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March 4th, 2019 10:41pm

Staple Your Tongue


Billie Eilish “Bury A Friend”

“Bury A Friend” feels both anxious and playful, a contrast of a thud-thud-thud rhythmic pulse and a sing-song hook that’s just a little off from The Doors’ “People Are Strange.” Lyrically and musically it’s like Marilyn Manson reconfigured into precocious teen pop, with Billie Eilish’s youthful voice making the refrain “I wanna end me” feel a little more unsettling than it might with a more adult vocal. Eilish says it’s written from the perspective of the “monster under my bed,” but it’s more specifically about self-sabotaging anxiety given a voice separate from one’s consciousness. She makes the “monster” seem sympathetic, even when it’s taking credit for driving her to succeed. She still wants the voice to shut up, though.

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