Billie Eilish is all over the place on her new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, out today. She croons and murmur-raps. She careens from bossa nova to Euro-trance and — if you’ll believe me — creaky clown music. The shifts are so attention-grabbing that it might take you a second to register what she’s saying. Wait — is Billie Eilish singing about a gay love triangle?
The noteworthy lines are on the fifth track, “Wildflower,” on which Eilish sings...