Hit me hard and soft - Skinny girls perform isolated vocals

hit me hard and soft

With no doubt, “SKINNY” is one of the many songs Billie Eilish has released regarding skinny body image. 

In previous works, she expresses insecurities about her appearance and the pressure to meet certain standards. For example, in tracks like “idontwannabeyouanymore” from her 2017 EP Don’t Smile at Me. Additionally, in “All the Good Girls Go to Hell” from her 2019 album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, and – “Overheated” from her 2021 album Happier Than Ever she delves into societal pressures and the pursuit of perfection, which also intersect with skinny body image released regarding concerns .

In an interview with Alt 98.7 and iHeartMedia, when asked if the song was written first or if the song as added later as the opening of the album, Billie Eilish explains her & Finneas' songwriting process:

We had like pieces of stuff. Funnily enough, [“LUNCH”] was the first song that we wrote in full. We had ideas of stuff and the verse of “CHIHIRO” and the chorus of “LUNCH” and a verse of “BITTERSWEET,” but nothing was real and it didn’t feel – we didn’t really know what we were gonna use, and then we wrote all of “SKINNY” and that’s like the first full song that we wrote. As soon as we wrote it, we were like ‘Yeah, that’s the opening track.’ Hit me hard and soft!

If I may have an opinion. this song is a reflection on Billie’s insecurities. Throughout the track, she explores various themes such as falling in love for the first time – likely with a woman – internal versus external perception, isolated vocals, and anxieties about aging.

"Am I acting my age now?
Am I already on the way out?
When I step off the stage, I'm a bird in a cage
I'm a dog in a dog pound
And you said I was your secret
And you didn't get to keep it"

And if things got out of control, the world found out and the secret is on everyone's lips and being pointed at. In fact, if you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself, because three persons may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. 

"And the internet is hungry for the meanest kinda funny
And somebody's gotta feed it"

But things shouldn't be taken too seriously; that's how it is when it happens for the first time, especially since you can be happy not necessarily because of love but for other reasons, like being so skinny, for example. - skinny girls thinking!

"People say I look happy
Just because I got skinny"

The conclusion comes naturally: any woman is beautiful if she's skinny and can poke you with her bones. Hit me hard and soft.

"But the old me is still me and maybe the real me
And I think she's pretty"

There is no truth saying 'beauty comes in all shapes and sizes' And I think Billie reaches this conclusion at the end of the song as well.

"Oh, do you still cry?
Still cry
Cry
I nеver did you wrong (Never did you wrong)
And my (Oh), my patiеnce is gone (Is gone)"

The truth is skinny girls look good in clothes, never naked chicks. I'm not going to dinner with somebody who eats like a bird, nor do I want to eat like a bird. Its important to remind young women, 'Listen, even skinny girls have cellulite, even Billie Eilish has cellulite, and what you see in photos isn't totally real.'