The follow-up to her 2019 debut When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, it addresses the pressures of fame, as well as weighty issues facing young women, including sexual coercion.<\/p>\n
Reviewers said the record is “defiant” despite its “muted” tone.<\/p>\n
The Guardian’s Alexis Petridis gave the “universally great” album four stars.<\/p>\n
He said that “on perhaps the most anticipated album of 2021, Eilish uses subdued yet powerful song writing to consider how fame has seeped into every corner of her life.<\/p>\n
“Listening to a pop star complaining about being a pop star is usually enervating. It says something about Eilish’s skill as a song writer that, in her hands, the topic feels genuinely affecting.”<\/p>\n
This is partly, he wrote, because despite her stratospheric success, Eilish continues to express her fears with relatable intimacy as pop’s anti-hero.<\/p>\n