"All the Good Girls Go to Hell" (stylised in lowercase) is a song by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and the sixth single from her debut studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
The song has received several certifications, including being certified platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
'"[1] Elaborating on this in an interview with MTV, Finneas said he and Eilish thought it would be fun to write a song from the perspective of the devil or god, who would be looking down at humans and be disappointed in them for destroying the Earth.
[6] "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" was released on Eilish's debut studio album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, as the fifth track on March 29, 2019.
[17] The staff of NME commented that "All The Good Girls Go To Hell" is "powered by bright pianos, off-the-wall synths and bass from Finneas in the second verse",[15] and Jason Lipshutz of Billboard said Eilish's "stuttering words about death and desire lilt over the dripping beats of the propulsive".
[18] Chris Darville of Stereogum mentioned the song is "built around the oft-recycled notion that eternal damnation must be a much more interesting destination than boredom behind the pearly gates.
[20] "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" references Catholicism, with Eilish explaining that her degeneracies will go unpunished by the saints since "Peter's on vacation, an open invitation.
"[19] Tanis Smither of Earmilk stated Eilish manages to "satirize both fame and the American dream as well as chastise adults twice and three times her age for climate change, noting that she quips: 'Man is such a fool, why are we saving him?
[23] Christopher Thiessen from Consequence of Sound named "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" one of the essential tracks on When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
[26] musicOMH writer John Murphy stated that Eilish's track "Xanny" has an "appropriately narcotic haze [that] makes you yearn for the party anthems like 'All The Good Girls Go To Hell'".
[21] Writing for NME, Thomas Smith commended the song's chorus, saying it proves to be a "sparkling gem with jaunty piano and stuttering beats".
[28] David Opie of Highsnobiety wrote that "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" is "full of subversive lyrics that slither across the beat".
He further noted Eilish's distorted vocals "whispering the ungodly hook of 'my Lucifer is lonely'" and that she "flips so effortlessly between religious metaphor and relationship disputes, using the two to enhance the track's overall narrative".
[30] Insider's Libby Torres described it as an "absolute gem", saying that "Eilish's invitation to come and join her and her friends in hell sounds pretty damn appealing".
[48] Eilish teased a music video for "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" with a clip of an image that said "haven't you been waiting long enough?"
Our earth is warming up at an unprecedented rate, icecaps are melting, our oceans are rising, our wildlife is being poisoned and our forests are burning.
"[51][55] In September 2020, Eilish announced an "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" figure that measured six inches tall, and was affixed with giant demon wings.
[56] The music video picks up where "Bury a Friend" left off, opening with a shot of syringes being used to stab Eilish's back by a team of medical workers.
[8][59] When attempting to fly, Eilish falls down from the sky and lands on Earth into a huge oil spill, symbolizing the threat of wildlife being destroyed when humans pollute the environment.
[59] Eilish stares in disbelief at the world and starts to walk towards a dimly lit, deserted dirt road as her transformation continues.
[62] Silhouettes of women dance in the fires around Eilish, representing people who don't care about global warming, as she walks alone into the night.
"[61] Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone described the visual as "fiery",[8] while both Trey Alston of MTV and Carolyn Twersky of Seventeen called it "creepy".
[65] Elite Daily's Sade Spence called it "weird" and "eerie", while praising the music video as a "perfectly dark visual of the hellish lyrics that seem to talk about man's inability to act right".
[75] In the same month, Eilish performed "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" at the Steve Jobs Theater for the first annual Apple Music Awards after she won artist of the year.