# L'Amour de Ma Vie
**"L'Amour de Ma Vie"** (French for "the love of my life") is a song by the American singer-songwriter [Billie Eilish](https://www.edgepedia.org/billie-eilish), released on May 17, 2024 by Darkroom/[Interscope Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/interscope-records) as the seventh track on her third studio album, *HIT ME HARD AND SOFT*.[1](https://www.shazam.com/song/1739659149/lamour-de-ma-vie) Written by Eilish and her brother [Finneas O'Connell](https://www.edgepedia.org/finneas-oconnell), who also produced it, the song is a breakup track built from two contrasting halves: a jazz- and soft-rock-inflected first part and an electronic, club-oriented second part.[1](https://www.shazam.com/song/1739659149/lamour-de-ma-vie) • [2](https://apnews.com/article/cf56aba05b52018159319114ba0ab659)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | May 17, 2024, as track 7 on *HIT ME HARD AND SOFT* (Darkroom/Interscope)[1](https://www.shazam.com/song/1739659149/lamour-de-ma-vie) |
| Writers / producer | Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell (songwriters); Finneas (producer)[1](https://www.shazam.com/song/1739659149/lamour-de-ma-vie) |
| Length | 5:34 (album version, per hitparade.ch; Album of the Year lists 5:33)[3](https://www.hitparade.ch/song/Billie-Eilish/L%27amour-de-ma-vie-2452338) • [4](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/song/285228-lamour-de-ma-vie/85/) |
| Structure | Two parts: a jazzy, guitar-based first half and an electropop, club-style second half titled "Over Now"[2](https://apnews.com/article/cf56aba05b52018159319114ba0ab659) • [5](https://storyofsong.com/story/lamour-de-ma-vie/) |
| Extended edit | "L'AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT]", released May 22, 2024, running 4:31[6](https://music.apple.com/us/song/1747660998) |
| Recognition | Nominated for Best Dance Pop Recording at the 67th Grammy Awards; RIAA Gold certification in 2024[7](https://elpais.com/cultura/2024-11-08/lista-de-los-nominados-a-los-premios-grammy-2025.html) • [8](https://www.riaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GP_Year-Ends-Best_2024.pdf) |
## Composition and structure
The song plays like two songs sharing one slot. The first half is a guitar-based, jazz-tinged breakup ballad; reviewers compared its lounge feel to the jazzy moments of Eilish's 2021 album *Happier Than Ever*.[2](https://apnews.com/article/cf56aba05b52018159319114ba0ab659) • [9](https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-billie-eilish-hit-me-hard-and-soft/) About halfway through, the track pivots abruptly into [electronic dance music](https://www.edgepedia.org/electronic-dance-music): autotuned, distorted vocals over synths in a style the Associated Press described as a "hyperpop, Eurodance rave".[2](https://apnews.com/article/cf56aba05b52018159319114ba0ab659) The Independent noted guitar notes that "wobble and warp" and a voice that takes on a creepily girlish tone as the track picks up a club beat halfway through.[10](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/billie-eilish-hit-me-hard-and-soft-review-b2546074.html)
The second half has its own identity. Eilish and Finneas told Apple Music that they had written a track titled "Over Now" in 2022 and were unsure what to do with it, ultimately choosing it as the second part of "L'Amour de Ma Vie".[5](https://storyofsong.com/story/lamour-de-ma-vie/) The mid-song switch is characteristic of the album, on which Eilish and Finneas repeatedly change direction in the middle of a track; *Le Monde* cited "L'amour de ma vie" as an example, noting how it "bascul[e]s brutally into an electro party".[11](https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2024/05/17/avec-hit-me-hard-and-soft-billie-eilish-gagnee-par-la-tendresse-romantique_6233854_3246.html)
## Lyrics and theme
The song is a confession of deceit. In the chorus, Eilish admits that calling a former partner the love of her life was untrue: "But I need to confess / I told you a lie / I said you / you were the love of my life."[1](https://www.shazam.com/song/1739659149/lamour-de-ma-vie) • [2](https://apnews.com/article/cf56aba05b52018159319114ba0ab659) The verses turn on the ex-partner's behavior, including the line "You said you'd never fall in love again because of me / Then you moved on immediately", and the second half becomes a colder kiss-off, with Eilish singing "You were so mediocre / And we're so glad it's over now".[1](https://www.shazam.com/song/1739659149/lamour-de-ma-vie) *The New Yorker* described the song as being about a soured relationship, shifting from a lovelorn, jazz-inflected torch song into a pulsing club banger, "cold and threatening".[12](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/27/hit-me-hard-and-soft-billie-eilish-music-review) *Time* called the track a "stages-of-heartbreak diptych".[13](https://time.com/6987233/best-albums-2024-so-far/)
## Over Now Extended Edit
Five days after the album, on May 22, 2024, Eilish released an extended version of the song's second half, titled "L'AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT]", as a standalone single.[6](https://music.apple.com/us/song/1747660998) • [14](https://www.nme.com/news/music/billie-eilish-drops-surprise-extended-edit-of-lamour-de-ma-vie-3758421) The edit runs 4:31, against 5:34 for the full album track.[6](https://music.apple.com/us/song/1747660998) • [3](https://www.hitparade.ch/song/Billie-Eilish/L%27amour-de-ma-vie-2452338) According to [Universal Music Japan](https://www.edgepedia.org/universal-music-japan), the new version arranges the second half of the original, adding new lyrics over a club-style sound.[15](https://www.universal-music.co.jp/billie-eilish/news/2024-05-23/) It was this extended edit that received the Grammy nomination for Best Dance Pop Recording at the 67th [Grammy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/grammy-awards) (2025), where the category was won by [Charli XCX](https://www.edgepedia.org/charli-xcx)'s "Von Dutch".[7](https://elpais.com/cultura/2024-11-08/lista-de-los-nominados-a-los-premios-grammy-2025.html) • [16](https://elpais.com/us/entretenimiento/2025-02-02/grammys-2025-la-lista-completa-de-ganadores.html) The Recording Industry Association of America listed "L'Amour de Ma Vie" among its 2024 year-end Gold awards.[8](https://www.riaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GP_Year-Ends-Best_2024.pdf)
## Critical reception
Reactions to the song's two-part design varied. The Associated Press praised the transition, writing that the song, like many on the album, "begins soft and ends hard", ascending into synth-pop with autotuned, distorted vocals.[2](https://apnews.com/article/cf56aba05b52018159319114ba0ab659) Beats Per Minute heard a "pleasant guitar-based café tune" launching into synths and autotune of high energy, with both sections bolstering the song's kiss-off themes.[9](https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-billie-eilish-hit-me-hard-and-soft/) Pitchfork took the opposite view, calling the track the album's nadir, "a relatively standard breakup ballad with a second half marred by chintzy synths".[17](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/billie-eilish-hit-me-hard-and-soft/) The Independent placed it among the album's sonic experiments, alongside "Bittersuite", for its warped guitar treatment.[10](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/billie-eilish-hit-me-hard-and-soft-review-b2546074.html)
## Live performances and chart history
Eilish first performed the song in concert on July 29, 2024, at Amazon Music Live in Los Angeles, and it became a regular on the setlist of her HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR, where it was played as a combined "L'Amour De Ma Vie/Over Now" segment.[18](https://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/billie-eilish-1bc3b540.html?songid=43e9431f) • [19](https://los40.com/2024/09/30/asi-ha-sido-el-comienzo-del-hit-me-hard-and-soft-tour-de-billie-eilish/) She also performed it in stripped-back form: it opened, alongside "The Greatest", her Tiny Desk Concert.[20](https://los40.com/2024/12/13/la-version-mas-intima-y-emotiva-de-billie-eilish-en-su-tiny-desk-concert-he-querido-hacer-esto-durante-toda-mi-vida/) In the UK, the song first entered the Official Singles Chart on October 17, 2024.[21](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/billie-eilish-lamour-de-ma-vie/)
## References
1. [L'AMOUR DE MA VIE - Billie Eilish: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts, Shazam](https://www.shazam.com/song/1739659149/lamour-de-ma-vie)
2. [Music Review: Billie Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' is zealous outsider pop in a league of her own, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/cf56aba05b52018159319114ba0ab659)
3. [Billie Eilish - L'amour de ma vie, hitparade.ch](https://www.hitparade.ch/song/Billie-Eilish/L%27amour-de-ma-vie-2452338)
4. [Billie Eilish - L'AMOUR DE MA VIE - Song Ratings, Album of the Year](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/song/285228-lamour-de-ma-vie/85/)
5. [L'AMOUR DE MA VIE | Story of Song Meaning, Story of Song](https://storyofsong.com/story/lamour-de-ma-vie/)
6. [L'AMOUR DE MA VIE [OVER NOW EXTENDED EDIT] - Song by Billie Eilish, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/song/1747660998)
7. [Lista de los nominados a los Premios Grammy 2025, El País](https://elpais.com/cultura/2024-11-08/lista-de-los-nominados-a-los-premios-grammy-2025.html)
8. [Gold & Platinum Awards | 2024 Year-End's Best, RIAA](https://www.riaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GP_Year-Ends-Best_2024.pdf)
9. [Album Review: Billie Eilish – HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, Beats Per Minute](https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-billie-eilish-hit-me-hard-and-soft/)
10. [Billie Eilish review, Hit Me Hard and Soft, The Independent](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/billie-eilish-hit-me-hard-and-soft-review-b2546074.html)
11. [Avec « Hit Me Hard and Soft », Billie Eilish gagnée par la tendresse romantique, Le Monde](https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2024/05/17/avec-hit-me-hard-and-soft-billie-eilish-gagnee-par-la-tendresse-romantique_6233854_3246.html)
12. [The Anxious Love Songs of Billie Eilish, The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/27/hit-me-hard-and-soft-billie-eilish-music-review)
13. [The Best Albums of 2024 So Far, Time](https://time.com/6987233/best-albums-2024-so-far/)
14. [Billie Eilish drops surprise extended edit of 'L'Amour De Ma Vie', NME](https://www.nme.com/news/music/billie-eilish-drops-surprise-extended-edit-of-lamour-de-ma-vie-3758421)
15. [「ラムール・ドゥ・マ・ヴィ」エクステンデッド音源をサプライズ解禁, Universal Music Japan](https://www.universal-music.co.jp/billie-eilish/news/2024-05-23/)
16. [Grammys 2025, la lista completa de ganadores, El País](https://elpais.com/us/entretenimiento/2025-02-02/grammys-2025-la-lista-completa-de-ganadores.html)
17. [Billie Eilish: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Album Review, Pitchfork](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/billie-eilish-hit-me-hard-and-soft/)
18. [L'AMOUR DE MA VIE by Billie Eilish Song Statistics, setlist.fm](https://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/billie-eilish-1bc3b540.html?songid=43e9431f)
19. [Así ha sido el comienzo del 'Hit Me Hard And Soft Tour' de Billie Eilish, LOS40](https://los40.com/2024/09/30/asi-ha-sido-el-comienzo-del-hit-me-hard-and-soft-tour-de-billie-eilish/)
20. [La versión más íntima y emotiva de Billie Eilish en su Tiny Desk Concert, LOS40](https://los40.com/2024/12/13/la-version-mas-intima-y-emotiva-de-billie-eilish-en-su-tiny-desk-concert-he-querido-hacer-esto-durante-toda-mi-vida/)
21. [L'AMOUR DE MA VIE – BILLIE EILISH | Official Charts](https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/billie-eilish-lamour-de-ma-vie/)
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