Five songs from “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour” setlist and their background stories

Live performances have a way of exposing certain songs that we see beyond what had already met the eyes when we listened to them on our own. This happens to be the case with some Billie Eilish songs from the setlist of “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour,” which she started in 2024.

Billie Eilish songs usually create a special kind of feeling within listeners. Listening on your own can transcend you to a realm where your vibe with her is on a different level, but vibing with her live creates a connection between you two that’s best described as angelic.

But now, you’ll discover that everything takes a different turn if you become intimate with the background of a song by Billie Eilish. Every song has a background, which is more like the inspiration for the song. Knowing the inspiration for a particular song gives you a different feeling when you listen to it.

The feeling reaches a peak when your live vibe with the singer is confirmed. In this case, Billie Eilish. In the sense that now you know why the song came to be, you know the reason for the song and where it hurt or touched for the song to be recorded with the lyrics it was penned with.

We’ve closely observed Billie Eilish, especially amidst the “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour,” and we discovered that while she’s a bit secretive about her life, she did give a couple of interviews revealing the background of some of the songs on the setlist of her current tour.

We found something particularly interesting about five of those songs, and we believe you’ll like to know about them, too. Perhaps this can create a difference between how you vibe with her previously, when these songs came on in her concerts, and how you would the next time you meet her, having known what that song means to her.

Speaking of the next time you meet her, that could be in April or a subsequent month, as she has a string of gigs planned out for her fans. One of the issues you’re likely to face is the scarcity of tickets due to demand and traffic. But you can bypass the scarcity and explore alternative options, such as secondary marketplaces for Billie Eilish tickets, and ensure you don’t miss the fun.

The setlist of Billie Eilish “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour”

Putting together the perfect setlist for a tour is one of the critical aspects of organising one. Even if the tour is in support of a particular album, there are factors to consider before setting up a setlist. This usually ranges from fan favourites to the tempo of the song. The meaning of a song is also considered in most cases, and that’s all there is about Billie Eilish’s “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour.” Without many texts, let’s look at five songs with surprising backgrounds.

Chihiro

The song “Chihiro” was released by Billie Eilish on 16^th January 2025, close to one year after the release of her album “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” to which it belongs. The song is currently placed at the No. 1 spot on the setlist of the tour as of 2025. This means she’ll be using it as her opening song.

“Chihiro” has a unique background that many never knew. The song draws inspiration from the popular animation “Spirited Away,” released in 2001. Both songs correlate in the sense of self-discovery, transformation, and navigating unfamiliar worlds.

Billie Eilish has an intimacy with this song because it mirrors her sense of longing, detachment, and personal evolution from relationships. When next you vibe with Billie’s “Chihiro,” have the spirit of a protagonist, as that’s what Chihiro Ogino was in “Spirited Away.”

Birds of a Feather

This singlehandedly became one of Billie Eilish’s most popular singles from the “Hit Me Hard and Soft” album after its release in July 2024. According to Billie, this song features the most ‘belt’ of her career, otherwise known as ‘high chest voice.’

Speaking about its background story, “Birds of a Feather” is a theme that explores the long-lasting connection between lovers and deep love.

The song was first teased by Billie Eilish through a trailer for the third season of “Heartstopper,” the popular Netflix series that aired in 2022. It is placed at the No. 24 spot on the setlist of her current tour, which makes it her closing song after a concert.

Wildflower

“Wildflower” became one of Billie Eilish’s songs that was slow to success from the “Hit Me Hard and Soft” album. It was later described as a sleeper hit because of the massive attention it began receiving, especially after Billie Eilish’s live performances amidst her tour.

There’s a twist in “Wildflower” that many don’t get. The song tells the story of how Billie Eilish went on consoling her friend after a breakup, only for things to take a dramatic turn, with Billie Eilish dating her friend’s ex-boyfriend.

“Wildflower” talks about the guilt she felt afterwards and how helpless her emotions were upon realisation. The fact that a lot of us suffer from something like this is sad, to say the least. In most cases, hating someone because of a failed relationship with someone we know is difficult. And we end up going too deep in trying not to be indifferent—the result, which in most cases is the feeling of guilt.

L’Amour de Ma Vie

“L’Amour de Ma Vie” translates to “The Love of My Life,” and it’s placed at the No. 21 spot of the “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour” setlist. The single was released on the 17^th of May 2024, and it was quick to become certified gold and platinum in over seven international markets.

Even though, from time, one would be able to denote that “L’Amour de Ma Vie” was different from what Billie Eilish usually writes, the background of the song added more light to it. Billie Eilish talks about “L’Amour de Ma Vie,” saying it was a breakup song.

The song is broken into two parts. In one part, she reminisced about her past relationship. And in the other part, she sang about the positivity of the breakup. While the song had a title that made it appear as a lover’s anthem, there’s a twist that speaks about a breakup, and you may not get it without the background or listening attentively to the lyrics.

Blue

Attending Billie Eilish’s concert will have you vibing to “Blue” at the No. 19 spot on her setlist. “Blue” was released through the “Hit Me Hard and Soft” album on the 17^th of May 2024, and it reached number 19 on the UK Billiards.

Aside from having a nice ring to it, the song is a conjunction of two unfinished works by Billie Eilish and her co-writer and brother, Finneas, titled “True Blue” and “Born Blue.” After “True Blue” leaked on TikTok, Billie realised that she wanted to finish the song. After all, it is one of the first songs she had written with her brother when she ventured into music.

“Blue” has not only won the hearts of Billie Eilish fans because of its melodic rhythm but also because with it came the speculation of a sister album to “Hit Me Hard and Soft.” Billie Eilish has not said anything about a sister album, but if she does, we can all remember that she hinted at us with this line from “Blue,” “But when can I hear the next one?”

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