Billie Eilish

FILE - Billie Eilish arrives at the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Music Review: Billie Eilish’s ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ is zealous outsider pop in a league of her own

Billie Eilish’s highly anticipated third studio album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” has arrived. The 10-track release sees a once-in-a-generation pop performer once again rewriting the rules, Associated Press music writer Maria Sherman writes in her review.
 
This combination of album covers shows “Hit Me Hard and Soft" by Billie Eilish, left, “Room Under the Stairs” by Zayn, center, and “Music for Man Ray” by SQÜRL. (Darkroom-Interscope/Mercury/Sacred Bones via AP)

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FILE - Taylor Swift performs during "The Eras Tour," May 5, 2023, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. Swift is adding one more accolade to her repertoire this year: a resolution recognizing 2023 as the Taylor Swift era in her home state of Pennsylvania. The resolution passed the state House of Representatives on Wednesday, Dec. 13. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Artists from Universal Music Group are heading back to TikTok as a new licensing deal is reached

 
FILE - Billie Eilish arrives at the 29th Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. Eilish will embark on a worldwide arena tour this fall. It kicks off in Quebec City in Canada on Sept. 29 and concluding in Dublin on July 27, 2025.(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Billie Eilish announces ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ arena world tour

 
Billie Eilish llega a los Oscar el 10 de marzo de 2024, en el Teatro Dolby en Los Ángeles. Billie Eilish, Stevie Wonder, Katy Perry, Smokey Robinson y J Balvin son algunos de los más de 200 nombres que aparecen en una carta abierta presentada por la organización sin fines de lucro Artist Rights Alliance, que pide a las empresas de tecnología de inteligencia artificial (IA), desarrolladores, plataformas, servicios de música digital y plataformas que dejen de usar la IA "para infringir y devaluar los derechos de los artistas humanos". (Foto Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Billie Eilish announces new album: ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ arrives next month

 

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Billie Eilish arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Miranda Lambert, Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj submit letter to AI developers to honor artists’ rights

Stevie Wonder, Miranda Lambert, Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Peter Frampton, Katy Perry, Smokey Robinson and J Balvin are just some of the over 200 names featured on a new open letter submitted by the Artist Rights Alliance non-profit, calling on artificial intelligence tech companies, developers, pl
 
Finneas O'Connell, left, and Billie Eilish accept the award for best original song for "What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie" during the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

‘Barbie’ ballad ‘What Was I Made For?’ makes Billie Eilish the youngest person to win 2 Oscars

What were Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell made for? Winning awards. The sibling duo’s “Barbie” blockbuster ballad “What Was I Made For?”
 
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Margot Robbie in a scene from "Barbie." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

From ‘The Bodyguard’ to ‘Barbie’: Is the movie soundtrack back and bigger than ever?

The music of “Barbie” has become its own blockbuster, earning three Grammys, one Golden Globe, and two Oscar nominations in the original song category — more than any other film this year.
 
Ryan Gosling arrives at the 96th Academy Awards Oscar nominees luncheon on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Ryan Gosling, Billie Eilish, Jon Batiste set to perform at the Oscars

The Oscars just got an infusion of Kenergy. Ryan Gosling will sing the pop power ballad “I’m Just Ken” at the show on March 10.
 
Miley Cyrus performs "Flowers" during the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Billie Eilish help Grammys reach its largest audience since 2020

An average of 16.9 million viewers tuned in to watch Taylor Swift make history at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, the largest audience for the telecast in four years.
 
FILE - Taylor Swift performs at the Monumental stadium during her Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 9, 2023. Universal Music Group, which represents artists including Taylor Swift, Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, says that it will no longer allow its music on TikTok now that a licensing deal between the two parties has expired. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and others may vanish from TikTok as licensing dispute boils over

Universal Music Group, which represents artists including Taylor Swift, Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, says that it will no longer allow its music on TikTok now that a licensing deal between the two parties has expired.
 
Maisy Stella poses for a portrait to promote her film "My Old Ass" during the Sundance Film Festival on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

A star is born? After time away, Maisy Stella makes her film debut at Sundance

Maisy Stella, 20, will be a familiar name to some, for her years on “Nashville” playing Daphne Conrad, for her viral video singing Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend” with her sister Lennon Stella, and for being someone Billie Eilish has said inspired her to sing.
 
FILE - Diane Warren arrives at the Governors Awards on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Diane Warren and past winners Mark Ronson and Billie Eilish react to 2024 Oscar music nominations

The often-nominated Diane Warren and past winners Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt and sibling duo Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell are among the nominees for music awards for the 2024 Oscars.
 

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