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Hope you saved room for “Lunch.” Billie Eilish fed fans tonight, dropping her third album Hit Me Hard and Soft in full, without any advanced singles. The album is a buffet of shifting sounds that deserves to be consumed altogether, but second track “Lunch” is a meal by itself. The opening double-entendre should be enough to pull you in: “I could eat that girl for lunch,” Eilish coolly declares, in front of a groovy, ‘80s-ish bassline. Yeah, those comments about, uh, self-love were just the beginning. On “Lunch,” Eilish is serving up a spicy queer anthem.
Eilish, who opened up about being queer last year, goes on to fully detail an encounter with a woman in the song. Get ready for the e-sleuths to be all over who “Claire” is. (Coincidentally, she has become friends with Clairo recently.) Eilish previously told Rolling Stone that she wrote part of “Lunch” before ever being with another woman, but oh, does it get steamy. “I’ll run a shower for you like you want,” Eilish sings, grinning. “Clothes on the counter for you to try ‘em on / If I’m allowed, I’ll help you take ‘em off.”
Eilish explained to Rolling Stone that writing “Lunch” “was actually part of what helped me to become who I am” as she was realizing her sexuality. “Last year, I realized I want my face in a vagina,” she added. Yeah, that comes through on “Lunch”: “You need a seat? I’ll volunteer,” Eilish sings to her interest at one point. Yeah, she’s not just hungry — she’s thirsty.
“Lunch” is sexy, queer, and straight-up fun. (Just wait for the Nine Inch Nails-esque synth-bass breakdown at the end!) Are you not fed?
