Ilomilo (song)

"Ilomilo" (/iːloʊˈmiːloʊ/; stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and the seventh, and final single from her debut studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

Musically an electropop, electronic, and industrial track with ska-influenced instrumentation, the song was heavily inspired by the puzzle video game of the same name.

The song address several topics including the fear of separation, while her distorted and stuttering voice is sung over a similarly deformed bass.

Upon the release of When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, the song reached number 62 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and charted within the top 40 in Canada and Australia.

[1] In an Instagram story on March 25, 2020, Eilish shared a playlist of her inspirations for the track, which included songs from XXXTentacion, Kavinsky, Daniel Olsen and Aaron Zigman.

[4] According to sheet music website Musicnotes.com, "Ilomilo" is moderately fast at 120 beats per minute (BPM) and is played in the key of C minor.

[10] Throughout the song, her voice is distorted to sound like she is stuttering, and her vocal track is layered over a similarly deformed-sounding bass and "paranoid" synths.

Insider's Libby Torres, called the track "catchy" and felt its lyrics "[do] [their] best to parse the emptiness left by someone important", as "insanely relatable".

"[8] On March 29, 2019, "Ilomilo" was released as the eleventh track on Billie Eilish's debut studio album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.

[41] In December 2019, Eilish performed "Ilomilo" at the Steve Jobs Theater for the first annual Apple Music Awards after she won artist of the year, with O'Connell playing the piano.

[46][47] An animated visualizer to accompany the song, depicting deep sea creatures, was released to Eilish's YouTube channel on April 24, 2020.

[48] A more rhythmic cover that banged Russian dance airplay stations back in 2021 was released in early 2022 on the Spinnin' Records.

The visualizer for "Ilomilo" depicts deep sea creatures .