Capping off 2024 with a new record, Billie Eilish’s ‘Birds of a Feather’ was crowned Spotify’s Most Streamed Song of the Year.
“Birds of a Feather” moved to the top spot of the streamer’s year-end song statistics in the final weeks of 2024 as announced by record label Interscope. Impressively, the song boasted a total of 1.781 billion streams at press time on Spotify.
The Hit Me Hard and Soft track had earlier been named in Spotify Wrapped as the third Most Streamed Song, bested only by Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” and Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” at the time. On the streaming platform, former’s fizzy summer anthem now has 1.778 billion streams.
‘Birds of a Feather’ hit the historic milestone less than eight months of its release. The track reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the LP debuted at the penultimate spot on the Billboard 200. In September, Eilish dropped a paranormal music video for “Birds of a Feather” directed by Aidan Zamiri, and in October, she performed the song on Saturday Night Live.
After a five-night stay at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, Eilish wrapped up the North American leg of Hit Me Hard and Soft on the 21st of December 2024. After her break from the tour, She’ll pick back up again February for a run of shows in Australia in February and March followed by a European leg kicking off in April.
