Billie Eilish’s debut single, Ocean Eyes, was released when she was 13 years old. Eilish released this song on SoundCloud, where it quickly became popular. For the singer, this song has received over a million views on Soundcloud alone. Let’s have a look at the context behind Billie Eilish’s song “Ocean Eyes,” which helped her gain international popularity and shaped who she is today!
Album Info
dont smile at me
Don’t Smile at Me is the debut EP by American singer Billie Eilish. Darkroom and Interscope Records released it on August 11, 2017. Eilish and her brother Finneas O’Connell wrote most of the material on the EP and was solely responsible for its production. It is an electropop record with elements of R&B and jazz.
The release of seven singles, from 2016 to 2018 supported Don’t Smile at Me. “Ocean Eyes” (2016) and “Idontwannabeyouanymore” (2017) were both sleeper hits, charting in the top 100 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart. “Bellyache” (2017) reached the top five on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart for a milestone of 32 weeks, while “Copycat” (2017) peaked at number 12 on the chart. Eilish embarked on the Don’t Smile at Me Tour and Where’s My Mind Tour in 2017 and 2018, respectively, to promote the EP further.
Intro
The song has been remixed four times, and each one is used in the extended play Ocean Eyes (The Remixes), which can be found at the bottom of this post. Billie Eilish establishes herself in the situation of a woman she mistreated and emotionally wounded in the lyrics of “ocean eyes,” trying to understand what they went through in order to move on.
Ocean Eyes Lyrics Meaning
Let’s dissect the meaning behind the lyrics of the song ‘ocean eyes’ by Billie Eilish section-wise to know how she hurt someone who was affectionate to her.
[Verse 1]
I've been watching you for some time
Can't stop staring at those ocean eyes
Burning cities and napalm skies
Fifteen flares inside those ocean eyes
Your ocean eyes
The singer is haunted by her love interest’s “ocean eyes.” She describes the eyes as outbreaks, using terms like “burn,” “napalm,” and “flares,” but she also refers to them as “ocean.” Sea blue, the colour of the ocean, can be depicted as energising, and it’s used as an example to describe someone’s eyes in the rows. Similarly, the colour of his incredible eyes relates to the explanation of large-scale, color-saturated graphics.
[Chorus]
No fair
You really know how to make me cry
When you give me those ocean eyes
I'm scared
I've never fallen from quite this high
Falling into your ocean eyes
Those ocean eyes
There are two meanings of the word “no fair.” It should be seen that her love interest wielding so much power over her is unacceptable. But it may also imply that her affair with him isn’t proper, like in a situation where people reach and enjoy intimate moments despite the fact that it’s dangerous at times and never easy. Billie compares her lover’s eyes to the sea, realising that she has never been so deeply in love with someone as she has with the particular “other” she is describing. The bridge part is a reversal of the chorus section.
[Verse 2]
I've been walking through a world gone blind
Can't stop thinking of your diamond mind
Careful creature made friends with time
He left her lonely with a diamond mind
And those ocean eyes
Billie’s crush was persuaded that she had a brilliant intellect that glistened like diamonds. “Ocean eyes” is a powerful image that doesn’t only suggest that a lover’s eyes are blue in colour. Oceans draw us in, and they can be both dangerous and soothing. People are drawn to the peace and tranquilly of the ocean, and Billie Eilish may be implying that this person’s eyes have an attraction to her and that she is captivated by him.
[Chorus]
No fair You really know how to make me cry When you give me those ocean eyes I'm scared I've never fallen from quite this high Falling into your ocean eyes Those ocean eyes
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
No fair
You really know how to make me cry
When you give me those ocean eyes
I'm scared
I've never fallen from quite this high
Falling into your ocean eyes
Those ocean eyes
Conclusion
When she looks this person in the eyes, the joy in their eyes is so intense that it makes her want to weep. This is how we feel we care for someone: the idea of losing them breaks our hearts. So maybe as she looks at this guy, she realises how much she cares for them and how much she does not want to abandon them.
Some Fun Facts About The Song
1. This song was written and produced by Billie Eilish’s brother Finneas O’Connell. She recorded it when she was 14 years old and released on the 18th of November 2016.
2. Billie Eilish recalled her brother’s song’s story to Vogue, “He’d been doing it with his band before, but of course I’d heard it because I was right next door. I sang it, and we both loved it. It’s just a beautiful song, and Finneas is an amazing writer. I loved it and I couldn’t get it out of my head for weeks.”
3. The performer said about how this song went viral although it was originally intended to be a song for a dance, We put it on SoundCloud with a free download link next to it so my dance teacher could access it. We had no intentions for it, really. But basically, overnight a ton of people started hearing it and sharing it. Hillydilly, a music discovery website, found it and posted it, and it just got bigger and bigger. It was really surreal.
Ocean Eyes Remixes (EP)
There are 4 official remixes of Ocean Eyes. They are by Astronomyy, Blackbear, Goldhouse, and Cautious Clay. All four were released in the Ocean Eyes Remixes (EP).
Ocean Eyes Astronomyy Remix
Ocean Eyes Blackbear Remix
Ocean Eyes Goldhouse Remix
Ocean Eyes Cautious Clay Remix
About the artist
Billie Eilish
18-year-old global pop-phenom Billie Eilish has fast become one of the biggest stars to emerge since the release of her debut single “ocean eyes,” and continues to shatter the ceiling of music with her genre-defying sound. Fast forward from her humble breakout, Billie’s album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? debuted at #1 in the Billboard 200 in the U.S, as well as in the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Finland and many more. It is now the biggest North American debut of the decade (male, female or group), shifting 313,000 units in the first week and has already hit NUMBER 1 in the Billboard 200 album 3 times since its release in March, earning Billie more than 15 billion combined streams worldwide to date – and has won her 5 GRAMMYs (Best New Artist, Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Pop Vocal Album). Billie is currently on her sold-out WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WORLD TOUR and about to embark on her Arena WHERE DO WE GO? WORLD TOUR.
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