Written by Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes in 1956, the song only came to prominence with João’s release, marking the use of Bossa Nova’s characteristic guitar percussion for the first time.īesides this distinctive attribute in guitar’s playing, young artists - in the middle of Brazil’s urbanization and industrialization process in late 50s - aimed at making Brazilian music more accessible to the world. The beginning of what later would become this “marvelous heritage” in Eilish’s words, began in 1958 with the release of João Gilberto’s “Chega de Saudade” (English: No More Blues). It is inspired by the bossa-nova of Antonio Carlos Jobim, by this musical world which existed before me and which left us a marvelous heritage. Making use of a beat created by FINNEAS in 2019, this song shares the same melody structure as Billie’s November 2017 R&B hit “bitches broken hearts”.Īs for the title, in a July 2021 interview with Madame Figaro, Billie discussed the inspirations for the sound of her sophomore studio album, Happier Than Ever, and mentioned Antonio Carlos Jobim, the founding father of Brazil’s Bossa Nova, as a main inspiration for its sonority:

On “Billie Bossa Nova”, Eilish oozes sensuality and details using fake aliases at hotels in an effort to keep her and her lover’s identity private.

Everybody dies piano