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Billie Eilish drops new song My Future with anime-inspired music video

After days of build-up, Billie Eilish has released her brand new single.

My Future is the 18-year-old’s first slice of new music since she released the theme song for the now-delayed James Bond film No Time To Die back in February.

Building from a slow, shimmering intro, the track springs to life with a funky, low-key groove, on top of which Eilish sings: “I’m in love with my future / Can’t wait to meet her.”

The song, which was recorded during the early days of lockdown, is “really, really personal and special to me”, Eilish told fans in an email.

She wrote: “when we wrote this song, it was exactly where my head was at – hopeful, excited and a craaaazy amount of self-reflection and self-growth. but recently it has also taken on a lot of new meaning in the context of what’s happening in the world now. i hope you can all find meaning in it for yourselves.”

Finneas, Eilish’s songwriting brother, said in an Instagram post: “I will forever cherish the rainy days I spent making this song with my sister. It’s been a scary year for so many reasons but I choose to be optimistic and so many of you make me feel so inspired about the future. Hope you enjoy this song.”

The song is accompanied by an Anime-style video, directed by Andrew Onorato, in which an animated Eilish wanders through a darkened forest before being lifted up by the plants and trees.

It’s unclear whether this track will herald the arrival of a follow-up album to Eilish’s debut release, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — although Finneas earlier confirmed work has begun on the project.

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