Billie Eilish Releases ‘Guitar Songs’ With Two Surprise Tunes ‘TV’ And ‘The 30th’
‘Guitar Songs,’ a two-track EP by Billie Eilish, includes the songs ‘TV’ and ‘The 30th.’ Eilish previously gave the live debut of ‘TV’ at her performance in Manchester last month, where she shared the stage with her brother Finneas to play the acoustic song.
“Finneas and I really wanted these to be yours as soon as possible,” she told fans of the surprise release. “So here they are!! Performing ‘TV’ on tour was such a highlight for us too, so we took the audio from the first night we played it in Manchester and put it in the song.”
Billie added: “I get shivers every time I hear it. Hope you love the songs and thank you for letting us share our music with you.”
Speaking to Apple Music today, Eilish claimed that she and Finneas composed “the first verse and the chorus” of ‘TV’ a few months ago.
She also discussed the lyrics of the song, where she sings “The internet is going wild / while they’re overturning Roe v. Wade”. The music icon has previously spoken out against anti-abortion policies.
“We wrote that line a few weeks before it was officially overturned,” she said. “It was a placeholder of doom. I mean, it was the day of Glastonbury that it happened, and I was sitting in the… We were at this house, and I was sitting with the dogs in the grass.”
Eilish continued: “My mom came out, and she just stood there, and she went, ‘They overturned it.’ We all were just like… God, it was like a curtain of doom. I mean, there was almost no even reaction. I had this, I guess, now that I think about it, unrealistic hope that that wouldn’t happen.”
She also discussed ‘The 30th,’ mentioning that it was their first song since ‘Happier Than Ever.’
“That’s why it’s called ‘The 30th’,” Billie said. “Because something happened on November 30th and it had just been the most indescribable thing to have to witness and experience. I had been writing down all these thoughts that I was having. I was with Finneas, and I was like, “I’m sorry, I don’t know what you were planning on doing, but we need to write this song about this right now,” and we did, and that was the first song we wrote since ‘Happier Than Ever’.”
Eilish also discussed her goals for her upcoming music, saying she hopes to record another album in the next year.
Meanwhile, she made history in June by becoming the festival’s youngest-ever headlining act.
—Silviya.Y
