By Carla Rubio

At just seventeen years of age, Billie Eilish has had five of her mellow-pop songs become RIAA certified (four Gold, one Platinum), performed at thousands of sold out shows all around the world on her two tours, and gained a following of 13.5 million fans on Instagram. Eilish stands out amongst other artists trying to make it to the top of the charts not only because of her appearance but because of her music style.

On the outside, her vibrant teal blue hair, beady blue eyes, and baggy yet high class clothes gives fans a confused but intrigued first impression. Her style of music is described as “too depressing for a teen” but matches her bizarre persona perfectly.

“I do this thing where if something happens like someone is horrible or if someone is really great and I have a certain reaction to it, I will just get my phone out before I even know how I feel and I’ll just record a video of me just reacting,” Eilish says in a short documentary, Up Next.

To many, Billie Eilish is an icon, a moody and relatable teen, and a breathtaking vocalist. Due to her wide audience and loyal fanbase, she has made it on the Billboard Top 100 charts with almost every new single since her first EP “Don’t Smile At Me,” released August 2017.

Her newest single “bury a friend,” has continued this tradition, peaking at #14 (her highest charted song to date), a breakthrough for this pop star. This strange song jumbles random shrieks, dentist drills, multiple beat switches, and Eilish’s calm near-whisper voice. Earlier last week, Eilish announced the drills in the song were from a video she recorded at her last dentist appointment, showing how peculiar the track really is.

The song was released January 30th as an introduction to her upcoming album, “WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?” The album, set to release on March 29th, has a total of 14 tracks with titles such as “all good girls go to hell” and “I wish you were gay.”

Just minutes after the release of “bury a friend,” Eilish uploaded a music video for the single and fans were astounded with what they called her best work yet. The video encaptures the skin-crawling, creepy vibe of the lyrics; set in an abandoned house with flickering lights and lots of needles, Eilish impersonates the monster under her bed.

“When we made ‘Bury a Friend,’ the whole album clicked in my head,” Billie stated in a press release. “I immediately knew what it was going to be about, what the visuals were going to be, and everything in terms of how I wanted it to be perceived… ‘Bury a Friend,’ is literally from the perspective of the monster under my bed. If you put yourself in that mindset, what is this creature doing or feeling?”