Billie Eilish.Photo: Kelia Anne MacCluskey
Billie Eilish’s new album has officially arrived!
The singer debuted her sophomore studio albumHappier Than Everat midnight Friday, alongside its cover art and a lengthy note about how much the project means to her.
“Finneas and i were just on cloud 9 making this album i feel,” she continued of the 16-track offering. “Ilove every song on this projectso so much it literally scares me thinking about putting it out into the world for anyone to listen to.”
“I feel like crying,” Eilish said.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.
Eilish went on to say she “grew so much in theprocess of making this albumand experienced so much self realization and self reflection. I wish i could go back and make this album all over again because it was some of the best nights in my life.”
“Anyway i’m so excited and nervous and blaaah … please take care of this project, it means the world to me. 🤍 I CANT BELIEVE ITTTT,” Eilish concluded.
Happier Than Everfollows Eilish’s 4x Platinum debut studio album, 2019’sWhen We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, which earned the singer fiveGrammy Awards.
RELATED VIDEO: Billie Eilish Says She’s “Happier” And Wants To Tell People That “It Does Get Better”
Speaking toVEVOearlier this month, Eilish opened up about the creation of her new album and how much more confident she felt while making it.
“Iwanted to make a very timeless recordthat wasn’t just timeless in terms of what other people thought, but really just timeless for myself,” she said. “I gathered a lot of inspiration from a lot of older artists that I grew up loving … mostlyJulie London, and a lot ofFrank SinatraandPeggy Lee.”
“The main thing that I would hope is, for people to hear what I say, and then go, ‘Oh, God, I feel like that I didn’t know that I felt like that. But this is how I feel,’ and maybemake a change in their lifethat makes them happier,” Eilish added. “I don’t want to get too specific, because I think it’s really for the listener to decide, I don’t want to put the ideas into their brains, because I want them to feel 100% that their own interpretation is the right interpretation.”
Happier Than Everis available now onamazon.com, with thevinyl version at 20 percent offon Friday only.
source: people.com
