“Happier Than Ever” by Billie Eilish

"Happier Than Ever" is the title track of Billie Eilish's second album, and when it came out as the record's sixth single on July 30, 2021, it's a slow fuse with a very big bang at the end. It starts soft, her voice floating over classical and bass guitar, then tears into distorted punk, an emo pop-punk kiss-off aimed at a former partner and a toxic relationship.

She wrote it with FINNEAS after the American leg of her When We All Fall Asleep Tour; he produced and recorded it and played everything else: bass, electric and classical guitars, synthesizer and percussion. Rob Kinelski mixed. Critics singled out her vocal as the loudest, most cathartic thing she'd done, it earned four nominations at the 64th Grammy Awards including Record and Song of the Year, and it won Song of the Year at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.

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