Billie Eilish: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT at The Kia Forum

Are you ready for something BIG? Well, you’re in for on sublime treat as Billie Eilish brings her Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour to the stage at Inglewood, California’s, The Kia Forum. Not only are you are guaranteed some fresh tracks off the new album like “Lunch”, “Chihiro”, and of course, the smash hit “Birds of a Feather”. But also some old, but still goodies, the hits “Everything I Wanted”, “Happier Than Ever”, and “You Should See Me in a Crown”. But, don’t take our word for how great this will be. Just ask Kyle Denis of Billboard, “from writing to acting, the world has been getting familiar with Billie’s countless talents for years — but seeing her flaunt most of them in one setting never gets old”.  – He says about how Billie plays multiple instruments throughout the show, showcasing an incredible ability on piano, acoustic guitar and electric guitar!

The seventh headline tour by singer-songwriter Billie Eilish, and supports her third studio album Hit Me Hard and Soft, which released in May 2024. Kicking off in September 2024, it will see Billie head from Quebec City, Canada across the continental North America for the remainder of the year with the final five nights here in Inglewood, California’s Kia Forum on December 15th, 16, 17th, 20th, and 21st. Then starting back up in February 2025 way down under in Brisbane, Australia, Billie will hit up, down… upside down? stages around the country before heading onto Europe and the U.K. and ending the tour in Dublin, Ireland by July 2025. Support for the North American leg is provided by Nat & Alex Wolff, Towa Bird, The Marías, Ashnikko, and Finneas.

As for support at The Kia Forum, She will be joined by The Marías on December 15th, Towa Bird on December 16th, Nat & Alex Wolff on December 17th, Ashnikko on December 20th and Finneas on December 21st.

“Suddenly transforming acoustic numbers into arena-rocking power ballads and playing the adoring audience like a well-tuned instrument”. – Lindsay Zoladz of The New York Times, praising Billie’s ability to bringing the intimacy of her songs to the arena stage.

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Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Album

In an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Billie talks about how the new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, lands like a meteor. “This is the most ‘me’ thing I’ve ever made,” she says. “And purely me—not a character.” An especially wide-ranging and transportive project, even for her, it’s brimming with the guts and theatricality of an artist who has the world at her feet—and knows it. In a tight 45 minutes, Eilish does as she promises and hits listeners with a mix of scorching send-ups, trance excursions, and a stomping tribute to queer pleasure, alongside more soft-edged cuts like teary breakup ballads and jaunts into lounge-y jazz. But the project never feels zigzaggy thanks to, well, the Billie Eilish of it all: her glassy vocals, her knowing lyrics, her unique ability to make softness sound so huge.

Billie Eilish’s third studio album, released on May 17, 2024, through Darkroom and Interscope Records. Once again, the album is co-written with her producer brother and frequent collaborator, Finneas O’Connell. The music is described as alt-pop and bedroom pop.

The track listing is:

1. “Skinny”
2. “Lunch”
3. “Chihiro”
4. “Birds of a Feather”
5. “Wildflower”
6. “The Greatest”
7. “L’Amour de Ma Vie”
8. “The Diner”
9. “Bittersuite”
10. “Blue”

The album topped the charts in over 20 countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. It debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, and all 10 of its songs charted in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, with the second single “Birds of a Feather” hitting the number 2 spot and reaching the top ten of several other U.S. charts. On its release day, Hit Me Hard and Soft received 72.7 million streams on Spotify globally, with over 500 million streams globally during its first week, and taking less than two months to surpass 2 billion streams.

“The pair intended to make an ‘album-ass album,’ their most cohesive statement ever. The songs twist and turn as they go, sometimes moving from balladry to tranced-out dance beats along the way, and more than one track is a multi-part suite.” – Rolling Stone Magazine

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Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell released her debut single, “Ocean Eyes”, in 2015. And her debut studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, in 2019, topped the Billboard 200 chart. Her second studio album, Happier Than Ever, from 2021, again topped the charts, but this time in 25 countries.

She has 9 Grammy Awards, and is only the second artist in Grammy history to win all four general field categories in a single year —Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, as well as Best New Artist. Billie also has 2 American Music Awards, and is the youngest ever two-time winner. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Billboard, Billie is one of the most successful artists of the 2010s. Additionally, she holds 20 Guinness World Records, 7 MTV Video Music Awards, 3 Brit Awards, 2 Golden Globe Awards, and 2 Academy Awards.

“There is no artifice to her. No questioning her level of sincerity when she tells fans at the end of the show, ‘I will always cherish you … I will always fight for you’” – Melissa Ruggieri of USA TODAY