Hit Me Hard and Soft is the third studio album by American singer Billie Eilish, released on May 17, 2024 through Darkroom and Interscope. She wrote and produced the album together with her brother Finneas O'Connell. The ten tracks shift between restrained ballads and harsh electronic passages. The album reached number two on the Billboard 200 and had the biggest sales week for an album up to that point. All ten tracks landed in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. Birds of a Feather was the most streamed song of 2024.