Shoutout to Billie Eilish
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| Billie Eilish's music has recently been dubbed "Gen Z terror-pop". |
First off let me state that I never actually heard Billie Eilish sing. But I would imagine she must have a really-good voice, and I look forward to listening to some of her music soon. What this article is actually based on is the lyrics to some of her songs, as I have read the words to many of the tracks which are featured on her new album "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do Go" (2019).
By all accounts Eilish is a singer on the rise, as in she is only expected to become more-influential over the masses, particularly "Gen Z" (people born roughly within the last 20 years) - or as we referred to them back in the old days teenagers.
One track from her new album that I wanted to point out in particular as the direction Billie is most likely to lead her agemates in is "All Good Girls Go to Hell". First off she begins the track by stating "my Lucifer is lonely". Okay. Those previously familiar with Eilish already know she is not the most God-fearing person. But the section of the song I really wanted to focus on the most is the post-chorus, which reads:
My Lucifer is lonely
There's nothing left to save now
My god is gonna owe me
There's nothing left to save now
Now this section would seem to reveal that her "god" is actually Lucifer. This is made more-apparent considering she actually talks about "God" elsewhere in the song, but here she is talking about 'her god'.
So is she basically saying that Lucifer is in debt to her? And what is it that could possibly make the devil indebted to someone? How about if that person sells him their soul? And due to selling her soul to Lucifer, "there's nothing left to save" little Billie Eilish.
Of course the idea of mainstream, multi-million dollar American entertainers selling their soul to the devil is nothing new and in fact is quite-frequently discussed in this blog. So the fact that Billie Eilish may have done so is not the reason I'm writing this article. Rather what really caught my attention is her flatout giving a shoutout to Lucifer in a mainstream release.
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Whereas again I never heard Billie Eilish I have to presume that Rihanna, in her prime, was an ever better vocalist. Yet allegations of Rih-Rih selling her soul to the devil surfaced as early as her 2007 "Umbrella" video. In days past the implication was sort of like if a person was lacking in talent and wanted to make it, they would have to sell their soul to the devil. But now it's like even people with all the talent in the world are compelled to do so. |
The infamous video of when Alicia Keys allegedly sang "thank you Luci(fer)" during Whitney Houston's funeral in 2012. If she actually did chant these words it definitely hasn't had any negative affect on her career, as just this past February she hosted the Grammys.
CONCLUSION
Back in 1984 when Madonna dropped "Like a Virgin", many people were alarmed not by the song's lyrics but also due to wondering where the industry was headed as a whole with someone like Madonna being one of its main stars. But compared to some of the songs coming out these days, "Like a Virgin" reads like a nursery rhyme. In other words we can look forward to more mainstream artists openly expressing an affinity for Lucifer in the near future, with such possibly becoming an industry norm, based partially on Billie Eilish's lead.


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