Her new album release is just a few hours away.
Billie Eilish's new album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT is due out tonight. It's expected to be one of the biggest pop releases of the year and could become a big deal when next year's award season strikes. Unsurprisingly, she's been teasing the album quite extensively in the past few weeks despite not releasing any singles from the project in advance. One of those promotional events was a listening party she hosted for fans at Barclays Center earlier this week. But the listening party reminded fans of someone else in particular.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 15: Billie Eilish performs onstage during "Hit Me Hard And Soft" Album Release Listening Party at Barclays Center on May 15, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ABA)
Variety shared a video from Billie's newest listening party where she and her brother Finneas dance around stage as her new music plays to the crowd. In the comments, there's one name that keeps coming up, Kanye West. West has been fond of the listening party format for years now dating back to a high-profile trio of shows in the lead up to the release of DONDA. Even before that he once famously combined a debut of his newest fashion line with a listening event for The Life Of Pablo in 2016. It's worth noting that Kanye certainly didn't invent the listening party format but his increased use of it has causes fans to associate it with him. That's why multiple replies to the video accuses Eilish of ripping off West's format. Check out the video and fan reactions to it below.
