Billie Eilish has announced the release of her third studio album.
The album is titled 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' and will be available on May 17th.
Billie Eilish, a popular singer-songwriter known for her unique sound and style, has announced the release of her third studio album. The album is titled 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' and will be available on May 17th. Billie worked with her brother Finneas O'Connell on this project, as they have collaborated in the past to create hit songs such as ⚨ What Was I Made For?⚪ which won two Oscars for Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards. The album cover features Billie Eilish underwater, sinking beneath a white wooden door. According to the release, Hit Me Hard and Soft is meant to be listened to all the way through as a cohesive body of work.
The album was created in collaboration with Billie's brother Finneas.
All physical variants of the album will be made of 100% recyclable materials.
Accuracy
The album cover features Billie Eilish underwater, barefoot and sinking beneath a white wooden door.
Billie Eilish has stated that the upcoming third album should be listened to chronologically for maximum impact. The title of the article suggests this will hit listeners hard and soft both lyrically and sonically while bending genres and defying trends.
Deception
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The article contains deceptive practices such as selective reporting and emotional manipulation. The author only reports on the release of Billie Eilish's new album without mentioning any other news or events happening at that time. This is an example of selective reporting which can be seen as a form of sensationalism.
The article focuses solely on the release of Billie Eilish's new album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” without mentioning any other news or events happening at that time. This is an example of selective reporting which can be seen as a form of sensationalism.
The author uses emotional manipulation by including quotes from Billie Eilish's Instagram caption where she writes “I wanna give it to you all at once,” and “I truly could not be more proud of this album.” which creates a sense of excitement for the reader.
Fallacies
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The article contains an appeal to authority fallacy by mentioning that Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas won two Oscars for their work. The author also uses inflammatory rhetoric when they describe the album artwork as showing Eilish floating in a body of water after being ejected from a door, which could be interpreted as ominous or foreboding.
Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas won two Oscars for their work.
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Conflicts
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There are multiple examples of conflicts of interest in this article. The author has a personal relationship with Billie Eilish as they have collaborated on music together and the artist is Finneas' brother.
⚨ Finneas as Eilish's brother and longtime collaborator
The author has a personal relationship with Billie Eilish as they have collaborated on music together
The album cover features Billie Eilish underwater, barefoot and sinking beneath a white wooden door.
Hit Me Hard and Soft is meant to be listened to all the way through as a cohesive body of work.
Billie Eilish has released new music since Happier Than Ever, including an EP in 2022 and a contribution to the Barbie soundtrack in 2023.
Accuracy
The album will be available for purchase on May 17th.
All physical variants of the album will be made of 100% recyclable materials.
Deception
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author claims that Billie Eilish's new album will be a cohesive body of work and should be listened to all the way through. However, this statement contradicts itself as it implies that there are no standout tracks on the album which could potentially have been released as singles. Secondly, while the article mentions that Billie Eilish has not released any new music in three years, it fails to mention her surprise EP release of Guitar Songs and her contribution to the Barbie soundtrack. Lastly, while the author claims that Hit Me Hard and Soft will be available in several vinyl formats on release day, they do not disclose how many copies or what specific stores these vinyls will be sold at.
The article states that Billie Eilish's new album should be listened to all the way through as a cohesive body of work. However, this contradicts itself as it implies that there are no standout tracks on the album which could potentially have been released as singles.
The article mentions that Billie Eilish has not released any new music in three years but fails to mention her surprise EP release of Guitar Songs and her contribution to the Barbie soundtrack.
Fallacies
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The article contains several fallacies. The author uses an appeal to authority when stating that Billie Eilish's new album will be a cohesive body of work and that the follow-up to Happier Than Ever was mastered. Additionally, the author makes use of inflammatory rhetoric by describing Eilish as a superstar and using phrases such as
The article contains several fallacies.
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Bias
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The article contains examples of religious bias and monetary bias. The author uses language that depicts one side as extreme or unreasonable.
> Billie Eilish released a new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft
< Finneas and I truly could not be more proud of this album>
Hit Me Hard and Soft marks Eilish’s third album
The superstar's third record will arrive next month
Billie Eilish grew up in an eco-conscious house where everything was treated as reusable.
Eilish's mother came along for label meetings in 2016 with the goal of keeping sustainability at the forefront of her daughter’s career. She often wondered why she and her teenage daughter had to raise environmental issues first.
In 2020, Eilish partnered with Support Feed on her Happier Than Ever tour which saved 8.8 million gallons of water by serving plant-based meals for the artists and crew.
Eilish helped launch and fund DREVERB's Music Decarbonization initiative.
Accuracy
Billie Eilish grew up in an eco-conscious house where everything was treated as reusable. In 2012, her family transitioned their Los Angeles home to run on solar power and removed the grass from their front yard to save water.
Deception
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author claims that Billie Eilish was notorious among her friends for being eco-conscious and reusing wrapping paper. However, this statement is false as there is no evidence to support it in the article. Secondly, the author quotes Patrick O'Connell saying they were excited about transitioning their home to solar power but does not provide any information on how much money was saved or if it was cost-effective. Thirdly, the author claims that Eilish signed with The Darkroom imprint of Universal Music Group subsidiary Interscope Records in 2016 and mentions Baird's involvement in label meetings but does not provide any information on how this helped sustainability efforts. Lastly, the article states that Support Feed was founded to mitigate climate change and increase food security by encouraging plant-based food at large-scale events like concerts but does not provide any evidence of its effectiveness or impact.
The author claims that Billie Eilish was notorious among her friends for being eco-conscious and reusing wrapping paper. However, this statement is false as there is no evidence to support it in the article.
Fallacies
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Bias
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The author uses language that dehumanizes the environment and portrays it as a threat to humanity. The use of phrases like 'never-ending fighting' and 'destroying' when referring to environmental issues is biased.
> Baird recalls begging labels for more information about their environmental initiatives and policies.
< Billie Eilish partnered with Support Feed on her 2022 Happier Than Ever tour, which saved 8.8 million gallons of water by serving plant-based meals for the artists and crew. <
> Billie Eilish says she was notorious among her friends for carefully undoing tape, unwrapping gifts without ripping them and folding the paper so it could be reused. <
> In 2014, Eilish's parents removed the grass from their front yard to save water. <
> Last year, Eilish helped launch and fund DREVERB's Music Decarbonization initiative.
Billie Eilish has announced the release date for her third album, Hit Me Hard And Soft. The album will be released on 17 May.
The previous album by Billie Eilish was Happier Than Ever and she wrote about it being a collaborative effort with her brother Finneas O'Connell.
Billie Eilish has stated that the upcoming third album should be listened to chronologically for maximum impact. The title of the article suggests this will hit listeners hard and soft both lyrically and sonically while bending genres and defying trends.
The 22-year-old star released What Was I Made For? in 2023, which earned her a second best original song Oscar alongside O'Connell at this year's Academy Awards. They won their first Oscar in 2019 for No Time To Die from the James Bond film of the same name.
Billie Eilish has stated that she will limit the amount of vinyl record variants released for her upcoming album to eight, with a standard black variant made from recycled materials and other options using eco-friendly materials.
Accuracy
All physical variants of the album will be made of 100% recyclable materials.
Deception
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None Found At Time Of
Publication
Fallacies
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The article contains several fallacies. Firstly, the author uses an appeal to authority by stating that Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell are proud of their third album without providing any evidence or context for this claim. Secondly, the author uses inflammatory rhetoric when describing Eilish as 'nervy and excited', which is subjective language that could be interpreted in different ways. Thirdly, the article contains a dichotomous depiction of Eilish's previous album Happier Than Ever being successful while also suggesting that new tracks will not be released before the record, which contradicts each other. Lastly, the author uses an informal fallacy by stating that Eilish is known for her advocacy for environmental causes without providing any evidence or context for this claim.
Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell are proud of their third album
Eilish is 'nervy and excited'
Happier Than Ever was successful but new tracks will not be released before the record
Eilish is known for her advocacy for environmental causes
