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A-List Pop is home to the latest and greatest in the world of pop music. At the top of this week’s playlist is Billie Eilish’s “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”—a sweet, syrupy love song…with a morbid twist. The track, featured on her latest album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, depicts a protagonist so utterly doting and devoting that she’s willing—nay, planning—to die for her love. It’s dreamy, over the top and darkly comic, in an is-it-funny-or-should-we-be-alarmed way (“I want you to stay till I’m in the grave/Till I rot away, dead and buried,” she sings. “If I’m turning blue, please don’t save me, nothing left to lose without my baby”). We may not know what else is lurking beneath the surface of this loved-up track, but it’s got us listening, thinking and talking. So much of Eilish’s power lies within those layers—the mystery, the subverted expectations, the cards she keeps close to her chest. It’s why we love her, and it’s why she’s leading A-List Pop this week. Check back often, as our editors update this playlist regularly—and if you hear something you like, add it to your library.