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"'''Your Power'''" is a song by American singer-songwriter [[Billie Eilish]] and the third [[single (music)|single]] from her second studio album, ''[[Happier Than Ever]]'' (2021). It was released on April 29, 2021, through Darkroom and [[Interscope Records]]. A [[Contemporary folk music|folk]] [[Sentimental ballad|ballad]] backed by an [[acoustic guitar]], the song is a plea for people to stop abusing their authority, and it mainly addresses men who exploit vulnerable women. Its lyrics narrate a damaging sexual relationship between a female high school student and an older man, exploring the topics of [[domestic abuse]], [[sexual harassment]], and [[statutory rape]]. Eilish wrote "Your Power" with its producer and her brother, [[Finneas O'Connell]]. |
"'''Your Power'''" is a song by American singer-songwriter [[Billie Eilish]] and the third [[single (music)|single]] from her second studio album, ''[[Happier Than Ever]]'' (2021). It was released on April 29, 2021, through Darkroom and [[Interscope Records]]. A [[Contemporary folk music|folk]] [[Sentimental ballad|ballad]] backed by an [[acoustic guitar]], the song is a plea for people to stop abusing their authority, and it mainly addresses men who exploit vulnerable women. Its lyrics narrate a damaging sexual relationship between a female high school student and an older man, exploring the topics of [[domestic abuse]], [[sexual harassment]], and [[statutory rape]]. Eilish wrote "Your Power" with its producer and her brother, [[Finneas O'Connell]]. |
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Named one of the best songs of 2021 in ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' and ''[[The Guardian]]'', "Your Power" was praised for its candid songwriting, the emotional impact of its critiques of abuse, and the relevance of its lyrics to contemporary society. It won [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Video with a Social Message|Video |
Named one of the best songs of 2021 in ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' and ''[[The Guardian]]'', "Your Power" was praised for its candid songwriting, the emotional impact of its critiques of abuse, and the relevance of its lyrics to contemporary society. It won [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Video with a Social Message|Best Video with a Social Message]] at the [[2021 MTV Video Music Awards]]. During its opening week, the song received 64.2 million [[Streaming media|streams]] and sold 8,600 [[Music download|digital copies]] worldwide. "Your Power" reached the top 10 in over 20 countries; it was Eilish's fifth top 10 song and third top 10 debut in the United States. It peaked at number 6 on the [[Billboard Global 200|''Billboard'' Global 200]] chart, her second top 10 single there. |
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Eilish directed the [[music video]] for "Your Power", which premiered on the same day as the song's release. In it, she sings alone in the [[Simi Valley (valley)|Simi Valley]] while an [[anaconda]] wraps itself around her. She first performed the song live on ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'', and she included it in the [[set list]]s of [[Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles|a 2021 concert film]] and [[Happier Than Ever, The World Tour|a 2022–2023 world tour]] in support of ''Happier Than Ever''. Eilish also performed "Your Power" to protest [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|the overturning]] of ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' by the [[Supreme Court of the United States|US Supreme Court]], a [[landmark decision]] that removed [[abortion]]'s status as a [[constitutional right]] in the country. |
Eilish directed the [[music video]] for "Your Power", which premiered on the same day as the song's release. In it, she sings alone in the [[Simi Valley (valley)|Simi Valley]] while an [[anaconda]] wraps itself around her. She first performed the song live on ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'', and she included it in the [[set list]]s of [[Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles|a 2021 concert film]] and [[Happier Than Ever, The World Tour|a 2022–2023 world tour]] in support of ''Happier Than Ever''. Eilish also performed "Your Power" to protest [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|the overturning]] of ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' by the [[Supreme Court of the United States|US Supreme Court]], a [[landmark decision]] that removed [[abortion]]'s status as a [[constitutional right]] in [[United States|the country]]. |
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[[File:ALTer_EGO_1_18_2020_(50740816801).jpg|alt=Eilish during a 2020 red carpet event|left|thumb|upright=0.7|Billie Eilish in 2020, the year in which she began working on her second studio album ''[[Happier Than Ever]]'' (2021).]] |
[[File:ALTer_EGO_1_18_2020_(50740816801).jpg|alt=Eilish during a 2020 red carpet event|left|thumb|upright=0.7|Billie Eilish in 2020, the year in which she began working on her second studio album ''[[Happier Than Ever]]'' (2021).]] |
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At the age of 18, [[Billie Eilish]] won five awards at the [[62nd Annual Grammy Awards]] held in 2020. These include [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] for her debut studio album, ''[[When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?]]'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=January 27, 2020 |title=Billie Eilish Is the Big Winner at the Grammys |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher= |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51260559 |url-status=live |access-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127082845/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51260559 |archive-date=January 27, 2020}}</ref> It was a commercial success, debuting at number one on many national record charts and bringing her mainstream fame.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Craig |date=April 9, 2019 |title=Inside the Making of Billie Eilish's ''When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?'' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/the-making-of-billie-eilish-when-we-all-fall-asleep.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220117003345/https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/the-making-of-billie-eilish-when-we-all-fall-asleep.html |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Segarra |first=Edward |date=April 3, 2022 |title=What's Finneas' Last Name? How Many BTS Members Are There? Answers to Your Grammys Questions |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/04/03/burning-questions-64th-annual-grammy-awards/7265352001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628150855/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/04/03/burning-questions-64th-annual-grammy-awards/7265352001/ |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> Eilish disclosed she would begin work on her second studio album in 2020.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=January 19, 2020 |title=Billie Eilish Says She's Working on a New Album, Releasing Her Documentary This Year: 'I'm Terrified' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8548439/billie-eilish-new-album-documentary-grammys-2020-interview-iheartradio-alter-ego |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427015751/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8548439/billie-eilish-new-album-documentary-grammys-2020-interview-iheartradio-alter-ego |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |access-date=April 27, 2021}}</ref> Introducing it in an interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', she said that "almost none of the songs on this album are joyful".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Denise |first=Jazmine |date=July 30, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish, Jackson Wang & Jinyoung of GOT7, and More: Best New Music |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/billie-eilish-jackson-wang-jinyoung-got7-best-new-music |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118183721/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/billie-eilish-jackson-wang-jinyoung-got7-best-new-music |archive-date=January 18, 2022 |access-date=October 28, 2022 |website=[[Teen Vogue]]}}</ref> Its lyrical themes include the unhealthy effects of fame and the struggles that young women experience in the entertainment industry, such as [[misogyny]], power imbalance, and emotional abuse.<ref name="RS feature22">{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |
At the age of 18, [[Billie Eilish]] won five awards at the [[62nd Annual Grammy Awards]] held in 2020. These include [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] for her debut studio album, ''[[When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?]]'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=January 27, 2020 |title=Billie Eilish Is the Big Winner at the Grammys |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher= |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51260559 |url-status=live |access-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127082845/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51260559 |archive-date=January 27, 2020}}</ref> It was a commercial success, debuting at number one on many national record charts and bringing her mainstream fame.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Craig |date=April 9, 2019 |title=Inside the Making of Billie Eilish's ''When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?'' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/the-making-of-billie-eilish-when-we-all-fall-asleep.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220117003345/https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/the-making-of-billie-eilish-when-we-all-fall-asleep.html |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Segarra |first=Edward |date=April 3, 2022 |title=What's Finneas' Last Name? How Many BTS Members Are There? Answers to Your Grammys Questions |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/04/03/burning-questions-64th-annual-grammy-awards/7265352001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628150855/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/04/03/burning-questions-64th-annual-grammy-awards/7265352001/ |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> Eilish disclosed she would begin work on her second studio album in 2020.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=January 19, 2020 |title=Billie Eilish Says She's Working on a New Album, Releasing Her Documentary This Year: 'I'm Terrified' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8548439/billie-eilish-new-album-documentary-grammys-2020-interview-iheartradio-alter-ego |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427015751/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8548439/billie-eilish-new-album-documentary-grammys-2020-interview-iheartradio-alter-ego |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |access-date=April 27, 2021}}</ref> Introducing it in an interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', she said that "almost none of the songs on this album are joyful".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Denise |first=Jazmine |date=July 30, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish, Jackson Wang & Jinyoung of GOT7, and More: Best New Music |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/billie-eilish-jackson-wang-jinyoung-got7-best-new-music |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118183721/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/billie-eilish-jackson-wang-jinyoung-got7-best-new-music |archive-date=January 18, 2022 |access-date=October 28, 2022 |website=[[Teen Vogue]]}}</ref> Its lyrical themes include the unhealthy effects of fame and the struggles that young women experience in the entertainment industry, such as [[misogyny]], power imbalance, and [[Psychological abuse|emotional abuse]].<ref name="RS feature22">{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=June 17, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish and the Pursuit of Happiness |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/billie-eilish-new-album-happier-than-ever-tour-1183156/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719000710/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/billie-eilish-new-album-happier-than-ever-tour-1183156/ |archive-date=July 19, 2021 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{Cite news |date=July 30, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish: Critics Praise 'Defiant' Second Album, ''Happier Than Ever'' |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58024655 |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730123323/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58024655 |archive-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hunt |first=El |date=July 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish – ''Happier Than Ever'' Review: An Artist Secures Her Status as a Generational Great |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever-review-3006793 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220707024353/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/reviews/album/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever-review-3006793 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> On April 27, 2021, Eilish announced the album's title was ''[[Happier Than Ever]]'', and she revealed "Your Power" as the twelfth song on the track list.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |date=April 27, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Is ''Happier Than Ever'' to Announce Her New Album Drops This Summer |url=https://ew.com/music/billie-eilish-new-album-happier-than-ever/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205234941/https://ew.com/music/billie-eilish-new-album-happier-than-ever/ |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |access-date=October 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hosken |first=Patrick |date=April 27, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish's New Album Will Find Her ''Happier Than Ever'' on July 30 |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/16zow7/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever-announcement |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008002443/https://www.mtv.com/news/16zow7/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever-announcement |archive-date=October 8, 2022 |access-date=October 8, 2022 |website=[[MTV News]]}}</ref> |
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A day after the announcement, Eilish posted a nine-second snippet of the song to her social media accounts and previewed the visuals for its [[music video]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Droke |first=Carolyn |date=April 28, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Shares a Snippet of Her Upcoming Acoustic Ballad 'Your Power' |url=https://uproxx.com/pop/billie-eilish-your-power-teaser/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428163738/https://uproxx.com/pop/billie-eilish-your-power-teaser/ |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |access-date=April 28, 2021 |website=[[Uproxx]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=April 28, 2021 |title=Listen to a Snippet of Billie Eilish's New Single 'Your Power', Out Tomorrow |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/billie-eilish-new-single-your-power-listen-2929799 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428171715/https://www.nme.com/news/music/billie-eilish-new-single-your-power-listen-2929799 |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |access-date=April 28, 2021 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> "Your Power" was released worldwide as a [[Single (music)|single]] from the album the next day. It is the third single from ''Happier Than Ever'', after the 2020 songs "[[My Future]]" and "[[Therefore I Am (song)|Therefore I Am]]".<ref name="MusicVideo-BB">{{Cite magazine |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Warns Not to Abuse 'Your Power' While Getting Squeezed by an Anaconda in New Video |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/billie-eilish-your-power-music-video-9565125/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519172803/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/billie-eilish-your-power-music-video-9565125/ |archive-date=May 19, 2022 |access-date=July 18, 2022}}</ref> In the caption for an [[Instagram]] post that accompanied its release, Eilish said it was one of her favorite songs she had written and its candid and confessional lyrics made her feel vulnerable. She continued: "This is about many different situations that we've all either witnessed or experienced. I hope this can inspire change. Try not to abuse your power."<ref name="AlbumPreview-Vogue">{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Hattie |date=May 12, 2021 |title=Everything You Need to Know About Billie Eilish's New Album |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/everything-you-need-to-know-billie-eilish-new-album-happier-than-ever |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623071318/https://www.vogue.com/article/everything-you-need-to-know-billie-eilish-new-album-happier-than-ever |archive-date=June 23, 2022 |access-date=October 27, 2022 |website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Drops New Single and Video, 'Your Power' |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/billie-eilish-new-single-video-your-power-watch-1234963242/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512091812/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/billie-eilish-new-single-video-your-power-watch-1234963242/ |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |access-date=October 30, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Darkroom and [[Interscope Records]] promoted the song to [[Alternative radio|alternative]] and [[contemporary hit radio]] stations in the United States on May 4, 2021.<ref name="AlternativeRadio" /><ref name="Top40Radio" /> |
A day after the announcement, Eilish posted a nine-second snippet of the song to her social media accounts and previewed the visuals for its [[music video]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Droke |first=Carolyn |date=April 28, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Shares a Snippet of Her Upcoming Acoustic Ballad 'Your Power' |url=https://uproxx.com/pop/billie-eilish-your-power-teaser/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428163738/https://uproxx.com/pop/billie-eilish-your-power-teaser/ |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |access-date=April 28, 2021 |website=[[Uproxx]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=April 28, 2021 |title=Listen to a Snippet of Billie Eilish's New Single 'Your Power', Out Tomorrow |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/billie-eilish-new-single-your-power-listen-2929799 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428171715/https://www.nme.com/news/music/billie-eilish-new-single-your-power-listen-2929799 |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |access-date=April 28, 2021 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> "Your Power" was released worldwide as a [[Single (music)|single]] from the album the next day. It is the third single from ''Happier Than Ever'', after the 2020 songs "[[My Future]]" and "[[Therefore I Am (song)|Therefore I Am]]".<ref name="MusicVideo-BB">{{Cite magazine |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Warns Not to Abuse 'Your Power' While Getting Squeezed by an Anaconda in New Video |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/billie-eilish-your-power-music-video-9565125/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519172803/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/billie-eilish-your-power-music-video-9565125/ |archive-date=May 19, 2022 |access-date=July 18, 2022}}</ref> In the caption for an [[Instagram]] post that accompanied its release, Eilish said it was one of her favorite songs she had written and its candid and confessional lyrics made her feel vulnerable. She continued: "This is about many different situations that we've all either witnessed or experienced. I hope this can inspire change. Try not to abuse your power."<ref name="AlbumPreview-Vogue">{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Hattie |date=May 12, 2021 |title=Everything You Need to Know About Billie Eilish's New Album |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/everything-you-need-to-know-billie-eilish-new-album-happier-than-ever |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623071318/https://www.vogue.com/article/everything-you-need-to-know-billie-eilish-new-album-happier-than-ever |archive-date=June 23, 2022 |access-date=October 27, 2022 |website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Drops New Single and Video, 'Your Power' |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/billie-eilish-new-single-video-your-power-watch-1234963242/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512091812/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/billie-eilish-new-single-video-your-power-watch-1234963242/ |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |access-date=October 30, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Darkroom and [[Interscope Records]] promoted the song to [[Alternative radio|alternative]] and [[contemporary hit radio]] stations in the United States on May 4, 2021.<ref name="AlternativeRadio" /><ref name="Top40Radio" /> |
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After the song's release, Eilish gave an interview for the [[British Vogue|British edition of ''Vogue'']].<ref name="SexualAbuse-Esquire">{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Anna Grace |date=May 3, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish and the Importance of 'Your Power' |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a36317440/billie-eilish-your-power-body-image-lyrics-meaning-vogue-cover-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818031935/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a36317440/billie-eilish-your-power-body-image-lyrics-meaning-vogue-cover-interview/ |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |access-date=September 20, 2022 |website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Etienne |first=Vanessa |date=May 11, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Says Reaction to Her British ''Vogue'' Cover Made Her 'Never Want to Post Again' |url=https://people.com/style/billie-eilish-says-reaction-to-british-vogue-cover-made-her-never-want-to-post-again/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621080637/https://people.com/style/billie-eilish-says-reaction-to-british-vogue-cover-made-her-never-want-to-post-again/ |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=November 1, 2022 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> She talked about how her life had greatly changed since she was a child, as well as the negative aspects of fame and her struggles with self-acceptance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yasharoff |first=Hannah |date=May 2, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Debuts New Look on British ''Vogue'' Cover, Reflects on Negative Body Commentary |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/05/02/billie-eilish-vogue-uk-cover-reveals-new-look-body-struggles/4915853001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603041954/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/05/02/billie-eilish-vogue-uk-cover-reveals-new-look-body-struggles/4915853001/ |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |access-date=September 20, 2022 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Guy |first=Jack |date=May 3, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish on Exploitation and Not Letting Herself 'Be Owned Anymore' |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/billie-eilish-british-vogue-interview-scli-intl-gbr/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809032410/https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/billie-eilish-british-vogue-interview-scli-intl-gbr/index.html |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |access-date=September 20, 2022 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> Dubbing "Your Power" as an "open letter to people who take advantage", Eilish explained that it sought to discuss the confluence between sexual misconduct and [[body image]]. To further contextualize its themes, she stated that she was sexually abused during her childhood:<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=May 3, 2021 |title=5 Takeaways from Billie Eilish's British ''Vogue'' Interview |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/billie-eilish-british-vogue-interview-abuse-your-power-new-album-9566373/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519115637/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9566373/billie-eilish-british-vogue-interview-abuse-your-power-new-album |archive-date=May 19, 2021 |access-date=July 20, 2022}}</ref> |
After the song's release, Eilish gave an interview for the [[British Vogue|British edition of ''Vogue'']].<ref name="SexualAbuse-Esquire">{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Anna Grace |date=May 3, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish and the Importance of 'Your Power' |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a36317440/billie-eilish-your-power-body-image-lyrics-meaning-vogue-cover-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818031935/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a36317440/billie-eilish-your-power-body-image-lyrics-meaning-vogue-cover-interview/ |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |access-date=September 20, 2022 |website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Etienne |first=Vanessa |date=May 11, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Says Reaction to Her British ''Vogue'' Cover Made Her 'Never Want to Post Again' |url=https://people.com/style/billie-eilish-says-reaction-to-british-vogue-cover-made-her-never-want-to-post-again/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621080637/https://people.com/style/billie-eilish-says-reaction-to-british-vogue-cover-made-her-never-want-to-post-again/ |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=November 1, 2022 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> She talked about how her life had greatly changed since she was a child, as well as the negative aspects of fame and her struggles with self-acceptance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yasharoff |first=Hannah |date=May 2, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Debuts New Look on British ''Vogue'' Cover, Reflects on Negative Body Commentary |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/05/02/billie-eilish-vogue-uk-cover-reveals-new-look-body-struggles/4915853001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603041954/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/05/02/billie-eilish-vogue-uk-cover-reveals-new-look-body-struggles/4915853001/ |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |access-date=September 20, 2022 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Guy |first=Jack |date=May 3, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish on Exploitation and Not Letting Herself 'Be Owned Anymore' |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/billie-eilish-british-vogue-interview-scli-intl-gbr/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809032410/https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/billie-eilish-british-vogue-interview-scli-intl-gbr/index.html |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |access-date=September 20, 2022 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> Dubbing "Your Power" as an "open letter to people who take advantage", Eilish explained that it sought to discuss the confluence between sexual misconduct and [[body image]]. To further contextualize its themes, she stated that she was [[Child sexual abuse|sexually abused during her childhood]]:<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=May 3, 2021 |title=5 Takeaways from Billie Eilish's British ''Vogue'' Interview |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/billie-eilish-british-vogue-interview-abuse-your-power-new-album-9566373/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519115637/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9566373/billie-eilish-british-vogue-interview-abuse-your-power-new-album |archive-date=May 19, 2021 |access-date=July 20, 2022}}</ref> |
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{{Blockquote|text=I used to not understand why age mattered. And, of course, you feel like that when you're young, because you're the oldest you've ever been. You feel like you're so mature and you know everything{{nbsp}}… People forget that you can grow up and realize shit was fucked up when you were younger.}}During a [[BBC 100 Women|BBC ''100 Women'']] interview, Eilish said that almost every person would find "Your Power" relatable because she wrote it to be about many people she had met who had had difficulties with handling their influence over others carefully. In her words, "[i]t's hard to have power and it's really hard when you really don't have any power and suddenly you have a lot of power. It's hard not to take advantage of it and abuse it." One example she cited was when she was in a toxic relationship with a man who, according to her, was very physically and emotionally abusive: "When I hear this song, I think of{{nbsp}}[...] how much trauma he has caused me[.]"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mohan |first=Megha |last2=Eldin |first2=Yousef |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Billie Eilish: Growing Up in Public Has Been Bruising |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63834016 |url-status=live |access-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206182259/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63834016 |archive-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> |
{{Blockquote|text=I used to not understand why age mattered. And, of course, you feel like that when you're young, because you're the oldest you've ever been. You feel like you're so mature and you know everything{{nbsp}}… People forget that you can grow up and realize shit was fucked up when you were younger.}}During a [[BBC 100 Women|BBC ''100 Women'']] interview, Eilish said that almost every person would find "Your Power" relatable because she wrote it to be about many people she had met who had had difficulties with handling their influence over others carefully. In her words, "[i]t's hard to have power and it's really hard when you really don't have any power and suddenly you have a lot of power. It's hard not to take advantage of it and abuse it." One example she cited was when she was in a toxic relationship with a man who, according to her, was very physically and emotionally abusive: "When I hear this song, I think of{{nbsp}}[...] how much trauma he has caused me[.]"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mohan |first=Megha |last2=Eldin |first2=Yousef |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Billie Eilish: Growing Up in Public Has Been Bruising |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63834016 |url-status=live |access-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206182259/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63834016 |archive-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> |
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}}—for Jordan Darville of ''[[The Fader]]'', the song fell under the genre of [[indie folk]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Darville |first=Jordan |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Shares 'Your Power' Music Video |url=https://www.thefader.com/2021/04/29/billie-eilish-shares-your-power-music-video |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016015816/https://www.thefader.com/2021/04/29/billie-eilish-shares-your-power-music-video |archive-date=October 16, 2021 |access-date=July 19, 2022 |website=[[The Fader]] |quote=The song marks a shift for Eilish towards stripped-down indie folk...}}</ref> It has a minimalist production that emphasizes Eilish's vocal performance;<ref name="DiscogRanking-NME">{{Cite web |date=June 21, 2022 |title=Every Billie Eilish Song Ranked in Order of Greatness |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/billie-eilish-best-songs-2450318 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |website=[[NME]] |archive-date=May 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508231419/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/billie-eilish-best-songs-2450318 |url-status=live }}</ref> she sings in a [[falsetto]] vocal register<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=July 15, 2021 |title=Inhaler Rip Through Cover of Billie Eilish's 'Your Power' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/inhaler-cover-billie-eilish-your-power-9601324/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019123309/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/inhaler-cover-billie-eilish-your-power-9601324/ |archive-date=October 19, 2022 |access-date=September 11, 2022}}</ref> and uses a soft vocal style, and there is a [[Reverb#In music|reverberating]] effect on her voice.<ref name="TG-20210429">{{cite web |author=Petridis, Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish: 'Your Power' Review – Chilling Ballad Seeps Under Your Skin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/29/billie-eilish-your-power-review-chilling-ballad-seeps-under-your-skin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429180603/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/29/billie-eilish-your-power-review-chilling-ballad-seeps-under-your-skin/ |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |access-date=April 29, 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> [[Acoustic guitar]]s are the song's primary instruments,<ref name="Release-RS">{{cite magazine |author=Spanos, Brittany |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Gives Warning on Sobering New Song 'Your Power' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/billie-eilish-new-song-your-power-1161759/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430033300/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/billie-eilish-new-song-your-power-1161759/ |archive-date=April 30, 2021 |access-date=April 29, 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref> indicating a shift from the sound of Eilish's earlier works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Josh |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Drops New Song, 'Your Power,' and Self-Directed Music Video |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/billie-eilish-drops-song-power-directed-music-video-77402605 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323195733/https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/billie-eilish-drops-song-power-directed-music-video-77402605 |archive-date=March 23, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2022 |website=[[Good Morning America]]}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s [[Alexis Petridis]] contrasted the acoustic composition with what he described as the "[[Electronic music|electronic]] horror-movie soundtrack approach" of ''When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?'' Furthermore, he argued that "Your Power" drew musical influences from the works of [[Alternative rock|alternative]] performers [[Mazzy Star]] and [[Lana Del Rey]].<ref name="TG-20210429" /> Other critics compared it to songs by [[soft rock]] band [[America (band)|America]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raible |first=Allan |date=December 28, 2021 |title=50 Best Albums of 2021 |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/50-best-albums-2021-81884588 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018030403/https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/50-best-albums-2021-81884588 |archive-date=October 18, 2022 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |website=[[Good Morning America]]}}</ref> indie folk singer [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref name="Clash" /><ref name="AlbumReview-Slate">{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Carl |author-link=Carl Wilson (writer) |date=July 30, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish's Second Album Has Strong Words for Her Critics |url=https://slate.com/culture/2021/07/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever-review.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730155626/https://slate.com/culture/2021/07/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever-review.html |archive-date=July 30, 2021 |access-date=July 19, 2022 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> and artists from the [[Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles#Counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s|Laurel Canyon music scene]]<ref name="NewReleases-NYT">{{Cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |author-link=Jon Pareles |last2=Caramanica |first2=Jon |author-link2=Jon Caramanica |last3=Russonello |first3=Giovanni |date=May 3, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish's Portrait of Power Abuse, and 11 More New Songs|work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/arts/music/playlist-billie-eilish-cardi-b-willow.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430231003/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/arts/music/playlist-billie-eilish-cardi-b-willow.html |archive-date=April 30, 2022}}</ref> based on its acoustic production and personal lyrics. |
}}—for Jordan Darville of ''[[The Fader]]'', the song fell under the genre of [[indie folk]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Darville |first=Jordan |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Shares 'Your Power' Music Video |url=https://www.thefader.com/2021/04/29/billie-eilish-shares-your-power-music-video |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016015816/https://www.thefader.com/2021/04/29/billie-eilish-shares-your-power-music-video |archive-date=October 16, 2021 |access-date=July 19, 2022 |website=[[The Fader]] |quote=The song marks a shift for Eilish towards stripped-down indie folk...}}</ref> It has a minimalist production that emphasizes Eilish's vocal performance;<ref name="DiscogRanking-NME">{{Cite web |date=June 21, 2022 |title=Every Billie Eilish Song Ranked in Order of Greatness |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/billie-eilish-best-songs-2450318 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |website=[[NME]] |archive-date=May 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508231419/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/billie-eilish-best-songs-2450318 |url-status=live }}</ref> she sings in a [[falsetto]] vocal register<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=July 15, 2021 |title=Inhaler Rip Through Cover of Billie Eilish's 'Your Power' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/inhaler-cover-billie-eilish-your-power-9601324/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019123309/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/inhaler-cover-billie-eilish-your-power-9601324/ |archive-date=October 19, 2022 |access-date=September 11, 2022}}</ref> and uses a soft vocal style, and there is a [[Reverb#In music|reverberating]] effect on her voice.<ref name="TG-20210429">{{cite web |author=Petridis, Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish: 'Your Power' Review – Chilling Ballad Seeps Under Your Skin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/29/billie-eilish-your-power-review-chilling-ballad-seeps-under-your-skin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429180603/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/29/billie-eilish-your-power-review-chilling-ballad-seeps-under-your-skin/ |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |access-date=April 29, 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> [[Acoustic guitar]]s are the song's primary instruments,<ref name="Release-RS">{{cite magazine |author=Spanos, Brittany |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Gives Warning on Sobering New Song 'Your Power' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/billie-eilish-new-song-your-power-1161759/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430033300/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/billie-eilish-new-song-your-power-1161759/ |archive-date=April 30, 2021 |access-date=April 29, 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref> indicating a shift from the sound of Eilish's earlier works.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Josh |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Drops New Song, 'Your Power,' and Self-Directed Music Video |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/billie-eilish-drops-song-power-directed-music-video-77402605 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323195733/https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/billie-eilish-drops-song-power-directed-music-video-77402605 |archive-date=March 23, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2022 |website=[[Good Morning America]]}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s [[Alexis Petridis]] contrasted the acoustic composition with what he described as the "[[Electronic music|electronic]] horror-movie soundtrack approach" of ''When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?'' Furthermore, he argued that "Your Power" drew musical influences from the works of [[Alternative rock|alternative]] performers [[Mazzy Star]] and [[Lana Del Rey]].<ref name="TG-20210429" /> Other critics compared it to songs by [[soft rock]] band [[America (band)|America]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raible |first=Allan |date=December 28, 2021 |title=50 Best Albums of 2021 |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/50-best-albums-2021-81884588 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018030403/https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/50-best-albums-2021-81884588 |archive-date=October 18, 2022 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |website=[[Good Morning America]]}}</ref> indie folk singer [[Phoebe Bridgers]],<ref name="Clash" /><ref name="AlbumReview-Slate">{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Carl |author-link=Carl Wilson (writer) |date=July 30, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish's Second Album Has Strong Words for Her Critics |url=https://slate.com/culture/2021/07/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever-review.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730155626/https://slate.com/culture/2021/07/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever-review.html |archive-date=July 30, 2021 |access-date=July 19, 2022 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> and artists from the [[Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles#Counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s|Laurel Canyon music scene]]<ref name="NewReleases-NYT">{{Cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |author-link=Jon Pareles |last2=Caramanica |first2=Jon |author-link2=Jon Caramanica |last3=Russonello |first3=Giovanni |date=May 3, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish's Portrait of Power Abuse, and 11 More New Songs|work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/arts/music/playlist-billie-eilish-cardi-b-willow.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430231003/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/arts/music/playlist-billie-eilish-cardi-b-willow.html |archive-date=April 30, 2022}}</ref> based on its acoustic production and personal lyrics. |
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The song is a plea for people to stop abusing their authority—it mainly focuses on men who take advantage of young and vulnerable women,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Al-Heeti |first=Abrar |date=April 1, 2022 |title=Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever Tour Brings Catharsis, Camaraderie and Hope |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever-tour-brings-catharsis-camaraderie-and-hope/ |access-date=July 18, 2022 |website=[[CNET]] |archive-date=April 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406062003/https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever-tour-brings-catharsis-camaraderie-and-hope/ |url-status=live }}</ref> though Eilish wanted it to apply to exploited teenage boys as well.<ref name="SexualAbuse-People">{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=Glenn |date=May 3, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Says Every Woman She Knows Has Faced Sexual Misconduct: 'It's Everywhere' |url=https://people.com/music/billie-eilish-doesnt-know-one-woman-who-hasnt-faced-sexual-misconduct/ |access-date=July 18, 2022 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |archive-date=September 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913023342/https://people.com/music/billie-eilish-doesnt-know-one-woman-who-hasnt-faced-sexual-misconduct/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "Your Power" explores the topics of [[domestic abuse]],<ref name="SexualAbuse-People" /> [[sexual harassment]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=April 10, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Keeps Her Savant Streak Going with Pre-Coachella Homecoming Shows at the Forum |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/billie-eilish-concert-review-kia-forum-tour-live-finneas-1235229227/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706092255/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/billie-eilish-concert-review-kia-forum-tour-live-finneas-1235229227/ |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |access-date=July 18, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> and [[statutory rape]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Snapes |first=Laura |date=September 14, 2021 |title=Emma Raducanu Is About to Discover That Famous Teenage Girls Can't Win |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/14/emma-raducanu-famous-teenage-girls-young-women |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217152149/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/14/emma-raducanu-famous-teenage-girls-young-women |archive-date=December 17, 2021 |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Eilish warns in the chorus: "Try not to abuse your power{{nbsp}}/ I know we didn't choose to change{{nbsp}}/ You might not wanna lose your power{{nbsp}}/ But having it's so strange";<ref name="Release-USAToday">{{Cite web |last=Brisco |first=Elise |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Gets 'Vulnerable' in New Single and Video 'Your Power' from Follow-Up Album |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/04/29/billie-eilish-your-power-her-vulnerable-new-song-next-album/4878423001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718160353/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/04/29/billie-eilish-your-power-her-vulnerable-new-song-next-album/4878423001/ |archive-date=July 18, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> the last chorus replaces the final line with "but power isn't pain".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Nearly Got Smothered by an 80-Pound Anaconda in New 'Your Power' Video |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-29/billie-eilish-your-power-video |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715010644/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-29/billie-eilish-your-power-video |archive-date=July 15, 2021 |access-date=October 30, 2022 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> The verses narrate an exploitative sexual relationship between a high school student and an older man that damages her self-perception.<ref name="Vulture-20210429">{{cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Craig |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish's Real Power Might Be Her Ability to Still Surprise |url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/04/billie-eilish-my-power-song-review.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503180902/https://www.vulture.com/2021/04/billie-eilish-my-power-song-review.html |archive-date=May 3, 2021 |access-date=April 29, 2021 |work=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="NewReleases-NYT" /><ref name="Release-USAToday" /> Four lines read: "Does it keep you in control?{{nbsp}}/ For you to keep her in a cage?{{nbsp}}/ And you swear you didn't know{{nbsp}}/ You said you thought she was your age."<ref name="SexualAbuse-Esquire" /> Eilish questions if the man feels any real sense of regret about the relationship.<ref name="BillboardBest2021" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Serrano |first=Athena |date=July 30, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish's ''Happier Than Ever'' Has a Song for Every Mood |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/3179474/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever-mood-music/ |url-status= |
The song is a plea for people to stop abusing their authority—it mainly focuses on men who take advantage of young and vulnerable women,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Al-Heeti |first=Abrar |date=April 1, 2022 |title=Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever Tour Brings Catharsis, Camaraderie and Hope |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever-tour-brings-catharsis-camaraderie-and-hope/ |access-date=July 18, 2022 |website=[[CNET]] |archive-date=April 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406062003/https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever-tour-brings-catharsis-camaraderie-and-hope/ |url-status=live }}</ref> though Eilish wanted it to apply to exploited teenage boys as well.<ref name="SexualAbuse-People">{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=Glenn |date=May 3, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Says Every Woman She Knows Has Faced Sexual Misconduct: 'It's Everywhere' |url=https://people.com/music/billie-eilish-doesnt-know-one-woman-who-hasnt-faced-sexual-misconduct/ |access-date=July 18, 2022 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |archive-date=September 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913023342/https://people.com/music/billie-eilish-doesnt-know-one-woman-who-hasnt-faced-sexual-misconduct/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "Your Power" explores the topics of [[domestic abuse]],<ref name="SexualAbuse-People" /> [[sexual harassment]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=April 10, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Keeps Her Savant Streak Going with Pre-Coachella Homecoming Shows at the Forum |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/billie-eilish-concert-review-kia-forum-tour-live-finneas-1235229227/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706092255/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/billie-eilish-concert-review-kia-forum-tour-live-finneas-1235229227/ |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |access-date=July 18, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> and [[statutory rape]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Snapes |first=Laura |date=September 14, 2021 |title=Emma Raducanu Is About to Discover That Famous Teenage Girls Can't Win |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/14/emma-raducanu-famous-teenage-girls-young-women |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217152149/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/14/emma-raducanu-famous-teenage-girls-young-women |archive-date=December 17, 2021 |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Eilish warns in the chorus: "Try not to abuse your power{{nbsp}}/ I know we didn't choose to change{{nbsp}}/ You might not wanna lose your power{{nbsp}}/ But having it's so strange";<ref name="Release-USAToday">{{Cite web |last=Brisco |first=Elise |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Gets 'Vulnerable' in New Single and Video 'Your Power' from Follow-Up Album |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/04/29/billie-eilish-your-power-her-vulnerable-new-song-next-album/4878423001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718160353/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/04/29/billie-eilish-your-power-her-vulnerable-new-song-next-album/4878423001/ |archive-date=July 18, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> the last chorus replaces the final line with "but power isn't pain".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish Nearly Got Smothered by an 80-Pound Anaconda in New 'Your Power' Video |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-29/billie-eilish-your-power-video |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715010644/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-29/billie-eilish-your-power-video |archive-date=July 15, 2021 |access-date=October 30, 2022 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> The verses narrate an exploitative sexual relationship between a high school student and an older man that damages her self-perception.<ref name="Vulture-20210429">{{cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Craig |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish's Real Power Might Be Her Ability to Still Surprise |url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/04/billie-eilish-my-power-song-review.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503180902/https://www.vulture.com/2021/04/billie-eilish-my-power-song-review.html |archive-date=May 3, 2021 |access-date=April 29, 2021 |work=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]}}</ref><ref name="NewReleases-NYT" /><ref name="Release-USAToday" /> Four lines read: "Does it keep you in control?{{nbsp}}/ For you to keep her in a cage?{{nbsp}}/ And you swear you didn't know{{nbsp}}/ You said you thought she was your age."<ref name="SexualAbuse-Esquire" /> Eilish questions if the man feels any real sense of regret about the relationship.<ref name="BillboardBest2021" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Serrano |first=Athena |date=July 30, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish's ''Happier Than Ever'' Has a Song for Every Mood |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/3179474/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever-mood-music/ |url-status=dead 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Eilish stops talking in [[Third persona|third person]] during two lines to discuss her own experiences with sexual abuse, having been conditioned to blame herself for someone else's "devil[ish]" behavior.<ref name="NME-20210429">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish's 'Your Power' Is a Quietly Potent Response to Abuse of Power |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/track/billie-eilishs-your-power-review-2930571 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502122551/https://www.nme.com/reviews/track/billie-eilishs-your-power-review-2930571 |archive-date=May 2, 2021 |accessdate=April 30, 2021 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=September 9, 2022 |title=Madison Beer on Billie Eilish: 'The Topics She Touches On in Her Music Are So Prolific' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/madison-beer-on-billie-eilish-the-topics-she-touches-on-in-her-music-are-so-prolific-3307494 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911095956/https://www.nme.com/news/music/madison-beer-on-billie-eilish-the-topics-she-touches-on-in-her-music-are-so-prolific-3307494 |archive-date=September 11, 2022 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> She explained the lines by saying that abusers often blame the victim for their trauma and self-loathing, which in turn makes the victim blame themselves for what happened to them. In her view, victims should not feel embarrassed or responsible for the abusers' actions, especially if their brains have not fully developed and they cannot tell right from wrong.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=June 20, 2022 |title=Billie Eilish Felt 'Really Vulnerable' Addressing Abuse on Latest Album |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/billie-eilish-felt-really-vulnerable-addressing-abuse-on-latest-album-18890/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118184502/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/billie-eilish-felt-really-vulnerable-addressing-abuse-on-latest-album-18890/ |archive-date=November 18, 2022 |access-date=November 18, 2022 |website=[[Rolling Stone UK]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=June 18, 2022 |title=Billie Eilish: 'I Tried Too Hard to Be Desirable' |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/billie-eilish-i-tried-too-hard-to-be-desirable-sfpfvzd0q |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220621163523/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/billie-eilish-i-tried-too-hard-to-be-desirable-sfpfvzd0q |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |access-date=November 21, 2022 |website=[[The Sunday Times]]}}</ref> "Your Power" also references exploitative power dynamics in the music and film industries: "Will you only feel bad if it turns out{{nbsp}}/ That they kill your contract".<ref name="YearRetrospect-TripleJ">{{Cite web |last=Newstead |first=Al |date=February 1, 2022 |title=Was 2021 the Year of the Shitty Ex? Hottest 100 Says Yep |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/2021-year-of-shitty-ex-hottest-100-billie-eilish-olivia-rodrigo/13727670 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718160755/https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/2021-year-of-shitty-ex-hottest-100-billie-eilish-olivia-rodrigo/13727670 |archive-date=July 18, 2022 |access-date=July 18, 2022 |website=[[Triple J]]}}</ref> According to her, however, the song is not solely about her or a specific person from the music industry who abused her, highlighting that the mishandling of authority is a ubiquitous phenomenon: "I would like people to listen to me. And not just try to figure out who I'm talking about{{nbsp}}[...] You might think, 'It's because she's in the music industry'—no, dude. It's everywhere."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elan |first=Priya |date=May 2, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish: Abuse of Minors Is 'Everywhere' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/may/02/billie-eilish-says-all-her-age-group-have-suffered-sexual-misbehaviour |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921211301/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/may/02/billie-eilish-says-all-her-age-group-have-suffered-sexual-misbehaviour |archive-date=September 21, 2022 |access-date=November 18, 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lavin |first=Will |date=May 2, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish on Fame: 'Nobody Should Be Given the Power That We're Given' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/billie-eilish-on-fame-nobody-should-be-given-the-power-that-were-given-2932120 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525231226/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/billie-eilish-on-fame-nobody-should-be-given-the-power-that-were-given-2932120 |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |access-date=July 18, 2022 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> |
Eilish stops talking in [[Third persona|third person]] during two lines to discuss her own experiences with sexual abuse, having been conditioned to blame herself for someone else's "devil[ish]" behavior.<ref name="NME-20210429">{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish's 'Your Power' Is a Quietly Potent Response to Abuse of Power |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/track/billie-eilishs-your-power-review-2930571 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502122551/https://www.nme.com/reviews/track/billie-eilishs-your-power-review-2930571 |archive-date=May 2, 2021 |accessdate=April 30, 2021 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=September 9, 2022 |title=Madison Beer on Billie Eilish: 'The Topics She Touches On in Her Music Are So Prolific' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/madison-beer-on-billie-eilish-the-topics-she-touches-on-in-her-music-are-so-prolific-3307494 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911095956/https://www.nme.com/news/music/madison-beer-on-billie-eilish-the-topics-she-touches-on-in-her-music-are-so-prolific-3307494 |archive-date=September 11, 2022 |access-date=September 11, 2022 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> She explained the lines by saying that abusers often blame the victim for their trauma and self-loathing, which in turn makes the victim blame themselves for what happened to them. In her view, victims should not feel embarrassed or responsible for the abusers' actions, especially if their brains have not fully developed and they cannot tell right from wrong.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geraghty |first=Hollie |date=June 20, 2022 |title=Billie Eilish Felt 'Really Vulnerable' Addressing Abuse on Latest Album |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/billie-eilish-felt-really-vulnerable-addressing-abuse-on-latest-album-18890/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118184502/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/billie-eilish-felt-really-vulnerable-addressing-abuse-on-latest-album-18890/ |archive-date=November 18, 2022 |access-date=November 18, 2022 |website=[[Rolling Stone UK]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Agnew |first=Megan |date=June 18, 2022 |title=Billie Eilish: 'I Tried Too Hard to Be Desirable' |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/billie-eilish-i-tried-too-hard-to-be-desirable-sfpfvzd0q |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220621163523/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/billie-eilish-i-tried-too-hard-to-be-desirable-sfpfvzd0q |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |access-date=November 21, 2022 |website=[[The Sunday Times]]}}</ref> "Your Power" also references exploitative power dynamics in the music and film industries: "Will you only feel bad if it turns out{{nbsp}}/ That they kill your contract".<ref name="YearRetrospect-TripleJ">{{Cite web |last=Newstead |first=Al |date=February 1, 2022 |title=Was 2021 the Year of the Shitty Ex? Hottest 100 Says Yep |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/2021-year-of-shitty-ex-hottest-100-billie-eilish-olivia-rodrigo/13727670 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718160755/https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/2021-year-of-shitty-ex-hottest-100-billie-eilish-olivia-rodrigo/13727670 |archive-date=July 18, 2022 |access-date=July 18, 2022 |website=[[Triple J]]}}</ref> According to her, however, the song is not solely about her or a specific person from the music industry who abused her, highlighting that the mishandling of authority is a ubiquitous phenomenon: "I would like people to listen to me. And not just try to figure out who I'm talking about{{nbsp}}[...] You might think, 'It's because she's in the music industry'—no, dude. It's everywhere."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elan |first=Priya |date=May 2, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish: Abuse of Minors Is 'Everywhere' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/may/02/billie-eilish-says-all-her-age-group-have-suffered-sexual-misbehaviour |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921211301/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/may/02/billie-eilish-says-all-her-age-group-have-suffered-sexual-misbehaviour |archive-date=September 21, 2022 |access-date=November 18, 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lavin |first=Will |date=May 2, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish on Fame: 'Nobody Should Be Given the Power That We're Given' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/billie-eilish-on-fame-nobody-should-be-given-the-power-that-were-given-2932120 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525231226/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/billie-eilish-on-fame-nobody-should-be-given-the-power-that-were-given-2932120 |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |access-date=July 18, 2022 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> |
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}} For Jackson Langford, writer at [[MTV Australia]], the qualities that made the lyrics strong were its "clarity, conciseness and its inability to be interpreted in any other way than what was intended."<ref name="MTVAu" /> In four-star reviews of the song, ''[[NME]]''{{'s}} Rhian Daly and ''The Guardian''{{'s}} Alexis Petridis argued that the juxtaposition between its message's impact and simple, straightforward nature made the lyrics memorable. Petridis compared the "matter-of-fact" nature of the chorus to "reminding someone to take their house keys with them" and concluded that this approach was intentional because powerful people should not have to be told not to abuse their positions of authority.<ref name="TG-20210429" /><ref name="NME-20210429" /> Craig Jenkins wrote in ''[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]'': "She is all of us wondering why we must move heaven and earth for a crumb of common decency."<ref name="Vulture-20210429" /> Other critics found the lyricism in "Your Power" a testament to Eilish's songwriting skills, which Jason Lipshutz of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' thought was "underrated [and] overshadowed by the other facts of her superstardom".<ref name="NewReleases-BB" /><ref name="AV Club review">{{Cite web |last=McLevy |first=Alex |date=August 4, 2021 |title=''Happier Than Ever'' Is Mostly a Great Billie Eilish Album |url=https://www.avclub.com/happier-than-ever-is-mostly-a-great-billie-eilish-album-1847417387 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814221419/https://www.avclub.com/happier-than-ever-is-mostly-a-great-billie-eilish-album-1847417387 |archive-date=August 14, 2021 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref> |
}} For Jackson Langford, writer at [[MTV Australia]], the qualities that made the lyrics strong were its "clarity, conciseness and its inability to be interpreted in any other way than what was intended."<ref name="MTVAu" /> In four-star reviews of the song, ''[[NME]]''{{'s}} Rhian Daly and ''The Guardian''{{'s}} Alexis Petridis argued that the juxtaposition between its message's impact and simple, straightforward nature made the lyrics memorable. Petridis compared the "matter-of-fact" nature of the chorus to "reminding someone to take their house keys with them" and concluded that this approach was intentional because powerful people should not have to be told not to abuse their positions of authority.<ref name="TG-20210429" /><ref name="NME-20210429" /> Craig Jenkins wrote in ''[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]'': "She is all of us wondering why we must move heaven and earth for a crumb of common decency."<ref name="Vulture-20210429" /> Other critics found the lyricism in "Your Power" a testament to Eilish's songwriting skills, which Jason Lipshutz of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' thought was "underrated [and] overshadowed by the other facts of her superstardom".<ref name="NewReleases-BB" /><ref name="AV Club review">{{Cite web |last=McLevy |first=Alex |date=August 4, 2021 |title=''Happier Than Ever'' Is Mostly a Great Billie Eilish Album |url=https://www.avclub.com/happier-than-ever-is-mostly-a-great-billie-eilish-album-1847417387 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814221419/https://www.avclub.com/happier-than-ever-is-mostly-a-great-billie-eilish-album-1847417387 |archive-date=August 14, 2021 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref> |
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Some music journalists also appreciated how Eilish portrayed abuse as a universal experience to which anyone can fall victim at any point in their life. They complimented the lyrics for combining personal anecdotes with other people's stories of abuse and political references to the ways abuse of power is perpetuated in a larger scale, such as how prominent figures in the music industry still hold a high degree of influence despite numerous allegations of [[workplace harassment]].<ref name="Vulture-20210429" /><ref name="AlbumReview-Slate" /><ref name="NME-20210429" /><ref name="YearRanking-Variety" /> This led two critics to deem the song tantamount to a "real-life horror story", comparing it to the fictional, sinister narratives and "spooky" sounds of ''When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?'' One of them, ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''{{'s}} Quinn Moreland, argued: "While Eilish's first album was full of overtly scary thoughts—stapled tongues, monsters under beds, teen |
Some music journalists also appreciated how Eilish portrayed abuse as a universal experience to which anyone can fall victim at any point in their life. They complimented the lyrics for combining personal anecdotes with other people's stories of abuse and political references to the ways abuse of power is perpetuated in a larger scale, such as how prominent figures in the music industry still hold a high degree of influence despite numerous allegations of [[workplace harassment]].<ref name="Vulture-20210429" /><ref name="AlbumReview-Slate" /><ref name="NME-20210429" /><ref name="YearRanking-Variety" /> This led two critics to deem the song tantamount to a "real-life horror story", comparing it to the fictional, sinister narratives and "spooky" sounds of ''When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?'' One of them, ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''{{'s}} Quinn Moreland, argued: "While Eilish's first album was full of overtly scary thoughts—stapled tongues, monsters under beds, [[Youth suicide|teen suicide]]—the reality presented on 'Your Power' is profoundly more haunting."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moreland |first=Quinn |date=August 2, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish: ''Happier Than Ever'' Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805105448/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/billie-eilish-happier-than-ever/ |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |access-date=October 29, 2022 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref><ref name="YearRanking-Guardian" /> Several critics placed the song within the context of [[MeToo movement|#MeToo]], a social movement started by women to expose and counter sexual misconduct by men in positions of power.{{efn |
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Critics have named "Your Power" one of the best [[List of songs recorded by Billie Eilish|songs in Eilish's discography]]. Brodsky, writing for ''Uproxx'', listed it as her fourth best in 2021,<ref name="DiscogRanking-Uproxx" /> and ''Rolling Stone'' staff members listed it as her third best in 2022.<ref name="DiscogRanking-RS" /> ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'', ''NME'', and Langford of MTV Australia ranked the song within her top 15.{{efn|The ''NME'' ranking was published in 2022,<ref name="DiscogRanking-NME" /> whereas the ''Consequence'' and MTV Australia rankings were published in 2021.<ref name="MTVAu">{{Cite web |last=Langford |first=Jackson |date=July 28, 2021 |title=Every Billie Eilish Song Ever, Ranked |url=https://www.mtv.com.au/news/0kaoup/billie-eilish-song-ranking-bad-guy-happier-than-ever-finneas-oconnell |url-status= |
Critics have named "Your Power" one of the best [[List of songs recorded by Billie Eilish|songs in Eilish's discography]]. Brodsky, writing for ''Uproxx'', listed it as her fourth best in 2021,<ref name="DiscogRanking-Uproxx" /> and ''Rolling Stone'' staff members listed it as her third best in 2022.<ref name="DiscogRanking-RS" /> ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'', ''NME'', and Langford of MTV Australia ranked the song within her top 15.{{efn|The ''NME'' ranking was published in 2022,<ref name="DiscogRanking-NME" /> whereas the ''Consequence'' and MTV Australia rankings were published in 2021.<ref name="MTVAu">{{Cite web |last=Langford |first=Jackson |date=July 28, 2021 |title=Every Billie Eilish Song Ever, Ranked |url=https://www.mtv.com.au/news/0kaoup/billie-eilish-song-ranking-bad-guy-happier-than-ever-finneas-oconnell |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911181816/https://www.mtv.com.au/news/0kaoup/billie-eilish-song-ranking-bad-guy-happier-than-ever-finneas-oconnell |archive-date=September 11, 2021 |access-date=October 19, 2022 |website=[[MTV Australia]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 29, 2021 |title=Billie Eilish's 10 Best Songs |url=https://consequence.net/2021/07/billie-eilish-best-songs-list/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009010439/https://consequence.net/2021/07/billie-eilish-best-songs-list/ |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=October 19, 2022 |website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]}}</ref>}} "Your Power" was also hailed as one of the best songs of 2021 in several publications. These include ''Billboard'' (80th out of 100),<ref name="BillboardBest2021">{{Cite magazine |date=December 7, 2021 |title=The 100 Best Songs of 2021 |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-songs-2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903015209/https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-songs-2021/ |archive-date=September 3, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> ''Consequence'' (19th out of 50),<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 6, 2021 |title=Top 50 Songs of 2021 |url=https://consequence.net/2021/12/top-50-songs-2021-list/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925094335/https://consequence.net/2021/12/top-50-songs-2021-list/ |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' (17th out of 50),<ref name="YearRanking-Variety">{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=December 31, 2021 |title=The 50 Best Songs of 2021 |url=https://variety.com/lists/best-songs-2021-music/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013074058/https://variety.com/lists/best-songs-2021-music/ |archive-date=October 13, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> ''Slate'' (unranked top 40),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Carl |author-link=Carl Wilson (writer) |date=December 22, 2021 |title=The Music Club 2021 |url=https://slate.com/culture/2021/12/best-songs-2021-top-40-list.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002132431/https://slate.com/culture/2021/12/best-songs-2021-top-40-list.html |archive-date=October 2, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> [[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] (unranked top 11),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Behan |first=Alex |date=December 31, 2021 |title=Listen to the Songs You Had to Hear in 2021 |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/127355480/listen-to-the-songs-you-had-to-hear-in-2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104062358/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/127355480/listen-to-the-songs-you-had-to-hear-in-2021 |archive-date=January 4, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2022 |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]}}</ref> and ''The Guardian'' (7th out of 20).<ref name="YearRanking-Guardian">{{Cite web |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=November 29, 2021 |title=The 20 Best Songs of 2021 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/29/the-20-best-songs-of-2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023103520/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/29/the-20-best-songs-of-2021 |archive-date=October 23, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> [[Ann Powers]] of [[NPR]] regarded the song as one of "the most moving ballads released [in 2021]".<ref name="NPR" /> |
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"Your Power" received accolades for its lyrical themes. It won [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Video with a Social Message|Video for Good]] at the [[2021 MTV Video Music Awards]] (VMAs)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Long |first1=Danielle |last2=Stone |first2=Megan |date=September 13, 2021 |title=MTV VMAs 2021 Winners List: Lil Nas X, Olivia Rodrigo and More |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/mtv-video-music-awards-2021-winners-list-lil-79988333 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801050559/https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/mtv-video-music-awards-2021-winners-list-lil-79988333 |archive-date=August 1, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=[[Good Morning America]]}}</ref> and another award of the same name at the [[2021 MTV Europe Music Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=November 14, 2021 |title=BTS, Ed Sheeran Win Big at MTV European Music Awards |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/bts-ed-sheeran-mtv-europe-music-awards-2021-budapest-1235111877/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922075141/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/bts-ed-sheeran-mtv-europe-music-awards-2021-budapest-1235111877/ |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> For her acceptance speech at the VMAs, Eilish called attention to women's rights issues, one of three musicians in the ceremony who made references to contemporary politics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brockington |first=Ariana |date=September 13, 2021 |title=Lil Nas X, Billie Eilish, Cyndi Lauper Raise Awareness About HIV, Women's Rights at 2021 MTV VMAs |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/lil-nas-x-hiv-performance-2021-mtv-vmas-1235012357/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613070717/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/lil-nas-x-hiv-performance-2021-mtv-vmas-1235012357/ |archive-date=June 13, 2022 |access-date=November 5, 2022 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> She urged viewers to "protect our young women at all costs" and reminded them that everyone holds some degree of power that they should never abuse.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=September 13, 2021 |title=8 Best Moments from the 2021 MTV VMAs |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2021-mtv-vmas-best-moments-9628357/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117074023/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2021-mtv-vmas-best-moments-9628357/ |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |access-date=November 5, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> The song was also nominated for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] at the 2021 VMAs,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Kai |date=September 13, 2021 |title=Madonna! Bieber! Doja Cat! Lil Nas! Busta! All the Stars, Performers and Winners at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://parade.com/1240407/kaigreen/2021-mtv-vmas/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415172231/https://parade.com/1240407/kaigreen/2021-mtv-vmas/ |archive-date=April 15, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]}}</ref> as well as Best Lyrics at the [[2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hicap |first=Jonathan |date=March 23, 2022 |title=BTS Wins at 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards |newspaper=[[Manila Bulletin]] |url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/03/23/bts-wins-at-2022-iheartradio-music-awards/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413035551/https://mb.com.ph/2022/03/23/bts-wins-at-2022-iheartradio-music-awards/ |archive-date=April 13, 2022}}</ref> |
"Your Power" received accolades for its lyrical themes. It won [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Video with a Social Message|Video for Good]] at the [[2021 MTV Video Music Awards]] (VMAs)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Long |first1=Danielle |last2=Stone |first2=Megan |date=September 13, 2021 |title=MTV VMAs 2021 Winners List: Lil Nas X, Olivia Rodrigo and More |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/mtv-video-music-awards-2021-winners-list-lil-79988333 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801050559/https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/mtv-video-music-awards-2021-winners-list-lil-79988333 |archive-date=August 1, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=[[Good Morning America]]}}</ref> and another award of the same name at the [[2021 MTV Europe Music Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=November 14, 2021 |title=BTS, Ed Sheeran Win Big at MTV European Music Awards |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/bts-ed-sheeran-mtv-europe-music-awards-2021-budapest-1235111877/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922075141/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/bts-ed-sheeran-mtv-europe-music-awards-2021-budapest-1235111877/ |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> For her acceptance speech at the VMAs, Eilish called attention to women's rights issues, one of three musicians in the ceremony who made references to contemporary politics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brockington |first=Ariana |date=September 13, 2021 |title=Lil Nas X, Billie Eilish, Cyndi Lauper Raise Awareness About HIV, Women's Rights at 2021 MTV VMAs |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/lil-nas-x-hiv-performance-2021-mtv-vmas-1235012357/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613070717/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/lil-nas-x-hiv-performance-2021-mtv-vmas-1235012357/ |archive-date=June 13, 2022 |access-date=November 5, 2022 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> She urged viewers to "protect our young women at all costs" and reminded them that everyone holds some degree of power that they should never abuse.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=September 13, 2021 |title=8 Best Moments from the 2021 MTV VMAs |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2021-mtv-vmas-best-moments-9628357/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117074023/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2021-mtv-vmas-best-moments-9628357/ |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |access-date=November 5, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> The song was also nominated for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] at the 2021 VMAs,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Kai |date=September 13, 2021 |title=Madonna! Bieber! Doja Cat! Lil Nas! Busta! All the Stars, Performers and Winners at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards |url=https://parade.com/1240407/kaigreen/2021-mtv-vmas/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415172231/https://parade.com/1240407/kaigreen/2021-mtv-vmas/ |archive-date=April 15, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |website=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]}}</ref> as well as Best Lyrics at the [[2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hicap |first=Jonathan |date=March 23, 2022 |title=BTS Wins at 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards |newspaper=[[Manila Bulletin]] |url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/03/23/bts-wins-at-2022-iheartradio-music-awards/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413035551/https://mb.com.ph/2022/03/23/bts-wins-at-2022-iheartradio-music-awards/ |archive-date=April 13, 2022}}</ref> |
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"Your Power" is a song by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and the third single from her second studio album, Happier Than Ever (2021). It was released on April 29, 2021, through Darkroom and Interscope Records. A folk ballad backed by an acoustic guitar, the song is a plea for people to stop abusing their authority, and it mainly addresses men who exploit vulnerable women. Its lyrics narrate a damaging sexual relationship between a female high school student and an older man, exploring the topics of domestic abuse, sexual harassment, and statutory rape. Eilish wrote "Your Power" with its producer and her brother, Finneas O'Connell.
Named one of the best songs of 2021 in Variety and The Guardian, "Your Power" was praised for its candid songwriting, the emotional impact of its critiques of abuse, and the relevance of its lyrics to contemporary society. It won Best Video with a Social Message at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. During its opening week, the song received 64.2 million streams and sold 8,600 digital copies worldwide. "Your Power" reached the top 10 in over 20 countries; it was Eilish's fifth top 10 song and third top 10 debut in the United States. It peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Global 200 chart, her second top 10 single there.
Eilish directed the music video for "Your Power", which premiered on the same day as the song's release. In it, she sings alone in the Simi Valley while an anaconda wraps itself around her. She first performed the song live on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and she included it in the set lists of a 2021 concert film and a 2022–2023 world tour in support of Happier Than Ever. Eilish also performed "Your Power" to protest the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the US Supreme Court, a landmark decision that removed abortion's status as a constitutional right in the country.
Background and release
[edit]At the age of 18, Billie Eilish won five awards at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards held in 2020. These include Album of the Year for her debut studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019).[1] It was a commercial success, debuting at number one on many national record charts and bringing her mainstream fame.[2][3] Eilish disclosed she would begin work on her second studio album in 2020.[4] Introducing it in an interview with Rolling Stone, she said that "almost none of the songs on this album are joyful".[5] Its lyrical themes include the unhealthy effects of fame and the struggles that young women experience in the entertainment industry, such as misogyny, power imbalance, and emotional abuse.[6][7][8] On April 27, 2021, Eilish announced the album's title was Happier Than Ever, and she revealed "Your Power" as the twelfth song on the track list.[9][10]
A day after the announcement, Eilish posted a nine-second snippet of the song to her social media accounts and previewed the visuals for its music video.[11][12] "Your Power" was released worldwide as a single from the album the next day. It is the third single from Happier Than Ever, after the 2020 songs "My Future" and "Therefore I Am".[13] In the caption for an Instagram post that accompanied its release, Eilish said it was one of her favorite songs she had written and its candid and confessional lyrics made her feel vulnerable. She continued: "This is about many different situations that we've all either witnessed or experienced. I hope this can inspire change. Try not to abuse your power."[14][15] Darkroom and Interscope Records promoted the song to alternative and contemporary hit radio stations in the United States on May 4, 2021.[16][17]
After the song's release, Eilish gave an interview for the British edition of Vogue.[18][19] She talked about how her life had greatly changed since she was a child, as well as the negative aspects of fame and her struggles with self-acceptance.[20][21] Dubbing "Your Power" as an "open letter to people who take advantage", Eilish explained that it sought to discuss the confluence between sexual misconduct and body image. To further contextualize its themes, she stated that she was sexually abused during her childhood:[22]
I used to not understand why age mattered. And, of course, you feel like that when you're young, because you're the oldest you've ever been. You feel like you're so mature and you know everything … People forget that you can grow up and realize shit was fucked up when you were younger.
During a BBC 100 Women interview, Eilish said that almost every person would find "Your Power" relatable because she wrote it to be about many people she had met who had had difficulties with handling their influence over others carefully. In her words, "[i]t's hard to have power and it's really hard when you really don't have any power and suddenly you have a lot of power. It's hard not to take advantage of it and abuse it." One example she cited was when she was in a toxic relationship with a man who, according to her, was very physically and emotionally abusive: "When I hear this song, I think of [...] how much trauma he has caused me[.]"[23]
Music and lyrics
[edit]"Your Power" is primarily a folk ballad[a]—for Jordan Darville of The Fader, the song fell under the genre of indie folk.[28] It has a minimalist production that emphasizes Eilish's vocal performance;[29] she sings in a falsetto vocal register[30] and uses a soft vocal style, and there is a reverberating effect on her voice.[31] Acoustic guitars are the song's primary instruments,[32] indicating a shift from the sound of Eilish's earlier works.[33] The Guardian's Alexis Petridis contrasted the acoustic composition with what he described as the "electronic horror-movie soundtrack approach" of When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Furthermore, he argued that "Your Power" drew musical influences from the works of alternative performers Mazzy Star and Lana Del Rey.[31] Other critics compared it to songs by soft rock band America,[34] indie folk singer Phoebe Bridgers,[26][35] and artists from the Laurel Canyon music scene[36] based on its acoustic production and personal lyrics.
The song is a plea for people to stop abusing their authority—it mainly focuses on men who take advantage of young and vulnerable women,[37] though Eilish wanted it to apply to exploited teenage boys as well.[38] "Your Power" explores the topics of domestic abuse,[38] sexual harassment,[39] and statutory rape.[40] Eilish warns in the chorus: "Try not to abuse your power / I know we didn't choose to change / You might not wanna lose your power / But having it's so strange";[41] the last chorus replaces the final line with "but power isn't pain".[42] The verses narrate an exploitative sexual relationship between a high school student and an older man that damages her self-perception.[24][36][41] Four lines read: "Does it keep you in control? / For you to keep her in a cage? / And you swear you didn't know / You said you thought she was your age."[18] Eilish questions if the man feels any real sense of regret about the relationship.[25][43]
Eilish stops talking in third person during two lines to discuss her own experiences with sexual abuse, having been conditioned to blame herself for someone else's "devil[ish]" behavior.[44][45] She explained the lines by saying that abusers often blame the victim for their trauma and self-loathing, which in turn makes the victim blame themselves for what happened to them. In her view, victims should not feel embarrassed or responsible for the abusers' actions, especially if their brains have not fully developed and they cannot tell right from wrong.[46][47] "Your Power" also references exploitative power dynamics in the music and film industries: "Will you only feel bad if it turns out / That they kill your contract".[48] According to her, however, the song is not solely about her or a specific person from the music industry who abused her, highlighting that the mishandling of authority is a ubiquitous phenomenon: "I would like people to listen to me. And not just try to figure out who I'm talking about [...] You might think, 'It's because she's in the music industry'—no, dude. It's everywhere."[49][50]
Music video
[edit]Eilish directed the music video for "Your Power", which premiered the same day as the song's release. This marked the fourth time that she acted as director for her own music videos.[13] Within one week of release, the video amassed over 50 million views on YouTube.[14]
The video, four minutes long,[51] is set in a desert, specifically California's Simi Valley.[52][53] It depicts Eilish on her own as she sings the lyrics on a mountainside and a drone camera slowly zooms in towards her.[32][54] Later, an 80-pound (36 kg) anaconda appears and slowly wraps itself around Eilish,[51][55] as she utters the lines "Does it keep you in control? / For you to keep her in a cage?"[13] An Entertainment Tonight author interpreted the scene as a metaphor for the constricting nature of mishandled authority.[52] The camera zooms out and cuts to black as the anaconda tightens its grip around Eilish and the video comes to an end.[26]
Becky Zhang of Los Angeles magazine commented on the similarities between the music videos for "Your Power" and for Britney Spears's "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (2002). In terms of visuals, she compared the two based on their sepia color schemes, their panoramic cinematography, and their performers' being alone throughout the video. Zhang also drew parallels between the social contexts in which the videos were made, arguing that Eilish and Spears were asserting their agency and independence as teenage girls transitioning into young adult women in a society dominated by the male gaze.[56]
Critical reception
[edit]Reviews
[edit]Music critics praised "Your Power" for its candid and confrontational songwriting, underscoring the emotional impact of its critiques of abuse and the relevance of its lyrics to contemporary society.[b] For Jackson Langford, writer at MTV Australia, the qualities that made the lyrics strong were its "clarity, conciseness and its inability to be interpreted in any other way than what was intended."[61] In four-star reviews of the song, NME's Rhian Daly and The Guardian's Alexis Petridis argued that the juxtaposition between its message's impact and simple, straightforward nature made the lyrics memorable. Petridis compared the "matter-of-fact" nature of the chorus to "reminding someone to take their house keys with them" and concluded that this approach was intentional because powerful people should not have to be told not to abuse their positions of authority.[31][44] Craig Jenkins wrote in Vulture: "She is all of us wondering why we must move heaven and earth for a crumb of common decency."[24] Other critics found the lyricism in "Your Power" a testament to Eilish's songwriting skills, which Jason Lipshutz of Billboard thought was "underrated [and] overshadowed by the other facts of her superstardom".[59][62]
Some music journalists also appreciated how Eilish portrayed abuse as a universal experience to which anyone can fall victim at any point in their life. They complimented the lyrics for combining personal anecdotes with other people's stories of abuse and political references to the ways abuse of power is perpetuated in a larger scale, such as how prominent figures in the music industry still hold a high degree of influence despite numerous allegations of workplace harassment.[24][35][44][63] This led two critics to deem the song tantamount to a "real-life horror story", comparing it to the fictional, sinister narratives and "spooky" sounds of When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? One of them, Pitchfork's Quinn Moreland, argued: "While Eilish's first album was full of overtly scary thoughts—stapled tongues, monsters under beds, teen suicide—the reality presented on 'Your Power' is profoundly more haunting."[64][65] Several critics placed the song within the context of #MeToo, a social movement started by women to expose and counter sexual misconduct by men in positions of power.[c] In the words of Rachel Brodsky of Uproxx: "Years after the #MeToo revolution of 2017, we're still having conversations about how the rich and powerful regularly abuse their authority. This is Billie's entry into the canon, with a painstakingly delicate track about [...] how we owe it to each other to change things for the better."[58]
The song's acoustic production and Eilish's vocal performance were also praised. Many reviewers felt the simple musical style and soft vocals effectively emphasized the emotional impact that she sought to convey with her lyrics.[31][44][70][71] Some remarked that her pain, anger, and weariness towards abusive men were evident in her voice.[44][65][72] Others called her voice angelic, pure, and dreamy, contrasting it with the song's themes which they found harsh and uncomfortable in nature.[31][70] For Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen of The Sydney Morning Herald, the "clever trick" that made this difference in tone effective was that "the delivery of these cutting sentiments often sounds sweet, which makes them feel somehow even more acidic",[73] while in Petridis's view, the dissonance works because the "chilling air" that Eilish evokes gets "under your skin rather than in your face."[31] Langford and Daly argued that the simple musical style helps listeners engage with the story and compels them to think critically about the song's themes. Daly wrote: "In keeping things stripped back the song draws you into an intimate space, as its creator confronts you with her haunting voice and uncomfortable tales. Its minimal form leaves the space to make you think, its message lingering long after its time's up—and it's one we should all ponder very closely."[44][61]
Accolades
[edit]Critics have named "Your Power" one of the best songs in Eilish's discography. Brodsky, writing for Uproxx, listed it as her fourth best in 2021,[58] and Rolling Stone staff members listed it as her third best in 2022.[70] Consequence, NME, and Langford of MTV Australia ranked the song within her top 15.[d] "Your Power" was also hailed as one of the best songs of 2021 in several publications. These include Billboard (80th out of 100),[25] Consequence (19th out of 50),[75] Variety (17th out of 50),[63] Slate (unranked top 40),[76] Stuff (unranked top 11),[77] and The Guardian (7th out of 20).[65] Ann Powers of NPR regarded the song as one of "the most moving ballads released [in 2021]".[69]
"Your Power" received accolades for its lyrical themes. It won Video for Good at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs)[78] and another award of the same name at the 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards.[79] For her acceptance speech at the VMAs, Eilish called attention to women's rights issues, one of three musicians in the ceremony who made references to contemporary politics.[80] She urged viewers to "protect our young women at all costs" and reminded them that everyone holds some degree of power that they should never abuse.[81] The song was also nominated for Best Direction at the 2021 VMAs,[82] as well as Best Lyrics at the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards.[83]
Commercial performance
[edit]During its opening week, it entered the US Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 10. It was bolstered by around 22.2 million streams, a radio airplay audience of around 9.6 million, and around 4,500 digital copies sold. "Your Power" marked Eilish's fifth top 10 song and third top 10 debut in the United States,[84] as well as the third consecutive single from Happier Than Ever to reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.[85] Worldwide, it sold about 8,600 digital copies and was streamed about 64.2 million times in its first week. Approximately 42.7 million streams and 4,000 digital sales were from outside the United States. Consequently, "Your Power" debuted and peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Global 200 and number 5 on the Billboard Global Excl. US. This gave Eilish her second top 10 in the two charts after "Therefore I Am", which peaked on both charts at number 2.[86][87]
UK listeners streamed "Your Power" 2.1 million times in the first half of its opening week, making it the country's number 1 trending song during the period and setting it on track for a top 10 debut.[88] By the end of the week, it became the highest new entry on the UK Singles Chart. Debuting and peaking at number 5, "Your Power" marked Eilish's seventh top 10 song in the United Kingdom.[89][90] In Australia, it was her twelfth top 10 song;[91] on the singles chart published by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), "Your Power" debuted at its peak position of number 9.[92][93]
By the following week, the song had been streamed over 150 million times globally.[94] It had topped the national singles chart of Lithuania[95] and reached the top 10 in over a dozen other countries worldwide.[e] In December 2021, Billboard labeled "Your Power" as her eighth biggest song on the Billboard Hot 100.[96] As of April 2024[update], it has been certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI)[97] and certified platinum by the ARIA.[98]
Live performances
[edit]On May 11, 2021, Eilish appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for her first live rendition of "Your Power". As with the music video, she performed the song in the middle of a desert. Her brother, Finneas O'Connell, accompanied her on acoustic guitar and provided additional vocals.[99][100][101] The two also featured in an official live performance of the song for Vevo that premiered via YouTube on July 18, 2021. Kyle Goldberg directed the video, set in a narrow hallway with walls entirely covered by curtains, and had it filmed all in one take.[102][103]
Eilish hoped to reinforce the stories present in Happier Than Ever's songs through visual media, using the official live performance for "Your Power" as an opportunity to do so. The video took place at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, which was selected to convey the intimate, Old Hollywood aesthetic she envisioned for the album. It was chosen to visually evoke the feeling of transitioning into adulthood, one of Happier Than Ever's primary themes, as well. To further this end, Eilish carefully curated the color palettes for the set design, influenced by her synesthetic perceptions of the album. The curtains in the video are orange, juxtaposed against the golden interior of the hotel.[104]
After the album's release, Eilish performed "Your Power" in Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles, a concert film that premiered on Disney+ on September 3, 2021.[105] She included it in the set list of a 2022–2023 world tour in support of Happier Than Ever.[106] Eilish, who used the song as the concerts' midpoint interlude, sat down with Finneas to sing together and play acoustic guitars.[107] "Your Power" appeared in Eilish's headlining sets for five music festivals: Life Is Beautiful in 2021,[108] Coachella and Glastonbury in 2022,[109][110] and Lollapalooza and Reading Festival in 2023.[111][112]
Eilish also dedicated live performances of the song to express her views on political causes. She performed it with Finneas to show solidarity for Ukrainian peoples displaced due to the 2022 Russian invasion. The move was done in participation of the worldwide "Stand Up for Ukraine" rally on social media.[113][114] During that year's Glastonbury Festival, Eilish performed "Your Power" to protest the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the US Supreme Court, a landmark decision that removed abortion's status as a constitutional right in the country.[110][115] She spoke of the decision: "Today is a really, really dark day for women in the U.S. I'm just going to say that as I cannot bear to think about it any longer in this moment."[116]
Credits and personnel
[edit]Credits are adapted from Tidal.[117]
- Billie Eilish O'Connell – vocals, songwriting, vocal engineering
- Finneas O'Connell – production, songwriting, engineering, vocal arranging, acoustic guitar, drum programming, percussion, synth bass, synthesizer
- Dave Kutch – mastering
- Rob Kinelski – mixing
- Casey Cuayo – assistant mixing
- Omar Sheliby – assistant production, songwriting.
- Eli Heisler – assistant mixing
Charts
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Weekly charts[edit] |
Year-end charts[edit]
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Certifications
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[98] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[158] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[159] | 3× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[160] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
France (SNEP)[161] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI)[162] | Gold | 50,000‡ |
Mexico (AMPROFON)[163] | Gold | 70,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV)[164] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP)[165] | Gold | 5,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[166] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[97] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
[edit]Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | April 29, 2021 |
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[167] | |
Italy | April 30, 2021 | Radio airplay | EMI | [168] |
United States | May 4, 2021 | Alternative radio |
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Contemporary hit radio | [17] |
See also
[edit]- List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2021
- List of UK top-ten singles in 2021
- List of top 10 singles in 2021 (Ireland)
- List of top 10 singles for 2021 in Australia
Notes
[edit]- ^ Music critics who described "Your Power" as folk or a ballad include:
- Vulture's Craig Jenkins: "It's a folk ballad with a timely message";[24]
- Billboard's Josh Glicksman: "She's at her most vulnerable in the stripped-back, folky ballad";[25]
- Clash's Robin Murray: "'Your Power' is a ... folk-hewn palette";[26]
- and The Charlotte Observer's Théoden Janes: "she sang the chilling folk ballad 'Your Power'".[27]
- ^ Reviews of "Your Power" or Happier Than Ever that praised the song's writing include ones written by:
- Slate's Carl Wilson;[35]
- Loud and Quiet's Joe Goggins;[57]
- Triple J's Al Newstead;[48]
- Uproxx's Rachel Brodsky;[58]
- Billboard's Jason Lipshutz;[59]
- and Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield.[60]
- ^ References that make a connection between the song's message and the #MeToo movement include ones written by:
- the BBC News;[7]
- The Guardian's Jenessa Williams;[66]
- The West Australian's Simon Collins;[67]
- American Songwriter's Jason Scott;[68]
- MTV Australia's Jackson Langford;[61]
- Variety's Chris Willman;[63]
- and NPR's Ann Powers.[69]
- ^ The NME ranking was published in 2022,[29] whereas the Consequence and MTV Australia rankings were published in 2021.[61][74]
- ^ Including Finland, Norway, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, Portugal, Canada, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Malaysia, Singapore, Slovakia, Austria, and the Netherlands. See the charts section for the exact peaks.
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