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WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? is Billie Eilish’s debut studio album, released on March 29, 2019.

On July 18th, 2018, Billie released the album’s first official single, “you should see me in a crown,” later following a second single which was released on October 17th, 2018, titled “when the party’s over.”

On January 29th, 2019, Billie announced via Instagram her debut album would be titled WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

This announcement comes after a teaser which was posted to her YouTube page the day before. The video consists of her face getting roughly grabbed by several gloved hands that reach in from off the screen.

Three days later, the visual for the third single “bury a friend” was released.

The album was then put up for pre-order on streaming services and her official website, and later, the first track to be released after the announcement was the promo single, “wish you were gay,” on March 4th, 2019.

On March 29th, 2019, the album’s release date and official music video for the intro “bad guy,” were released. The video is colorful and rather lighthearted, contrasting the melancholy visuals that had accompanied the album beforehand.

On April 24, 2019, Billie embarked on her third tour in support of the album, titled the When We All Fall Asleep, World Tour. It ends on September 7, 2019, with two legs and 50 shows in total.

WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? was officially the most pre-added album of all time on Apple Music in 2019, garnering over 800,000 to its name on the platform. The record was broken by Billie again with her sophomore record, Happier Than Ever, in 2021.

The Japanese import version of WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? includes two previously released singles as bonus tracks— “come out and play” and “WHEN I WAS OLDER.” Information on this version of the release can be found here.

On April 7, 2019, Billboard confirmed the album’s number one debut on the Billboard 200, selling 313,000 equivalent album units in the U.S., and of the album’s starting sum, 170,000 were in album sales.