Billie Eilish wants to keep things short and sweet. On May 17, Eilish released her third studio album, Hit Me Hard and Soft , with a brisk 10 tracks. Then over the holiday weekend, some statements she made via the Stationhead app went viral about the increasing run-time of some high-profile concerts .
“I’m not doing a three-hour show,” Eilish says in fan recordings of the comments. “That’s literally psychotic. Nobody wants that.
You guys don’t want that. I don’t want that. I don’t even want that as a fan.
My favorite artist in the world, I’m not trying to hear them for three hours. That’s far too long.” On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about Eilish’s perspective — weighing what is possible and healthy for an artist versus what a fan wants from a concert.
Listen to the full conversation below: Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on how Taylor Swift ’s The Tortured Poets Department and Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft team up for a big week, as the two albums both exceeded 300,000 equivalent album units each in the same week — the first time that’s happened in eight years. While Swift is steady at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 , Eilish debuts at No.
2 with a career best in terms of units earned. Plus, all 10 of the new album’s songs debut on the Billboard Hot 100 , including a top five arrival for “Lunch.” The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard‘s weekly charts.
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