Cherry

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## *Cherry*Studio album by Billie Eilish

* Standard
* Deluxe

## General information

### Features

Conan Gray, Clairo, Olivia Rodrigo, Isaac Dunbar, Pinkpantheress, Finneas O'Connell

### Released

July 12, 2023 (standard)
September 12, 2023 (deluxe)

### Genre

Alternative pop • indie pop • synth pop • R&B • pop rock

### Length

TBA (standard)
TBA (deluxe)

### Producers

Finneas O'Connell • Kyle Dixon • Michael Stein • Jack Antonoff • Calvin Harris • Charlie Puth

***Cherry*** is the third full-length studio album by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish. It was released on July 12, 2023, through Interscope Records, and debuted at #1 on the *Billboard Top 200*, selling 800,000 copies in it's first week alone.

## Background

On July 30th, 2022, Eilish stated in an interview that she was already more than halfway done with her third studio album, saying that it was "a really huge, really important thing" and that it would be "surprising and very different for everyone". She also said that it should be due sometime the following year.

On Christmas Day, Eilish surprise dropped the first single from the upcoming album "red convertible". It was met with overwhelmingly positive reception from critics, who praised the 80's inspired lyrics and vintage sound of the song. It debuted at #1 in the *Billboard Top 10* and stayed there for a month. The music video dropped on Billie's YouTube channel January 1st.

On February 1st, Eilish revealed that Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein would be producers on the album by posting a picture of herself with them on her Instagram, simply captioned "done". She also began following the artists who would show up on the album. On May 9th she released the second single: "boardwalk babe" with Clairo. Eilish also revealed the album cover art and release date. "boardwalk babe" was a smash hit, giving Clairo her first *Billboard* #1 and has gone gold, being incredibly well-received by critics.

In an interview to promote "boardwalk babe" on May 26th, Eilish revealed that she had secretly filmed a short film to accompany the album, but remained quiet about the details. However, the next day she announced ***Cherry: The Short Film*** officially on her social media, with Jenna Ortega and Dacre Mongtomery slated to play the leads. She also unveiled a 20 second teaser for the film which had a snippet of "stupid kids". A poster was officially released as well.

On July 12, ***Cherry*** and it's film were released to global acclaim. It was called Eilish's best album yet, with a score of 90 on Metacritic. "who i'll be tomorrow", which featured Eilish's brother Finneas, was a critical darling, with many citing it as Eilish's most personal and well-written song of all time. The short film scored a 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, and earned a six minute standing ovation at it's Cannes premiere. The deluxe edition was released on September 12th.

## Theme

The concept album portrays a summer romance between a girl and an older boy that turns toxic. It was also inspired by Eilish's experiences growing up in the early 2000's, as well as the pop culture and style of that era.

She frequently described the album as "lowkey" and "immersive". The songs notably use more synth and dream-pop sound, which is something she has rarely worked with before.

## Singles

"**red convertible**" was released as the album's lead single on December 25, 2022. A music video was released a week later.

"**boardwalk babe**" was released as the album's second single on May 9, 2023, in tandem with the album's release date announcement.

"**cherry**" was released as the third single on July 12, 2023 to coincide with the albums release.

### **Later singles**

"**shady**" was released as the fourth single on September 12, 2023

"**could have been me**" was released as the fifth single on January 2, 2024.

"red convertible" single cover"boardwalk babe" single cover"shady" single cover"could have been me" single cover
## Tracklist

(tracks marked with **E** indicate that the song contains explicit lyrics and/or themes)

### Notes

* Eilish stated in an early interview that this was her most personal project yet and wasn't like her previous two albums.
* Although early versions of "ride" and "shady" had been previously leaked, she removed the illegal versions from YouTube. The final versions had different production and the lyrics were adjusted to reflect the theme of the album.
* "dreams" is a cover of the Fleetwood Mac song of the same name. Billie first sang it during a live, although she added it to the album last minute.
* Eilish played snippets of some of the songs in her Instagram lives/posts (the snippets were later revealed to be from "in the hills", "saw it on tv" and "cherry".
* The intro and outro songs are heavily instrumental, which Eilish said was in an attempt to add a cinematic quality to the album's sound.
	+ These songs were later revealed to be "in the hills" and "who i'll be tomorrow"
* Eilish revealed in an interview that she dm'd Ortega asking if she wanted to be cast in the film, and she agreed almost immediately.
* Rodrigo promoted the album through her stories multiple times