Billie Eilish - when the party's over (REVIEW)

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From the deep harmonies in the start of this emotionally-driven song to the aesthetically-pleasing details of the music video. From the colour of Billie’s hair to the chains around her neck. About 20 seconds into the video you realize that she’s staring at a glass of black liquid. Something you could interpret as her ‘demons’ or depression – maybe something bad that happened to her. Upon listening to the lyrics you can discern that it is in fact the negative aspects of a relationship or even the fact that she is experiencing the end of a relationship with a lover. She admits that she’s always loved and loved and loved and it’s never been good enough for her lover, regardless of how much she gives of herself. She feels as if she’s not good enough, and she realizes how she’s being treated. In the video she’s struggling with herself, trying to make a decision – you can see this in the way she’s pulling down her shirt and looking down from the black glass. She then looks up at the glass when she’s decided what she will do as the song hits 'but nothing ever stops you leaving' before the chorus. The deep bass of the chorus hits and she’s picking up the glass of hellish ingredients – 'I could lie, say I like it like that, like it that' is making you ball your eyes out at this point. The repeat of that line is the turning point of the video – Billie is now sipping from the glass. This could mean that she has decided to stop seeing her lover – keeping her distance. And it breaks her, boy - does it break her. A soft piano plays after the chorus, Billie is downing her cup of bitter truth and sorrow. Billie sings the second verse in a deeper voice, yet at the same time it feels softer – more fragile. Perhaps this represents her mental fragility, yet capacity to keep going, throughout the entire ordeal? She finishes her cup of sorrows at 01:32 and places it back on the table. At 01:42 the lyrics go 'Call me friend but keep me closer'. She may be referring to the way the lover treated her, leading her on and making her believe there was more than a friendship. At the same time she sings this her body mimics a robotic break – her head sinking lower in fragments. She’s feeling the sadness within her now – the sadness of having let her lover go. The next line: And I’ll call you when the party’s over – she’s describing her decision to call it off between herself and her lover. In the video she lifts her head again and looks fiercely at the viewer with those piercing blue eyes. Perhaps this is her becoming convicted in the decision she made and preparing herself for the battle ahead. As the chorus starts again her eyes start bleeding with the black liquid she drank – she is now bearing the consequences of her decision to leave her lover, she’s feeling sad and alone and rejected. She pretends that she’s happy, but she really isn’t. She’s now singing the words to the song in the video and wincing with pain every few seconds – her pain is so great it’s becoming physical. Her body is aching and she's twitching from a lack of sleep – her sadness is taking over. The black coming from her eyes now seems to come out sporadically – but when it comes it comes out in a heavy flow. She's smearing the black liquid all over her face – perhaps this means that the sadness is changing who she is and how she’s presenting herself – she can’t hide it anymore, she’s being honest with herself and in turn she is healing a lot faster. At 02:50 it seems as if she’s breathing heavily, as if she’s just cried one last cry about the situation, the black liquid is now covering the floor. It’s all out of her now. Ending the song with a softer, bass-less chorus makes you feel as if she’s moving on from the situation with forgiveness, but not forgetting what happened, because she’s now different because of it. In what way is she different? Only she knows. And yes, Billie Eilish, we love you too.

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