The song may have also been influenced by Frank Sinatra, whom Eilish has cited as a primary inspiration for "Happier Than Ever." In the pre-chorus, she sings, "I'm not sentimental / But there's something 'bout the way you look tonight" - which could be a reference to Sinatra's classic 1964 rendition of "The Way You Look Tonight." Bossa Nova is a Brazilian style of music that combines elements of samba and jazz. The title is a reference to the beat, which O'Connell labeled "Billie Bossa Nova" on his computer when he made it. "And so we acted as if there was also a secret love affair going on in there of Billie being like, 'Nobody saw me in the lobby / Nobody saw me in your arms,' as if there was a mystery person in her life during all of that," he explained.Įilish also described the song as a "fantasy, romanticized, glorified dream" in her track commentary on Spotify. "We have to do a lot of goofy bulls- when we go on tour, where we enter through freight elevators in hotels and stuff, so that paparazzi doesn't follow us to our room," O'Connell told Rolling Stone. It tells the story of lovers sneaking around, inspired by the duo's experience with fame. "Billie Bossa Nova" is the third track on "Happier Than Ever."Īs with all songs in Eilish's discography, "Billie Bossa Nova" was cowritten and produced by her older brother, Finneas O'Connell. In the second verse, Eilish also mentions a prophetic person named Drew, likely a childhood friend who was featured in her recent photo book ("I should have left when Drew / Said you were bad news"). She previously revealed in an interview with Open House Party that the song's original working title was "Laura." In the first verse, Eilish name-drops her day-to-day manager Laura Ramsay ("Laura said I should be nicer / But not to you"). "I Didn't Change My Number" completes that arc, asserting her right to screen and block accordingly: "I didn't change my number / I only changed who I reply to." "I feel like everybody's had that struggle with someone - somebody on the phone yelling for some reason, and you're just like, 'You know what? F-ing leave me alone.'"Įilish uses her call logs to represent her history of spending time with undeserving people. "It's like, 'I'll call you when the party's over,' you're on the phone with someone and you can't hear them, they can't hear you, it's loud, they're mad at you for some reason," she said. Eilish described the song as "kind of a sequel to 'Party Favor'" in an interview with Coup de Main. The following year, she released "When the Party's Over," which is also framed as a one-sided phone conversation. The song is designed to sound like a voicemail that Eilish is leaving for a boy on his birthday, breaking up with him. "I Didn't Change My Number" is the second track on "Happier Than Ever."Įilish's 2017 song "Party Favor" begins with the sound of a phone ringing. Most obviously, Eilish references the album title and 15th track: "I'm happier than ever, at least, that's my endeavor." She seems to warn listeners that her titular phrase is somewhat misleading more ambition than a current state of being. Eilish alludes to her experience with "deranged" stalkers ("It's different when a stranger's always waitin' at your door"), which she revisits in "NDA," as well as "trauma" she's endured from men ("Wasn't my decision to be abused"), which inspired songs like "Your Power" and "Male Fantasy."
"Getting Older" introduces several themes explored later in the tracklist. "Every interview I did when I was 15 is still out there, and I think about it constantly." "I said so many things then that I totally don't agree with now, or think the opposite thing," she said. She previously told Vogue Australia that she's very preoccupied with her old interviews existing on the internet, especially since she got famous so young she would say things that sounded cool, even if they weren't true. In the second verse, Eilish admits that she lacked honesty in the past ("Lying for attention just to get neglection"). Like, 'Oh, this is something I used to love and now it feels like a job.' It's not, like, 'Oh, I hate this now.' It's different. "Things that I enjoy can sometimes just turn into things that feel like a burden, and it's really weird. "That line isn't really, like, 'Oh, boohoo, I'm sad' - it's really just a f-ing fact," Eilish said. She also explained the chorus' opening couplet in an interview with the Los Angeles Times: "Things I once enjoyed / Just keep me employed now." "I had to take a break in the middle of writing that one, and I wanted to cry, because it was so revealing," Eilish said. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Eilish described "Getting Older" as "the truth."
"Getting Older" is the first track on "Happier Than Ever."
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