Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
“i love you” is a soft acoustic ballad that explores the struggles and feelings from a complicated relationship. The song’s chorus features vocal harmonies by her brother, FINNEAS.
On May 13, 2018, she teased a 15-second snippet of the demo to her fans. This snippet was re-posted to her Instagram s...
[Verse 1]
It's not true
Tell me I’ve been lied to
Crying isn't like you, ooh
What the hell did I do?
Never been the type to
Let someone see right through, ooh
[Chorus]
Maybe won't you take it back?
Say you were tryna make me laugh
And nothing has to change today
You didn’t mean to say "I love you"
I love you and I don't want to, ooh
[Verse 2]
Up all night on another red-eye
I wish we never learned to fly
Maybe we should just try
To tell ourselves a good lie
Didn't mean to make you cry
[Chorus]
Maybe won't you take it back?
Say you were tryna make me laugh
And nothing has to change today
You didn't mean to say "I love you"
I love you and I don't want to, ooh
[Bridge]
The smile that you gave me
Even when you felt like dying
[Outro]
We fall apart as it gets dark
I'm in your arms in Central Park
There's nothing you could do or say
I can’t escape the way I love you
I don’t want to, but I love you, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
i love you was written by Billie Eilish & FINNEAS.
i love you was produced by FINNEAS.
Billie Eilish released i love you on Fri Mar 29 2019.
When asked by Radio Energy for her favorites on the album, Eilish listed “i love you” as one of them, citing the track as, “still one of my favorite songs I’ve ever written in my life”.
In an interview with PopBuzz, Eilish confirmed that the final three songs on the album were intended to form a se...
The background features a flight attendant giving a mandatory flight safety speech. The words you’re able to make out are: “21… (?) …8 emergency exits… in the back… each door is equipped with evacuation…”
During the week ending April 13, 2019, “i love you” debuted and peaked at #53 on the Hot 100.
Official live performances:
This song gained popularity after a video surfaced of Billie crying during the New York stop WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Tour. The song was performed one year after her friend passed away, Billie explains that this song was written on her bed with her brothe...
On May 14th, 2018, Billie uploaded an image to her Instagram story where she teased the title and length of an upcoming song, “i love you.”
In an Instagram story, Billie revealed that “i love you” was inspired by “Smoke Signals,” “Stay,” “Only,” “the remedy for a broken heart (why am I so in love),” “715 – CRΣΣKS,” “29 #Strafford APTS,” and “Casimir Pulaski Day.”
In an interview with Pitchfork, Finneas explained:
“i love you” is another song that was written prior to being recorded, so the whole second verse of that song is about sitting on the tarmac on a plane. You know when you press the button on the roof of the airplane to summon the flight attendant a...