incorporated jazz, soul, and orchestral influences alongside her core sound. All of her studio material has been produced by her brother Finneas O'Connell.
Darkroom/Interscope pressings of Billie Eilish's catalog have been issued in extensive color variant editions, retailer-exclusives, and limited deluxe pressings. Hit Me Hard and Soft in particular has appeared in many variants.
Listeners new to Billie Eilish typically start with When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019) or Hit Me Hard and Soft (2024).
