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== Release ==
== Release ==
Eilish debuted "Lunch" alongside two other songs from ''Hit Me Hard and Soft'' during a secret DJ set at Coachella 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keating |first=Shannon |date=April 17, 2024 |title=Coachella's Gayest Moments, Ranked |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/coachella-renee-rapp-billie-eilish-victoria-monet-go-gay.html |url-access=limited |access-date=April 25, 2024 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |language=en |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420013928/https://www.vulture.com/article/coachella-renee-rapp-billie-eilish-victoria-monet-go-gay.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is the second track on the album, released on May 17, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Surej |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Check Out the Tracklist for Billie Eilish's New Album ''Hit Me Hard and Soft'' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/check-out-the-tracklist-for-billie-eilishs-new-album-hit-me-hard-and-soft-3619859 |access-date=April 25, 2024 |website=[[NME]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> It was released to Italian radio as the album's lead single.<ref name="EarOne" />
Eilish debuted "Lunch" alongside two other songs from ''Hit Me Hard and Soft'' during a secret DJ set at Coachella 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keating |first=Shannon |date=April 17, 2024 |title=Coachella's Gayest Moments, Ranked |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/coachella-renee-rapp-billie-eilish-victoria-monet-go-gay.html |url-access=limited |access-date=April 25, 2024 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |language=en |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420013928/https://www.vulture.com/article/coachella-renee-rapp-billie-eilish-victoria-monet-go-gay.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is the second track on the album, released on May 17, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Surej |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Check Out the Tracklist for Billie Eilish's New Album ''Hit Me Hard and Soft'' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/check-out-the-tracklist-for-billie-eilishs-new-album-hit-me-hard-and-soft-3619859 |access-date=April 25, 2024 |website=[[NME]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> It was released to Italian radio as the album's lead single.<ref name="EarOne" />

== Music video ==


== Release history ==
== Release history ==
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Revision as of 21:52, 17 May 2024

"Lunch"
Single by Billie Eilish
from the album Hit Me Hard and Soft
ReleasedMay 17, 2024
Genre
Length2:59
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Finneas
Billie Eilish singles chronology
"What Was I Made For?"
(2023) 		"Lunch"
(2024)
Music video
"Lunch" on YouTube

"Lunch" (stylized in uppercase) is a song by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and the lead single from her third studio album, Hit Me Hard and Soft (2024). It was released on May 17, 2024. The song features a heavy bassline and lyrics that detail Eilish's same-gender sexual attraction, following her public confirmation that she liked both men and women. In the lyrics, which she wrote as she realized that she "wanted [her] face in a vagina", she compares sex with another woman to eating lunch.

Background

Speculation around Billie Eilish's sexual orientation began when she released the music video for her single "Lost Cause" in 2021.[2] The video features Eilish in a slumber party with several women, doing various activities such as twerking,[3] playing Twister,[4] and spraying silly string.[5] Many fans and media outlets saw the video as homoerotic,[6] and she began receiving accusations of queerbaiting.[7] In response, Eilish posted behind-the-scenes pictures of the video on Instagram with the caption "I love girls".[8]

In November 2023, Eilish appeared for a Variety cover story, in which she discussed her relationship to sexuality and womanhood, as well as her frustration with people's speculating on her sexual orientation. She said that she had always felt an emotional attraction to women alongside physical attraction, admitting that she can be overawed with women she found beautiful.[9] A month later, during a red carpet for the magazine's "Hitmakers" event, a reporter asked Eilish if her comments during her interview were meant as a coming out statement, to which she said that it was not the intention and she thought her sexual orientation was already obvious.[10] When the event concluded, she posted on Instagram to criticize the reporter for their question, accusing them of outing her and confirming she liked both men and women.[11]

Music and lyrics

During a 2024 Rolling Stone interview, Eilish spoke more about her sexual orientation while discussing her upcoming third studio album, Hit Me Hard and Soft (2024), and her creative process behind one of its songs. She said that writing "Lunch" helped her explore and confirm her same-gender attraction.[12] She created "Lunch" before her first sexual encounter with a woman and finished the song afterwards, fueled by the realization that she "wanted [her] face in a vagina".[13]

Set over a heavy bassline, the song discusses Eilish's strong sexual desire for a woman and compares sex with her to eating lunch.[14] In the chorus, she describes how the woman tastes as she "dances on [Eilish's] tongue" and calls the experience irresistible.[15]

Release

Eilish debuted "Lunch" alongside two other songs from Hit Me Hard and Soft during a secret DJ set at Coachella 2024.[16] It is the second track on the album, released on May 17, 2024.[17] It was released to Italian radio as the album's lead single.[18]

Music video

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Lunch"
Region Date Format Label(s) Ref.
Italy May 17, 2024 Radio airplay Universal [18]
United States Contemporary hit radio
[19]

References

  1. ^ McCormick, Neil (May 16, 2024). "Billie Eilish, Hit Me Hard and Soft: explicit, sapphic and her best work yet". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on May 16, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  2. ^ Tolliver, Jazmin (December 3, 2023). "Billie Eilish Opens Up About Why She Didn't Think She Had to Come Out". HuffPost. Archived from the original on April 20, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  3. ^ Mamo, Heran (June 2, 2021). "Billie Eilish & Her Girl Squad Host PJ Dance Party in 'Lost Cause' Video". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  4. ^ Neale, Matthew (June 2, 2021). "Watch Billie Eilish Live It Up in New 'Lost Cause' Music Video". NME. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  5. ^ Blanchet, Brenton (June 2, 2021). "Watch Billie Eilish's New Video for 'Lost Cause'". Complex. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  6. ^ Kitty Empire (July 31, 2021). "Billie Eilish: Happier Than Ever Review – Wiser and Wilder". The Observer. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  7. ^ Ng, Kate (June 14, 2021). "Billie Eilish Fans Defend Her Against Accusations of 'Queerbaiting'". The Independent. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  8. ^ Weisenstein, Kara (June 14, 2021). "Billie Eilish Doesn't have to Answer to Us About Who She Loves". Mic. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  9. ^ Gariano, Francesca (December 3, 2023). "Billie Eilish Comments on Coming Out: 'I Didn't Realize People Didn't Know'". Today. Archived from the original on February 20, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  10. ^ Iasimone, Ashley (December 3, 2023). "Billie Eilish Comments on Coming Out: 'I Didn't Realize People Didn't Know'". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 30, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  11. ^ Mzezewa, Tariro (December 4, 2023). "Billie Eilish Accuses Variety of Outing Her". The Cut. Archived from the original on December 12, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  12. ^ Duncan, Charlie (April 24, 2024). "Billie Eilish on Coming to Terms with Her Sexuality: 'I Wanted My Face in a Vagina'". PinkNews. Archived from the original on April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  13. ^ Zuvela, Teneal (April 24, 2024). "Billie Eilish Just Got *Very* Candid About Her Sexuality". Elle. Archived from the original on January 23, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  14. ^ Damshenas, Sam (April 24, 2024). "Billie Eilish Says She's Always 'Loved Girls': 'I Want My Face in a Vagina'". Gay Times. Archived from the original on April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  15. ^ Gonzalez, Alex (April 24, 2024). "Billie Eilish Says She Wrote Her Queer Song 'Lunch' After Realizing She Wanted Her 'Face in a Vagina'". Uproxx. Archived from the original on April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  16. ^ Keating, Shannon (April 17, 2024). "Coachella's Gayest Moments, Ranked". Vulture. Archived from the original on April 20, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  17. ^ Singh, Surej (April 19, 2024). "Check Out the Tracklist for Billie Eilish's New Album Hit Me Hard and Soft". NME. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  18. ^ a b Vitali, Giacomo (May 17, 2024). "Billie Eilish - LUNCH (Radio Date: 17-05-2024)" (in Italian). Radio Airplay Italia. Archived from the original on May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  19. ^ "YOUR RADIO CHART PREVIEWS". Hits Daily Double. May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
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