Billie Eilish Announces New Album, ‘Happier Than Ever’
Good news: Billie Eilish's new album is reportedly due out July 30.
On Tuesday (April 27), Eilish revealed on social media that the follow-up to her globe-quaking 2019 debut When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? is titled Happier Than Ever and that it's her "favorite thing i’ve ever created and i am so excited and nervous and EAGER for you to hear it. i can’t even tell you. i’ve never felt so much love for a project than i do for this one. hope you feel what i feel."
She accompanied that bit of news with an album cover that's about as diametrically opposed to the twisted darkness of her debut as you can get. Instead of evoking night terrors and demonic entities, Happier Than Ever features a blonde Eilish giving herself a hug in a pale white garment. Of course, not everything is as its title would suggest: she's also crying.
Ahead of the announcement, Eilish teased a sample of music, likely the title track, and more from her new platinum look. "When I'm away from you/I'm happier than ever," she sings in the snippet. This is likely the new song she's planning to drop later this week.
Happier Than Ever, like its predecessor, features no outside writers apart from Eilish and her brother and collaborator, Finneas. He produced the album, along with Eilish's debut, in their native Los Angeles.
Below, find the tracklist for Happier Than Ever, which includes the title track as well as early singles "My Future," released last in July, and "Therefore I Am," which dropped back in November 2020 complete with a ghostly video filmed in an abandoned mall.
1. “Getting Older”
2. “I Didn’t Change My Number”
3. “Billie Bossa Nova”
4. “my future”
5. “Oxytocin”
6. “GOLDWING”
7. “Lost Cause”
8. “Halley’s Comet”
9. “Not My Responsibility”
10. “OverHeated”
11. “Everybody Dies”
12. “Your Power”
13. “NDA”
14. “Therefore I Am”
15. “Happier Than Ever”
16. “Male Fantasy”
This article was written by Patrick Hosken, and originally appeared on MTV.com. It has been edited for local eyes.
