Xanny

## Music Video

"**xanny**" (stylized in lowercase) is the third track by Billie Eilish featured on her debut album, *WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?*.

## Background

In the "A Snippet into Billie's Mind" video for *xanny*, Billie states that the song was written the day after a party where her friends "were Juuling, throwing up, drinking. Kept throwing up, kept drinking more". According to Billie, nobody was fazed by the situation at all and she was watching her friends "become completely not who they were". At this party, a girl was smoking two cigarettes and blew the smoke into Billie's face, which inspired the sound of the chorus, as Billie stated it was meant to "sound like what it feels to be in secondhand smoke".

The production of the song began one night when Billie came into a room in which her brother and his girlfriend were sleeping and began playing the piano, coming up with the song's chord progression and one of its lyrics.

## Theme

The song discusses the glorification of drug use, drinking, and smoking. It speaks on how more teenagers and young adults are getting into drugs and alcohol over time and how it is becoming normalized in society. Billie stated that the song is not necessarily telling people not to do drugs, but rather to be safe when doing so.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

What is it about them?

I must be missing something

They just keep doing nothing

Too intoxicated to be scared

Better off without them

They're nothing but unstable

Bring ashtrays to the table

And that's about the only thing they share

**[Chorus]**

I'm in their second hand smoke

Still just drinking canned Coke

I don't need a Xanny to feel better

On designated drives home

Only one who's not stoned

Don't give me a Xanny now or ever

**[Interlude]**

*Did you check your Uber rating?*

*Wait, like, when? Oh my god*

**[Verse 2]**

Waking up at sun down (ooh)

They're late to every party (ooh)

Nobody's ever sorry (ooh)

Too inebriated now to dance

Morning as they come down (come down)

Their pretty heads are hurting (hurting)

They're awfully bad at learning (learning)

Make the same mistakes, blame circumstance

**[Chorus]**

I'm in their second hand smoke

Still just drinking canned Coke

I don't need a Xanny to feel better

On designated drives home

Only one who's not stoned

Don't give me a Xanny now or ever

**[Bridge]**

Please don't try to kiss me on the sidewalk

On your cigarette break

I can't afford to love someone

Who isn't dying by mistake in Silver Lake

**[Outro]**

What is it about them?

I must be missing something

They just keep doing nothing

Too intoxicated to be scared

Hmm, hmm

Hmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm

Come down

Hurting

Learning

## Videos

Billie Eilish - xannyBillie Eilish - xanny (Official Audio)A Snippet into Billie's Mind - xanny
## Trivia

* The title refers to Xanax, a short-acting benzodiazepine that is often used in short term management of anxiety disorders, specifically panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
* The spoken lines at 1:08 were recorded by Billie on her phone at a party.
* The last vocals of the song were recorded a couple of days after a friend of Billie's had passed away.
	+ This friend could possibly be XXXTentacion.
* In an Instagram story announcing that Billie would be filming a music video for *all the good girls go to hell*, it was hinted that this song would also receive a music video that would be filmed on August 8th, 2019. This was further hinted at in another Instagram story that was posted on August 9th, stating "guess what i did yesterday" with a screenshot of the song.
	+ The music video was later released on December 5th, 2019, and would be Billie's directorial debut.
	+ This was the first time Billie had worn brown hair in a music video

## Gallery

behind the scenesthe xanny sign from the Billie Eilish Experience
## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/eilishupdates/status/1138176913636298754
2. ↑ https://isdb.pw/billieeilish/2100582687068943238
3. ↑ https://isdb.pw/billieeilish/2107116320680539601
4. ↑ https://www.altpress.com/news/billie-eilish-xanny-new-music-video-direct/