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Hit Me Hard And Soft

Billie Eilish

Hit Me Hard And Soft

Third album from the Los Angeles-born pop singer-songwriter was writtena and produced with her brother Finneas O'Connell

ADM rating[?]

8.3

Label
Interscope
UK Release date
17/05/2024
US Release date
17/05/2024
  1. 10.0 |   Evening Standard

    In a year marked by underwhelming big pop releases, the 22-year-old star stands out for her bold, risk-taking approach
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  2. 10.0 |   The Independent

    Are we finally seeing the artist behind the baggy-goth avatar? Interrogating her public image and fan culture, Eilish delivers a restless album that is equal parts sighing and squalling
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  3. 10.0 |   Dork

    It’s an album that demands to be heard, experienced, and celebrated – a towering achievement from a once-in-a-generation talent who is only just getting started
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  4. 10.0 |   DIY

    It’s her best yet, and an affecting sign of the times
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  5. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    Tender, weird, emotional, surreal, and completely unique – this might be the very best pop album of 2024
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  6. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Nonconformist at heart, Hit Me Hard and Soft’s sonic realm she constructs alongside Finneas adds even more bizarre quirks to the definitive palette
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  7. 9.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The album is a world unto itself and the most fully realized version of the singer’s sound
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  8. 8.5 |   The Quietus

    Shows an effortless ability to encompass the discrete worlds of bedroom musician and global arena-sized pop star
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  9. 8.4 |   Paste Magazine

    Working again with the instrumental talents of her brother Finneas, Eilish’s third album yanks her out of her former teen stardom and gives her the space to reckon with the complexities of her own confusing and liberating adulthood
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  10. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    Her self-assurance in her craft lays the foundation for an album that feels like a signature triumph
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  11. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Hit Me Hard and Soft makes you marvel at how far she’s traveled as a pop artiste
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  12. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    It’s an ambitious, focused, condensed and intimate and knowing piece of work
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  13. 8.0 |   NME

    On the US star's third album, there's upbeat bangers and a clear vision established for her artistry in the years to come
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  14. 8.0 |   The FT

    The singer’s music is energised by her push-pull relationship with fame
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  15. 8.0 |   Clash

    It’s evident Eilish is conveying a musical restraint beyond her years, moulding a musical identity to her image and not the ephemeral pop game
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  16. 8.0 |   The Observer

    An impeccable mix of haunted earworms, zinging lyrics and dancefloor delights that end too soon, the American superstar’s third album seems to pull back from tantalising new horizons
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  17. 8.0 |   Far Out

    A potent mix that, nevertheless, perhaps lingers slightly behind its predecessors purely by virtue of the fact she’s inspired so many people that her signature sound has become less distinct
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  18. 8.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Eilish and Finneas don’t sound like they’re actively courting success. They’re just aiming to make exceptional songs, regardless of what they do on the charts
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  19. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    On this deeply involving third album, Eilish once again breaks the rules for arena-filling artists: it’s subtle and understated, yet jars the listener with eerie show tunes and explosive noise
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  20. 7.8 |   Beats Per Minute

    Billie Eilish doesn’t release records to make history but to express herself authentically, and she has yet to fail to do so in a way that isn’t more impressive and well-rounded than the one before. I for one can’t wait for the next
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  21. 7.0 |   The Irish Times

    Her third album is not quite a genre bender, but this star is growing in sophistication
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  22. 7.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    A bold, well-crafted pop record
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  23. 6.8 |   Pitchfork

    The pop star teams with her brother Finneas for their third album together, expanding the cooly dark vision of their sound. It’s an honest and ambitious album when it’s not inert and repetitive
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