Billie Eilish Hits You Hard and Soft
Her new album reviewed.
Billie Eilish’s third studio album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” is here. Over 10 tracks, she sings about the highs and lows of love, accompanied by her brother Finneas’s sonically experimental production.
Our chief pop music critic, Jon Pareles, says the album both honors and warps pop structures, creating songs that are hooky yet full of twists. Here’s his review.
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Jon Pareles, chief pop music critic for The Times.
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Jon Pareles’s review of “Hit Me Hard and Soft.”
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Jon Pareles has been The Times’s chief pop music critic since 1988. He studied music, played in rock, jazz and classical groups and was a college-radio disc jockey. He was previously an editor at Rolling Stone and the Village Voice. More about Jon Pareles
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