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Billie Eilish: When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

Lisa Verrico, The Sunday Times, 31 March 2019

HEAVENS, HOW teen pop stars have changed since Britney Spears tantalised dads in school uniform. The L.A.-born Billie Eilish wears what she wants, smiles as rarely as a typical 17-year-old and makes spooky music in a bedroom, with her brother, that speaks directly to fans her own age. A streaming sensation since 2016, she has already had a hit album with her nine-track Don't Smile at Me EP, but When We Fall Asleep is her official debut.

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