Billie Eilish has been teasing us the last couple of days with very limited information about her upcoming album.
She first posted a short video on Instagram, simply captioned:
"READY?"
She also caused quite the frenzy when she added EVERYONE to her "close friends."
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And then yesterday, the Grammy winner made the official announcement:
"'HIT ME HARD AND SOFT' MY THIRD ALBUMMMMMMMMMMMMM COMES OUT MAY 17THHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHH🥹🥹🥹 "
"so crazy to be writing this right now i’m nervyyyyy & exciteddd 🫣 not doing singles i wanna give it to you all at once :PPP"
"finneas and i truly could not be more proud of this album and we absolutely can’t wait for you to hear it."
"love you love you love you. 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃"
The "Ocean Eyes" singer noted that she wanted all the songs released at once, versus dropping a few singles before the album's release.
Rolling Stone apparently felt everyone should know the tracklist beforehand.
Eilish was not amused and took to her Instagram stories to call them out.
She first wrote:
"f**k rolling stone"
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And then she added, along with a clown face emoji:
"f**k you guys @rollingstone"
Though Rolling Stone edited the piece, the damage was already done and screenshots were captured and circulating.
People on social media agreed Eilish should be angry, and they, too, were disappointed that the publication took the element of surprise away from them.
Hit Me Hard And Soft will be out May 17 via Darkroom/Interscope Records.
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