Happier Than Ever Songwriting Credits by Billie Eilish

Happier Than Ever is the second studio album by Billie Eilish, released in July 2021 on Darkroom/Interscope Records and produced entirely by Finneas O'Connell. It is a more expansive and emotionally mature statement than the debut, recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period and shaped by Eilish's experience of fame, parasocial obsession, and the psychological pressures of celebrity at an age when most artists are still in early career development. Eilish co-wrote all material with Finneas; the album's lyrics address online harassment, the objectification of female celebrities, stalking, and the difficulty of authentic self-expression in a surveillance culture, with 'NDA' (about a non-disclosure agreement with a stalker), 'Your Power' (about the manipulation of power imbalances in relationships), and 'Oxytocin' among the most direct tracks. The title track is the album's most compositionally distinctive piece: a two-part song that opens as a quiet acoustic ballad and accelerates into a full-band rock arrangement, with Eilish delivering one of the most emotionally intense vocal performances of her catalog. Happier Than Ever debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album; it demonstrates a broader tonal range than the debut, incorporating jazz-influenced passages, bossa nova, and orchestral elements, while maintaining the Eilish-Finneas aesthetic of intimate production. The album confirmed that the debut was not a commercial accident and that the siblings' creative partnership constituted a genuinely original and sustainable voice in popular music.